** Note: A few English letters, such as "c," do not appear-no comparisons. **

Date:   4/24/2018 8:23:36 PM ( 6 y ago)

COMPARISON OF ENGLISH, HEBREW, AND GREEK ALPHABETS


ENGLISH HEBREW GREEK
(Equivalent) Character Name Pronunciation Character Name Pronunciation
a (') א aleph AH leff
(glottal stop) α alpha AL fuh
b ב* beth BAYTH β beta BAY tuh
g ג* gimel GHEE mehl γ gamma GAM muh
d ד* daleth DAH lehth δ delta DEHL tuh
e ε epsilon EP sih lahn
h ה he HAY
v ו waw WAW
z ז zayin ZA yihn ζ zeta ZAY tuh
h ח heth HAYTH η eta AY tuh
t ט teth TAYTH θ theta THAY tuh
y י yodh YOHD ι iota ih OH tuh
k ך,*כ kaf KAFF κ kappa KAP puh
l ל lamedh LAH medth λ lambda LAMB duh
m ם,מ mem MAYM μ mu MEW
n ן,נ nun NOON ν nu NEW
s ס samekh SAH mek
ξ xi ZEE
ע ayin
(rough breath) A (a) yihn
o ο omicron AH mih krahn
p ף,*פ pe PAY π pi PIGH
ץ,צ tsade SAH deh
ק qof QOHF
r ר resh RAYSH ρ rho ROH
s, sh שׁ,שׂ sin, shin SEEN, SHEEN σ,ς sigma SIHG muh
t ת* taw TAW τ tau TAW
u υ upsilon OOP sih lahn
φ phi FIGH
χ chi KIGH
ψ psi puh SIGH
ω omega oh MAY guh
26 letters 22 letters 24 letters

* תּ,פּ,כּ,דּ,גּ,בּ — so-called “beghadkephat” letters. Hard sound with a dot in bosom of letter.

Note: A few English letters, such as "c," do not appear-no comparisons.



 

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