Chirik or Hireq [אִ]

It is a dot under the consonant. We pronounce it in two different ways:

1-Short as [i]; e.g. שִ – Shi – וִ – Vi – רִ – Ri

2-Long as [ee].

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Shuruk 

  “u” like [oo]

This vowel is used only on the letter “ו” (vav).   It sounds like “u” in English. [oo]

When we use the Shuruk, the letter “ו” operates as a vowel letter (like in Arabic [w – و ].

“The Shuruk is the letter Vav with a dot in the middle and to the left of it. The dot is identical to the grammatically different signs Dagesh and Mappiq, but in a fully vocalized text it is practically impossible to confuse them: Shuruk itself is a vowel sign, so if the letter before the Waw doesn’t have its own vowel sign, then the Waw with the dot is a Shuruk and otherwise it is a Waw with a Dagesh or a Mappiq. Furthermore, the Mappiq only appears at the end of the word and only in the letter He (ה) in modern Hebrew and in the Bible it sometimes appears in Aleph (א) and only in some Bible manuscripts it appears in the letter Waw, for example in the word גֵּוּ (‘torso’) [ɡev]. Compare for example Waw with Dagesh in מְגֻוָּן [məɡuvˈvan] ‘varied’ (without niqqud: מגוון) as opposed to Shuruk in מִגּוּן [miɡˈɡun] ‘protection’ (without niqqud: מיגון); see also orthographic variants of Waw.” wikipedia

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Cholam chaser  or Maleh א  

It sounds like the letter “o” – Over – Robe

    or

Example:   It sounds like “o”

This vowel is used only on a consonant:

It sounds like “o” in English.

When we use a Cholam Maleh, the consonant e.g. “”   operates as a vowel letter.

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Introduction

Hello everyone!

שָׁלוֹם לְכוּלַם !

Shalom lekulam!

In this page, we will learn how to use Nikud. But before that, let’s look at the background information of this vowel system.

Hebrew Vowels are run by a system based on small lines and dots put in different positions and places around Hebrew letters. This means that in the Hebrew language, to breath after a consonant does not require adding letters written on lines like consonants. In actual fact, we find all the European vowels in Hebrew [a], [e], [o], [u] written in the form of special markings that are added on or below the consonant.

These vowels are based on an ancient system studied in the Jewish Bible called “Nikud Taberni” meaning; “the method of vowels.”

There are many forms of nikud for each given vowel sound.

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Index

אב [ab] Page 2

א ב ד          [ava:d] *                                                     אֶ בְי וֹ ן          [‘evyo:n] ***

א ב ל          [ava:l]  *                                                     אֶ בֶ ן          [e.ve:n]* 

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