Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Hebrew)
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[edit] Transcriptions
The following transcription systems are currently under consideration.
The transcription systems list Israeli and Ashkenazi dialects separately (and add the recommendations of Israel's Academy of the Hebrew Language for comparison).
| HEBREW | Name | PRECISE TRANSCRIPTION Tiberian Hebrew |
TATIK MUKAL Academy of the Hebrew Language |
SIMPLE TRANSCRIPTION Israeli Hebrew |
SIMPLE TRANSCRIPTION Ashkenazi Hebrew |
| Consonant Letters | |||||
| א | Alef | ʔ | - | - | - |
| אּ | Alef - Mapik | ʔ | - | - | - |
| ב | Vet / Veis | v | v | v | v |
| בּ | Bet / Beis | b | b | b | b |
| ג | Gimel | ɣ | g | g | g |
| גּ | Gimel | g | g | g | g |
| ג׳ | Jimel | dʒ | (ǧ) | j | dzh (?) |
| ד | Dalet / Doles | ð | d | d | d |
| דּ | Dalet / Doles | d | d | d | d |
| ה | He / Hei | h | h | h | h |
| הּ | He - Mapik / Hei - Mapik | h | h | h | h |
| ו | Vav / Vov | w | v | v | v |
| ז | Zayin | z | z | z | z |
| ז׳ | Zhayin | ʒ | (ž) | zh | zh (?) |
| ח | Khet / Ches | ħ | (ẖ) | kh (?) h (?) | ch (?) kh (?) |
| ט | Tet | tˁ | t | t | t |
| י | Yod / Yud | j | y | y | y |
| ך כ | Khaf / Chof | x | kh | kh | ch (?) kh (?) |
| ךּ כּ | Kaf / Kof | k | k | k | k |
| ל | Lamed / Lomed | l | l | l | l |
| ם מ | Mem | m | m | m | m |
| ן נ | Nun | n | n | n | n |
| ס | Samekh / Somech | s | s | s | s |
| ע | Ayin | ʕ | - | - | - |
| ף פ | Fe / Fei | f | f | f | f |
| ףּ פּ | Pe / Pei | p | p | p | p |
| ץ צ | Tsadi / Tzodik | sˁ | ts | ts | tz |
| ץ׳ צ׳ | Chadi / Tshodik | tʃ | (č) | ch | tsh |
| ק | Kuf | q | k | k | k |
| ר | Resh / Reish | ɾ | r | r | r |
| שׁ | Shin | ʃ | sh | sh | sh |
| שׂ | Sin | ş | s | s | s |
| ת | Tav / Sov | θ | t | t | s |
| תּ | Tav / Tov | t | t | t | t |
| Vowel Points | |||||
| ִ | Khirik / Chirik | i | i | i | i |
| ֵ | Tsere / Tzerei | e | e | e | e |
| ֶ | Segol | ɛ | e | e | e |
| ַ | Patakh / Patach | a | a | a | a |
| ָ | Kamets / Kometz | ɔ | a | a | o |
| ָ | Kamets Katan / Kometz Katan | ɔ | o | o | o |
| ֹ | Kholem / Cholem | o | o | o | o |
| ֻ | Shuruk | u | u | u | u |
| Vowel Letters | |||||
| א | Alef | ʔ̣ | - | - | - |
| ה | He / Hei | ḥ | - | - | - |
| ו | Vav / Vov | ˑ | - | - | - |
| י | Yod / Yud | ˑ | - | - | - |
| וֹ | Kholem Male / Cholem Male | oˑ | o | o | o |
| וּ | Shuruk | uˑ | u | u | u |
| י ֵ | Tsere Male / Tzerei Male | eˑ | e | e | ei |
| י ַ | Patakh-Yod / Patach-Yud | aɪ | ay | ay | ai |
| י ָ | Kamats-Yod / Kometz-Yud | ɔɪ | ay | ay | oi |
| י ֹ | Kholem-Yod / Cholem-Yud | oɪ | oy | oy | oi |
| Epenthetic Vowel Points | |||||
| ְ | Shva Nakh / Shva Nach | - | - | - | - |
| ְ | Shva Na | ə | e | - (?) (eg.: Ktav, Shva, Gvul) |
e (?) (eg.: Ketav, Shevo, Gevul) |
| ְ | Shva Na | ə | e | e 1st syllable IF before ע ,א |
e |
| ְ | Shva Na | ə | e | e any syllable if BOTH after another ְ AND before ע ,א |
e |
| ֱ | Khataf Segol | ɛ̆ | e | e | e |
| ֲ | Khataf Patakh | ă | a | a | a |
| ֳ | Khataf Kamets | ɔ̆ | o | o | o |
| Other Points | |||||
| ּ | Dagesh | ː if between syllables, even if Dagesh Kal |
- | - | - |
| ֽ | Meteg | ˈ optional |
- | - | - |
[edit] Abbreviations
All Hebrew abbreviations (rashei teivot) function as regular words for all intents and purposes and therefore should be written with standard capitalization rules, not in all-uppercase letter (e.g., Ramatkal, Yamam, Zaka, not RAMATKAL, YAMAM, ZAKA).
