Like the Alphabet, The letters in Hebrew are called the Alef - Beyt and they are presented on my blog from bottom to the top so you can learn them order, then to read them right to left. You will see what the original "Bible" said and what the names meant as they went through the stories of old.
This letter is known by two names, Tsade comes from the verb to hunt, and symbolizes a "fish hook" and the other name for this letter is Tsadik which means "righteous"
It is the eighteenth letter. It is a consonant . Tsade is also the number 90, The sofit form is 900
They both are pronounce "ts" as in the word "lets" but the hard part is when it starts a word.
Yeshua has many titles, one of which is The Righteous One pronounced "Ha Tsadik"
I am uploading this line from Gen 2:9 to dsound.audio - reading each word right to left.
(two times each word first fast then slowly)
https://dsound.audio/#/@hebrew/a-portion-of-gen-29
(if anyone knows a good embed code - post in the comments.)
Where we are so far
Only 4 more letters and you will be reading! Well, there are many you can read already.
Let's also start studying our vowels. There are five sounds for them.
Here is a chart.
- the square represents any letter.
- the vowels are positioned as they would be in a written word.
- there are five lines of vowels - five sounds
On the left a word that contains the vowel sound
On the right a representation of that sound.
They are nearly the same as in Spanish and in the same order!
I have to say that there are slight differences - one might be a little longer than the one next to it, but the sound is the same. There are also combinations that may extend the sound of a vowel. I will leave this chart on the next seven lessons as we go through more letters.
We will soon be reading so get your Hebrew Bible soon! Click here to obtain the book we will using in a few short weeks. It is a free download - or browser usable
Thanks for taking the time to read.
