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The Hebrew language, the language of the Bible, was spoken by the Jews of the Land of Israel in ancient times and continued to serve as the language of prayer and study through the generations and still is to this day.
The language was revived and reintroduced into the daily life of the Jewish population of Israel in the late 1800s by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, also known as the father of Modern Hebrew. Hebrew is the official language of the State of Israel.
The Hebrew language has its own alphabet, the Hebrew Alphabet.
Hebrew is different than English in sound and in the way it is written.
The most observable distinction between Hebrew and the western languages’ alphabet is that Hebrew is written and read from right to left.
There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet. Four of its letters have two different sounds. Five of its letters look different when appearing at the end of a word.
Basic Facts about the Hebrew Alphabet
- Hebrew is written and read from right to left
- Hebrew does not have regular vowels but a system called NIKUD or NEKUDOT made of dashes and dots that replace the job of the English A, E, I, O, and U.
- The modern Hebrew alphabet is written in two formats: Print (or block) and cursive.
- Four of the twenty-two Hebrew letters have two sounds: Bet/Vet, Kaf/Chaf, Pei/Fei, and Shin/Sin. The Bet, Kaf, and Pei have a dot (dagesh) in the middle. The Shin has a dot on the top right and the Sin on the top left.
- Five letters change in appearance when they appear at the end of a word: Kaf/Chaf Sofit, Mem Sofit, Nun Sofit, Fei Sofit, and Tzadi Sofit. (‘Sofit’ literally means ‘final’).
- There are silent letters in Hebrew, the Aleph, the Ayin, and sometimes the Hei.
- The Hebrew letters have a numerical value.
- Each letter of the Hebrew Alphabet has a story to tell.
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Ok, I must say that MazorBooks are promoting good books that are helpful for kids. However, they seem to have a huge and detailed collection in Hebrew books for children to learn!
Yes. Books with Good Values that are universal. As well, MazorBooks introduces kids that speak English to the wonderful ancient yet modern language, Hebrew.
how cute! Must be a great book to learn language, very important too
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