ÿþ<html> <head><title>SAMPA for Hebrew</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=x-UNICODE-2-0-UTF-7"> <meta name="description" content="SAMPA for Hebrew, an ASCII representation of phonetic symbols for Hebrew"> <meta name="keywords" content="Hebrew language, Ivrit, phonetics, pronunciation, speech, SAMPA, IPA, phonetic symbols, phoneme, phonemes, vowel, consonant, semivowel, plosive, fricative, affricate, stress"> <meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="true"> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/styles/dept.css"> <style type="text/css"> h1 {color:green; font-size:300%} table {width:75%;} th {text-align:left; color:navy; font-family:verdana;} </style> </head> <body><h1><img src="israeli.jpg" alt="*" align=top> Hebrew </h1> <center> <table> <tr><th>Symbol <th>Keyword <th>English gloss <th>Orthography </tr> <tr><th colspan=4>&nbsp;<p><b>Consonants</b></tr> <tr><td colspan=4>&nbsp; <tr><td colspan=4><b>Plosives</b></tr> <tr><td>p <td>pil <td>elephant <td>&#1508;&#1468;&#1460;&#1497;&#1500; <tr><td>b <td>"bajit <td>house <td> &#x05D1;&#x05BC;&#x05B7;&#x05D9;&#x05B4;&#x05EA; <tr><td>t <td>tik <td>bag <td>&#1514;&#1468;&#1460;&#1497;&#1511; <tr><td>d <td>"delet <td>door <td>&#1491;&#1462;&#1500;&#1462;&#1514; <tr><td>k <td>"kelev <td>dog <td>&#1499;&#1468;&#1462;&#1500;&#1462;&#1489; <tr><td>g <td>ga"mal <td>camel <td>&#1490;&#1468;&#1464;&#1502;&#1464;&#1500; <tr><td>? <td>Sa"?al <td>asked <td>&#1513;&#1473;&#1464;&#1488;&#1463;&#1500; <tr><th colspan=4>&nbsp; <tr><td colspan=4><b>Fricatives</b></tr> <tr><td>f <td>fa"lafel <td>felafel <td>&#1508;&#1463;&#1500;&#1463;&#1488;&#1508;&#1462;&#1500; <tr><td>v <td>"veRed <td>rose <td>&#1493;&#1462;&#1512;&#1462;&#1491; <tr><td>s <td>sof <td>end <td>&#1505;&#1493;&#1465;&#1507; <tr><td>z <td>za"maR <td>singer <td>&#1494;&#1464;&#1502;&#1464;&#1512; <tr><td>S <td>SiR <td>song <td>&#1513;&#1473;&#1460;&#1497;&#1512; <tr><td>X <td>a"RoX <td>long <td>&#1488;&#1464;&#1512;&#1493;&#1465;&#1498;&#1456; <tr><td>h <td>haR <td>mountain <td>&#1492;&#1464;&#1512; <tr><th colspan=4>&nbsp; <tr><td colspan=4><b>Affricate</b></tr> <tr><td>ts <td>tsa"laXat <td>plate <td>&#x05E6;&#x05B7;&#x05DC;&#x05B7;&#x05D7;&#x05B7;&#x05EA; <tr><th colspan=4>&nbsp; <tr><td colspan=4><b>Nasals</b></tr> <tr><td>m <td>ma"Rak <td>soup <td>&#x05DE;&#x05B8;&#x05E8;&#x05B8;&#x05E7; <tr><td>n <td>na"fal <td>fell <td>&#1504;&#1464;&#1508;&#1463;&#1500; <tr><th colspan=4>&nbsp; <tr><td colspan=4><b>Liquids</b></tr> <tr><td>l <td>la"van <td>white <td>&#x05DC;&#x05B8;&#x05D1;&#x05B8;&#x05DF; <tr><td>R <td>RoS <td>head <td>&#x05E8;&#x05B9;&#x05D0;&#x05E9;&#x05C1; <tr><th colspan=4>&nbsp; <tr><td colspan=4><b>Semivowel</b></tr> <tr><td>j <td>jad <td>hand <td>&#x05D9;&#x05B8;&#x05D3; <tr><td colspan=4>&nbsp; <tr><th colspan=4>&nbsp;<p><b>Vowels</b></tr> <tr><td>i <td>tik <td>bag <td>&#1514;&#1468;&#1460;&#1497;&#1511; <tr><td>e <td>"even <td>stone <td>&#1488;&#1462;&#1489;&#1462;&#1503; <tr><td>a <td>a"maR <td>said <td>&#1488;&#1464;&#1502;&#1463;&#1512; <tr><td>o <td>Sa"lom <td>peace <td>&#x05E9;&#x05C1;&#x05B8;&#x05DC;&#x05D5;&#x05B9;&#x05DD; <tr><td>u <td>guR <td>puppy <td>&#1490;&#1493;&#1468;&#1512; <tr><th colspan=4>&nbsp; <tr><th colspan=4>Rare, dialectal or marginal phonemes</tr> <tr><td>Z <td>ma"saZ <td>massage <td>&#1502;&#1463;&#1505;&#1464;&#1488;&#1494; <tr><td>X\ <td>X\a"tul (Xa"tul) <td>cat <td>&#x05D7;&#x05B8;&#x05EA;&#x05D5;&#x05BC;&#x05DC; <tr><td>tS <td>tSips <td>chips <td>&#x05E6;&#x05B4;&#x05F3;&#x05D9;&#x05E4;&#x05BC;&#x05B0;&#x05E1; <tr><td>dZ <td>dZins <td>jeans <td>&#1490;&#1460;'&#1497;&#1504;&#1456;&#1505; <tr><td>?\ <td>pa"?\al (pa"?al) <td>acted <td>&#1508;&#1468;&#1464;&#1506;&#1463;&#1500; <tr><td colspan=4>&nbsp; <tr><th colspan=4>Stress mark</tr> <tr><td>" <td>"beReX <td>knee <td>&#x05D1;&#x05BC;&#x05B6;&#x05E8;&#x05B6;&#x05DA;&#x05B0; <tr><td> <td>be"ReX <td>he blessed <td>&#1489;&#1468;&#1461;&#1512;&#1461;&#1498;&#1456; </table> </center> <img src="line.gif"> <p> <a href="home.htm">SAMPA home page</a> <p> <code> <p>Established on the initiative of the <a href="http://www.orientel.org">OrienTel</a> project.</p> <p>Maintained by <a href="mailto:j.wells@phon.ucl.ac.uk">J.C. Wells</a>. Created 2002 07 12</p></code> </body></html>