Transcription of Hebrew for Christians
1 The Complete Hebrew Vowel List Hebrew for Christians Mark Name Sound Hebrew Trans. Class Type a' Qamets a as in aqua #meq' a Long a; Patach a as in aqua xt;P; a Short a] Chateph Patach a as in aqua xt;P; @jex' a Reduced ha' Qamets Hey a as in aqua ahe #meq' ah Long A-Type ae Tsere e as in they yrEce e Long a, Segol e as in they lAgs, e Short a/ Chateph Segol e as in they lAgs, @jex' e Reduced yae Tsere Yod ei as in eight dAy yrEce ei Long ya, Segol Yod ey as in obey dAy lAgs.
2 Ey Long E-Type ai Chireq i as in machine qr<yxi i Short yai Chireq Yod i as in machine dAy qr<yxi i Long I-Type ao Cholem o as in yellow ~l,Ax o Long a\ Chateph Qamets o as in yellow #meq' @jex' o Reduced a' Qamets Chatuph o as in yellow @Wjx' #meq' o Short Aa Cholem Vav o as in yellow ww" ~l,Ax o Long O-Type au Qibbuts u as in blue #WBqi u Short Wa Shureq u as in blue qr<Wv u Long U-Type a.
3 Sheva Vocal: short e Silent: no sound aw"v. e (vocal) Short Combined Sounds ya; ya'yIa;yAayWawya' ai ai aiy oy uy av (long) (long)(long) (long) (long) (long)
