Baruch Hashem Adonaiבושאהמשהוהי
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Aleph | 1 | A cutting off of the breath, like the 'h' in 'honest' (Alef) | ||
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Beth | 2 | The dotted Beth is pronounced 'b,' the undotted 'v'(Beit) | |
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Gimel | 3 | The dotted Gimel is a hard 'g,' and the undotted is a soft gutteral 'gh' (Gimmel) | |
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Daleth | 4 | The dotted Daleth is pronounced 'd,' and the undotted is a voiced 'th' as in 'the' (Dalet) | |
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Hey | 5 | Pronounced 'h' | ||
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Vaw | 6 | Pronounced 'v' (Vov) | ||
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Zayin | 7 | Pronounced 'z' | ||
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Heth | 8 | A gutteral 'h' as in the Scottish 'loch' (Chet) | ||
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Teth | 9 | A dull 't' (Tet) | ||
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Yod | 10 | Pronounced 'y' (Yud) | ||
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Kaph | 20 | The dotted Kaph is 'k,' undotted 'ch' (Kof) |
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Lamed | 30 | Pronounced 'l' | ||
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Mem | 40 | Pronounced 'm' | |
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Nun | 50 | Pronounced 'n' | |
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Samek | 60 | A dull 's' (Samech) | ||
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Ayin | 70 | Hard to pronounce. Like a gulping sound. | ||
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Pey | 80 | The dotted Pey is 'p,' undotted is 'f' (Pei) |
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Tsade | 90 | A harsh dental 's' (Tzadik) | |
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Koph | 100 | A 'k' at the back of the throat (Kuf) | ||
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Resh | 200 | Pronounced 'r' (Reish) | ||
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Sin, Shin | 300 | Sin (with a dot over the left) pronounced 's,' Shin (dot over the right) is 'sh' | |
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Tav | 400 | The dotted Tav is a 't,' undotted 'th' as in 'think' (Tav) | |