Hebrew Vowel Chart
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1Vowels
Class
“a”
“i”
“u”
Length
! 7
! !
! $
! $ -
! ( -
! )
! 0
=
=
=
,$ !
6 7
Long
= + -
# $ %
! "
= + -
-
* + ,+
@
- - 0
* + ,+
- 0 @
,$ !
) 2 -
= + -
3
0 1 $
)
a
;" ;
3
0 1 $
)
vowels
q! " m e# h$
#$rê h$
#$rê y,/
&îreq y,/
&,lem h$
&,lem w,w
.ûreq
!(h) “father”
$(h) “hey”
ê “hey”
î “beet”
,(h) “snow”
ô “snow”
with matres
û “boot”
lectionis
! %
! % -
(“mothers of
=
reading”)
= + -
0 1
. + /
- 0 @
0 1
. + /
s*+,l h$
s*+,l y,/
e(h) “vein”
ê “vein”
! !
! $
! (
! )
! +
Long
# $ %
! "
-
* + ,+
,$ !
) 2 -
1 $ 3
) 0
%
8 7
! 2
vowels
q! " m e#
#$rê h$
&îreq
&,lem
qibbû#
! “father”
$ “hey”
0 “beet”
, “boat”
2 “boot”
! "
! %
! (
! !
! +
Short
)
( '
& '
0 1
. + /
,$ !
) 2 -
?
> 7
) "
# $ %
! "
%
8 7
! 2
vowels
pá%a&
s*+,l
&îreq
q! " m e# &!'ûp (
qibbû#
a “cat”
e “fed”
i “bit”
o “off”
u “boot”
! *
! #
! &
Hateph
# $ %
! "
> + ?
) "
)
( '
& '
> + ?
) "
0 1
. + /
> + ?
) "
vowels
&! " ' ep ( q! " m e#
&! " ' ep ( pa%a&
&! " ' ep ( s*+,l
1 “off”;
) “cat”
- “fed”
(aw “awe”)
! '
Shewa!
b
<
6 : ;"
(looks like
.*w!
the hateph in
* “severe”
the hateph
(no sound at end
vowels)
of closed
syllable)
! Words that are accented other than on the last syllable are shown in this chart with the
a
accented syllable in
colored
type.
!The shewa can be either vocal or silent. “Vocal shewa” is a very short vowel, pronounced
b
like the first “e” in “severe” or the “e” in “stupefy.” The “silent shewa” is not pronounced at
all and merely closes a syllable. Remember this rule: short and silent. If a short vowel
comes before a consonant under which there is a shewa, the shewa is silent. Thus: (1) If a
shewa is under the first consonant of a word, the shewa is vocal. (This shewa is not preceded
by a short vowel.) (2) If there are two shewas in a row, the first is silent and the second is
vocal. (The first is preceded by a short vowel and is silent, the second is not and is vocal.)
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song vowels
(
)
,$ !
6 7
(
) 4 5 4
3
0 1 $
)
(
) 2
,$ !
) 2 -
(
) $
0 1
. + /
+ (
- )
* + ,+
(
) '
)
( '
& '
(
) "
# $ %
! "
(
) 5 :
<
6 : ;"
(
) 5 9
%
8 7
! 2
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