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Letter Name of letter Established pronunciation
in English[3]		 standard Israeli
pronunciation		 colloquial Israeli
pronunciation (if differing)		 Yiddish / Ashkenazi
pronunciation
MW[3] Unicode
א Aleph Alef /ˈɑːlɛf/, /ˈɑːlɨf/ /ˈalef/

/ˈalɛf/
בּ Beth Bet /bɛθ/, /beɪt/ /bet/

/bɛɪs/
ב /vɛɪs/
ג Gimel Gimel /ˈɡɪməl/ /ˈɡimel/

/ˈɡimːɛl/
ד Daleth Dalet /ˈdɑːlɨθ/, /ˈdɑːlɛt/ /ˈdalet/ /ˈdaled/ /ˈdalɛd/
ה He He /heɪ/ /he/ /hej/ /hɛɪ/
ו Waw Vav /vɑːv/ /vav/

/vɔv/
ז Zayin Zayin /ˈzaɪ.ɨn/ /ˈzajin/ /ˈza.in/ /ˈzajin/
ח Heth Het /hɛθ/, /xeɪt/ /ħet/ /χet/ /χɛs/
ט Teth Tet /tɛθ/, /teɪt/ /tet/

/tɛs/
י Yod Yod /jɔːd/ /jod/ /jud/ /jud/
כּ Kaph Kaf /kɑːf/ /kaf/

/kɔf/
כ /χɔf/
ך

Final Kaf

/kaf sofit/

/laŋɡɛ χɔf/
ל Lamed Lamed /ˈlɑːmɛd/ /ˈlamed/

/ˈlamɛd/
מ Mem Mem /mɛm/ /mem/

/mɛm/
ם

Final Mem

/mem sofit/

/ʃlɔs mɛm/
נ Nun Nun /nuːn/ /nun/

/nun/
ן

Final Nun

/nun sofit/

/laŋɡɛ nun/
ס Samekh Samekh /ˈsɑːmɛk/ /ˈsameχ/

/ˈsamɛχ/
ע Ayin Ayin /ˈaɪ.ɨn/ /ˈʕajin/ /ˈa.in/ /ˈajin/
פּ Pe Pe /peɪ/ /pe/ /pej/ /pɛɪ/
פ /fɛɪ/
ף

Final Pe

/pe sofit/ /pej sofit/ /laŋɡɛ fɛɪ/
צ Sadhe Tsadi /ˈsɑːdə/, /ˈsɑːdi/ /ˈtsadi/

/ˈtsɔdi/, /ˈtsɔdik/, /ˈtsadɛk/
ץ

Final Tsadi

/ˈtsadi sofit/

/laŋɡɛ ˈtsadɛk/
ק Qoph Qof /kɔːf/ /kof/ /kuf/ /kuf/
ר Resh Resh /rɛʃ/, /reɪʃ/ /reʃ/ /rejʃ/ /rɛɪʃ/
ש Shin Shin /ʃiːn/, /ʃɪn/ /ʃin/

/ʃin, sin/
תּ Tav Tav /tɑːf/, /tɔːv/ /tav/ /taf/ /tɔv/, /tɔf/
ת /sɔv/, /sɔf/