Hebrew Aleph-Bet - Week 1 - Part 2 of 3

0-Menu-01 : 0-Menu-01 Hebrew Aleph-Bet Week 1-2 jacob@ecker.com Next Week 1, Part 2 of 3 Hebrew Aleph Bet Power Point Program Version 1.3 Copyright June 07, 2008 Revised August 11, 2011 Jacob E. Ecker Lake Charles, LA USA

1-Chapter 01 Bet/Vet : 1-Chapter 01 Bet/Vet The Hebrew Letter “Bet” is the second letter of the Hebrew aleph-bet (alphabet). It can make two slightly different sounds. Its sound is the same as English B or V.

1-Bet/Vet : 1-Bet/Vet We will first consider the shape of Bet/Vet which makes the “B” sound. We will find later another letter which looks enough like the Bet that it can cause some confusion. To help distinguish between the Bet and similar letters, notice some distinctive points about the shape of the Bet.

1-Baseball : 1-Baseball

Vowels : Vowels We would expect the name of the letter to be pronounced Bayt based on the “official” pronunciation of the vowel in it. But, that sound is softened to BET.

Vowels : Vowels The softening of vowels in common words happens in all languages. The more common the word, the shorter the sounds in the way it is pronounced in common usage.

Bet : Bet

1-Find Bet/Vet : 1-Find Bet/Vet Draw a circle around each Bet/Vet in these sentences. Remember it is the SAME letter with or without the dagaysh. How many did you find?

1-Found Bet/Vet : 1-Found Bet/Vet Draw a circle around each Bet/Vet in these sentences. Remember it is the SAME letter with or without the dagaysh. How many did you find? I found four.

1-Find Bet Torah : 1-Find Bet Torah Torah reading by Uri Harel

1-Find Bet Torah : 1-Find Bet Torah Torah reading by Uri Harel I found 2

1-How to Write Bet/Vet : 1-How to Write Bet/Vet Now that we know what a Bet/Vet looks like and what sound it represents we will learn how to write it.

1-Bet Book Print : 1-Bet Book Print The second letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is Bet/Vet. When the letter has a dot (called a dagaysh) in it is known as a BET and makes the same sound as the English letter B. The form given here is what the letter would look like if you saw it in a book. We will now learn how we can write the block form of this letter (the way a first grader writes the ABC’s)

1-Bet Book n Block : 1-Bet Book n Block The block letter Bet uses just two strokes and a dot to make the letter. The first stroke begins at the top left and draws a straight line to the right which then turns straight down to the bottom. The second stroke makes the base from left to right across the bottom.

1-Bet Block Print-101 : 1-Bet Block Print-101 The block letter Bet uses just two strokes and a dot to make the letter. The first stroke begins at the top left and draws a straight line to the right which then turns straight down to the bottom. As the computer draws the line, you can trace it on the outline on your practice sheet.

Bet Block Print-201 : Bet Block Print-201 The first stroke begins at the top left and draws a straight line to the right which then turns straight down to the bottom. The second stroke makes the base from left to right across the bottom.

Bet Block Print-301 : Bet Block Print-301 The first stroke begins at the top left and draws a straight line to the right which then turns straight down to the bottom. The second stroke makes the base from left to right across the bottom. If you want a Bet add the dagaysh, if you want a Vet, leave the dagaysh out.

Bet Block Print-000 : Bet Block Print-000 The first stroke begins at the top left and draws a straight line to the right which then turns straight down to the bottom. The second stroke makes the base from left to right across the bottom. If you want a Bet add the dagaysh, if you want a Vet, leave the dagaysh out. Now you practice making a line of Bet/Vet on the sheet.

