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Revision as of 17:29, 7 March 2006
This page is designed to create an official policy regarding the translation of Hebrew and Israeli names and Hebrew transliteration for Wikipedia articles. The discussion is ongoing at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Hebrew).
General Rules
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Transliteration
These rules are based on the rules of the Academy of the Hebrew Language for transliteration[1], with a few deviations.
Consonants
| Hebrew | transliteration | notes |
|---|---|---|
| א (alef) | silent without a vowel | when following a vowel, prefix with an apostrophe (') |
| ב (bet) | B (with dagesh) or V (without dagesh) | |
| ג (gimel) | G | |
| ד (dalet) | D | |
| ה (he) | H | unpronounced he at the end of a word is omitted |
| ו (vav) | V | |
| ז (zayin) | Z | |
| ח (het) | H | |
| ט (tet) | T | |
| י (yod) | Y | only when pronounced as a consonant |
| כ (kaf) | K (with dagesh) or KH (without dagesh) | |
| ל (lamed) | L | |
| מ (mem) | M | |
| נ (nun) | N | |
| ס (samekh) | S | |
| ע (ayin) | same as alef | |
| פ (pe) | P (with dagesh) or F (without dagesh) | |
| צ (tsadi) | TZ | |
| ק (kof) | K | |
| ר (reish) | R | |
| שׁ (shin) | SH | |
| שׂ (sin) | S | |
| ת (tav) | T |
Nikkud / Vowels
| Hebrew | transliteration | notes |
|---|---|---|
| shva | always no vowel | |
| patah, kamatz, hataf-patah | A | |
| seggol, tzeirei, hataf-seggol | E | |
| tzeirei male | EI | |
| hirik, hirik male | I | |
| holam, kamatz katan, hataf-kamatz | O | |
| shuruk, kubbutz | U | |
| dagesh ḥazaq | consonant is repeated |