Shabbat Shalom

Like the Alphabet,

The letters in Hebrew are called the Alef - Beyt and they are presented on my blog from bottom to the top so you can learn them order, then to read them right to left. You will see what the original "Bible" said and what the names meant as they went through the stories of old.

Here is Nun: Symbolizing to be upright - some say it symbolized a fish but not for certain. The word Nun Vav Nun (the spelling of the letter) means 'propagate' to increase, multiply or 'offspring'.

Nun and Nun Sofit (used at the end of a word).

Here are what they look like.

Nun is pronounced 'noon.' It is the 14th letter. It is a consonant . It is also the number 50 when used as a number.

The letter sounds like an "N" in English. Easy.

As usual, let's take a look at others

These are letters that look a bit like Nun. They can be confusing, but you will easily get used to the differences if you just take a closer look. Spend a moment comparing them.

Also, many commeents in my blogs contain the entire alef-beyt and my readers have found almost every style and different fonts and scrypts. You can find them in those images and compare them as well.

The following are some snapshots from my Tanakh

Here you can see both kinds of Nun forms, Nun and Nun Sofit used within a couple words.
I have pointed out the two letters Nun. Incidentally, the form of the letter changes but the sound does not.

Below I have highlighted the eye movements used to read Hebrew.

We must start at the top right, pronounce the letter, then the vowel
Back to the top...
down on an angle
back to the top

Each stroke is numbered

Then written the pronunciation with the syllables numbered. (I hope this helps until we get audio incorporated).

There is one letter up there that you have not learned yet (rosh) or "R" - sorry about that. Take a look how we read the Rosh, then the dot above (sounds like "owe") then we read the final Nun

Read it several times following the blue lines. I hope you are also reviewing the previous lessons. And I do appreciate the constructive criticism many have offered.

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Where we are so far

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Only 8 more letters and you will be reading!

The vowels only have about five sounds - and I will keep telling you how they sound as we go

• don't worry about the names of the vowels unless you plan to teach Hebrew.

I hope to add meaning to these little lessons each Shabbat as we go. Then we can read together with the vowel points in place and see how it all jives with English.

Thanks for taking the time to read.