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The Hebrew alphabet ( Hebrew: אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי, [a] Alefbet ivri ), known variously by scholars as the Ktav Ashuri, Jewish script, square script and block script, is traditionally an abjad script used in the writing of the Hebrew language and other Jewish languages, most notably Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo-Persian.
- Aleph
Aleph (or alef or alif, transliterated ʾ) is the first...
- Paleo-Hebrew Alphabet
The Paleo-Hebrew and Phoenician alphabets developed in the...
- Biblical Hebrew Phonology
Biblical Hebrew (עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית (Ivrit Miqra'it) ⓘ or...
- Abjad
Etymology. The name abjad is based on the Arabic alphabet's...
- Dalet
Dalet (dāleth, also spelled Daleth or Daled) is the fourth...
- Heth
Heth, sometimes written Chet or Ḥet, is the eighth letter of...
- Yiddish Alphabet
Yiddish orthography is the writing system used for the...
- Canaanite Languages
The Canaanite languages, sometimes referred to as Canaanite...
- Ktav Ashuri
Pirkei Avot in the Ashurit script, with Babylonian...
- Mozarabic
Consuelo López Morillas criticizes this kind of a...
- Aleph
The Hebrew alphabet is a script that the Aramaic alphabet was derived from during the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman periods (c. 500 BCE – 50 CE). It replaced the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet which was used in the earliest epigraphic records of the Hebrew language.
Hebrew alphabet. Users of the language write Modern Hebrew from right to left using the Hebrew alphabet – an "impure" abjad, or consonant-only script, of 22 letters. The ancient paleo-Hebrew alphabet resembles those used for Canaanite and Phoenician.
The Hebrew alphabet, known variously by scholars as the Ktav Ashuri, Jewish script, square script and block script, is traditionally an abjad script used in the writing of the Hebrew language and other Jewish languages, most notably Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo-Persian.
Introduction to the Hebrew Alphabet. The Hebrew alphabet, the holy language of the Bible, is used for biblical Hebrew, Modern Hebrew, Jewish Aramaic, Yiddish, and Ladino. It consists of 22 letters, all consonants, none of which are lowercase. Each letter has its own sound and numerical value.
The Hebrew alphabet is also known as the Hebrew Square Script, the square script, the block script, the Jewish script or Ktav Ashuri ( כְּתָב אַשּׁוּרִי - Assyrian script). Notable features. Type of writing system: abjad / consonant alphabet. Writing direction: right to left in horizontal lines.
Beginning. Grammar. Alphabet. Notes. Related pages. References. Hebrew language. "Israel" written in the Hebrew alphabet. Hebrew is the language of Jewish people around the world, an official language of Israel and n linguistics a Semitic language. Many Jewish people speak English and also speak Hebrew, as Hebrew is part of Judaism.
