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+ | '''Hebrew''' was once considered a "dead" language, but is now "live" and spoken by approximately 6 million people. It is one of the official languages of [[Israel]] and is also used for [[Jewish]] [[prayer]]s. The [[Torah]] was originally written in Hebrew. It is written and reads from right to left. The term alphabet comes from "aleph bet", the first two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. |
The Hebrew word for Hebrew is Ivrit (עברית). |
The Hebrew word for Hebrew is Ivrit (עברית). |
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+ | There are several dialects or ways to pronounce Hebrew: Biblical, Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Yemenite, Sanaani, Tiberian, Mizrahi and modern Hebrew. For a more detailed explanation, see Wikipedia's article on the [[wikipedia:Hebrew language|Hebrew language]]. |
==The Hebrew Alphabet== |
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* [[Wikibooks:Hebrew]] -- Want to learn some Hebrew? Here's a free resource. |
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Revision as of 00:00, 20 August 2007
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Hebrew was once considered a "dead" language, but is now "live" and spoken by approximately 6 million people. It is one of the official languages of Israel and is also used for Jewish prayers. The Torah was originally written in Hebrew. It is written and reads from right to left. The term alphabet comes from "aleph bet", the first two letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
The Hebrew word for Hebrew is Ivrit (עברית).
There are several dialects or ways to pronounce Hebrew: Biblical, Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Yemenite, Sanaani, Tiberian, Mizrahi and modern Hebrew. For a more detailed explanation, see Wikipedia's article on the Hebrew language.
The Hebrew Alphabet
The basic Hebrew alphabet consists of the consonants:
Alef | Bet/Vet | Gimel | Dalet | Hey | Vav | Zayin | Het | Tet | Yod | Kaf/Chaf |
silent | b/v | g | d | h | v | z | h | t | y | k/kh |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 20 |
א | ב | ג | ד | ה | ו | ז | ח | ט | י | כ |
ך | ||||||||||
Lamed | Mem | Nun | Samekh | Ayin | Pe/Fe | Tsade | Qoph | Resh | Shin/Sin | Tav |
30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 |
ל | מ | נ | ס | ע | פ | צ | ק | ר | ש | ת |
ם | ן | ף | ץ |
Table based on Wikipedia: Hebrew alphabet.
The second form that some of the consonents have is for when it is the final letter in a word.
Extra marks around the consonants are used to indicate vowels (mostly for novice readers) and the correct chant (for Torah reading.
The first letters also double as numbers. So, א is 1, ב is 2, etc. י is 10. (See Wikipedia:Hebrew numerals for more.) So, Hebrew words have numeric values. Sometimes these values are taken to be meaningful. For example, the word chi (חי), which means life, is also 18. (See numerology.)
Hebrew User Templates
he | משתמש זה מדבר עברית כשפת אם |
and
he-1 | משתמש זה מסוגל לתקשר ברמה בסיסית בשפה העברית |
Would someone who knows enough Hebrew create
he-0 |
משתמש זה אינו מבין עברית (או מבין אותה בקשיים ניכרים). |
for people who can't speak Hebrew to use? Something similar to the en-0 template template:user en-0 which looks like
en-0 | This person does not understand English (or understands it with considerable difficulties). Please take that into account when leaving messages. |
Articles about Hebrew Words
Since Hebrew was the original language of Judaism many of the key concepts are expressed in Hebrew. This wikicity includes articles about some Hebrew words, including
External references
- Wikibooks:Hebrew -- Want to learn some Hebrew? Here's a free resource.