א

Aleph or alef: the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, coming before ב.


ג

Gimel: the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ב and before ד.


ו

Vav, waw: the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ה and before ז.


י

Yodh, yod, yud: the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ט and before כ.


ץ

word-final form of צ; final sadhe, tsadi, tzaddik


ע

Ayin: the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ס and before פ.


ט

Teth, tet: the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ח and before י.


צ

ץ

final (sofit) form, used at the end of a word

Sadhe, tsadi, tsade, tzaddik, tsadiq: the eighteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after פ and before ק.

צָפוֹן צפון#Hebrew

Initialism of צָפוֹן (tsafón, “north”), equivalent to N.


פ

Pe, peh, fe, feh: the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ע and before צ.

Used alone (in normal, not final form) to mark the end of a petuhah.


ה

He, hei: the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ד and before ו.


כ

Kaph, kaf, khaph, khaf: the eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after י and before ל.


ר

Resh: the twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ק and before ש.


מ

Mem: the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ל and before נ.


ק

Glagolitic: Ⰽ, ⰽ

Kuf, qof, qoph, koph: the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after צ and before ר.


ב

Bet, beth, vet: the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after א and before ג.


ס

Samekh, samech: the fifteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after נ and before ע.


ת

Tav: the twenty-second and final letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ש.


ד

Dalet, daleth: the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ג and before ה.

דָּרוֹם דרום#Hebrew

Initialism of דָּרוֹם (daróm, “south”), equivalent to S.


ח

Heth, het: the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ז and before ט.


ז

(letter) Zayin: the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ו and before ח.


ל

Lamed: the twelfth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after כ and before מ.


ש

From Proto-Semitic *šinn- (“tooth”), the source of שן. The association of "tooth" with this letter was the result of folk etymology and based on the corresponding Phoenician letter, 𐤔 (š), having a shape resembling a tooth. The letter originally depicted a composite bow, which usually has the tips curving away from the archer when unstrung.
Related to Classical Syriac ܫ, Arabic ش (š), Phoenician 𐤔 (š), Aramaic ܫ. More at Shin.

שׁ is shin (with the shin dot above the right-hand side of the letter), representing /ʃ/

שׂ is sin (with the sin dot above the left-hand side of the letter), representing /s/

Shin or sin: the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ר and before ת.


נ

Nun: the fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after מ and before ס.


אָ

(Hebrew with niqqud) A variation of the consonant א (“aleph”), using kamatz to indicate a specific ancient vowel, approximately /ɑ/.


The niqqud point rafe. See also רפה. Mainly used in Yiddish text to indicate the absence of a dagesh kal.


שווא שווא#Hebrew


חטף קמץ
חטף קמץ

The niqqud point ḥaṭaf qamatz. See also חטף קמץ.


חטף פתח
חטף פתח

The niqqud point ḥaṭaf pataḥ. See also חטף פתח.


חטף סגול
חטף סגול

The niqqud point ḥataf segol. See also חטף סגול.


dagesh, used to denote a geminated consonant, or a consonant pronounced as a plosive as opposed to as a fricative.

mappiq or mapiq, used to indicate that the letters ה (he) or א (aleph) are to be pronounced as consonants in positions where they usually indicate a vowel.

shuruk sign, used with ו (waw/vav) to indicate the long u vowel sound.


ז׳

דז׳ה וו ― dezha-vú ― déjà vu (from French)

זאב ז׳בוטינסקי ― zé'ev zhabotínski ― Ze'ev Jabotinsky (from Russian)

ז׳ירונה ― zhiróna ― Girona (from Catalan)

Used in transliterating the sound /ʒ/ in various foreign phrases and proper nouns.


בּ

Bet, beth: the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.