Debbie-AlephBet-03 : Debbie-AlephBet-03 Song by Debbie Friedman

1-CoursePlan01-01-AlephComplete : 1-CoursePlan01-01-AlephComplete Mark Bet “Complete” on Class Plan

1-CoursePlan01-01-AlephComplete : 1-CoursePlan01-01-AlephComplete

AlephBet-01-02a : AlephBet-01-02a

AlephBet-01-02b : AlephBet-01-02b

Vowels : Vowels First Letters (Consonants), Then Vowels

Vowels : Vowels Vowels are not considered to be letters! Most vowels are dots or lines placed under or after or above a letter. The first two vowels that we will learn represent the same sound in modern Hebrew. We can represent this sound in English as “ah”. Some English words with this sound are “ball”, Bob”, awful, awkward. This is NOT the sound of A in baby nor bat. Can you hear the difference? Vowels

Patakh : Patakh The simple straight line under a letter is a vowel called Patakh. It’s sound is “ah”

Qamats : Qamats The Tee shaped line under a letter is a vowel called Qamats. It’s sound is also “ah”

1-CoursePlan01-01-AlephComplete : 1-CoursePlan01-01-AlephComplete Mark Patakh and Qamats “Complete” on Class Plan

1-CoursePlan01-01-AlephComplete : 1-CoursePlan01-01-AlephComplete

AlephBet-01-03a : AlephBet-01-03a

AlephBet-01-03b : AlephBet-01-03b

Vowels : Vowels First Letters (Consonants), Then Vowels Then Syllables

Syllable-Bah : Syllable-Bah This combination of a letter and a vowel is a simple syllable. First make the sound of the letter and then the sound of the vowel. B a h

Open-Syllable : Open-Syllable With only one exception to be learned later, ALL syllables start with a letter (consonant). What is the sound of this syllable?

Syllable-Bah-Open : Syllable-Bah-Open Bah Is an OPEN syllable. This very simple syllable consisting of a single letter (consonant) followed by a single vowel is called an OPEN syllable.

Closed-Syllable : Closed-Syllable A closed syllable has a letter and a vowel and a second letter which closes the syllable. This is a closed syllable. What is the sound of this syllable?

Syllable-Bah : Syllable-Bah Bahb Is an CLOSED syllable.

Letter-Vowel : Letter-Vowel A letter will usually have a vowel. The only exception is if the last letter of a word is a syllable closing letter it is not required to have a vowel (some will have, most not)

BaB : This word has only one syllable, because the second letter does not have a vowel. This forces it to become part of the first syllable. A letter without a vowel is a syllable closing letter. BaB

BaBa : BaBa This word has the same letters that we saw in the previous one syllable word, but this is a word composed of two open syllables. Be sure that we can hear the two distinct syllables.

BaB : BaB This is a word composed of only one syllable even though it has exactly the same letters as the two syllable word preceding it. The ONLY difference is the two syllable word has two vowels, the one syllable word has one.

LettersWeKnow : LettersWeKnow These are the letters and vowels that we know so far. Aleph Bet Vet Patakh Qamats Press the down arrow or the left mouse button to display additional information.

Practice Words : Practice Words Practice Words The following words are all real Hebrew words. They are a chance to practice reading the letters you have just learned. It is not important at this time to try to learn the words, they are here to help you learn the letters. Learn how letters and vowels are combined into syllables and words.

Practice Words-Av : Practice Words-Av First look at the word and determine where to put the syllable markers. Then pronounce the word. Noun Noun Verb closed open closed closed Next Press the down arrow or the left mouse button to display additional information. First mark syllables, then pronounce, then learn meaning. How many syllables are in each of these words?Are the syllables Open or Closed?

Practice Words-AbbahBah : Practice Words-AbbahBah . comes Dad You have learned two letters, two vowels three words and one sentence. Congratulations! Press the down arrow or the left mouse button to display additional information.

Links : Links Click here to continue to Part 3 of week 1 http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/160701-Hebrew-Aleph-Bet-Week-1-Part-3-of-3 Or here to see the list of all available classes http://ourvalues.info/Hebrew/ Or click the down arrow to end this session.