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===Consonants===
===Consonants===
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{| class="wikitable"
! Hebrew|| transliteration|| notes
! Hebrew || transliteration
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|א (''alef'')||silent without a vowel||when following a vowel, prefix with an apostrophe (')
|א (''alef'') || apostrophe (''''') when between vowels, omitted otherwise
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|ב (''bet'')||B (with dagesh) or V (without dagesh)||
|ב (''bet'') || ''b'' when with dagesh, ''v'' when without
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|-
|ג (''gimel'')||G||
|ג (''gimel'')|| ''g''
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|ד (''dalet'')||D||
|ד (''dalet'')|| ''d''
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|ה (''he'')||H||unpronounced ''he'' at the end of a word is omitted
|ה (''he'')|| ''h'', except omitted at the end of a word unless it has a mapik
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|ו (''vav'')||V||
|ו (''vav'')|| ''v''
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|ז (''zayin'')||Z||
|ז (''zayin'')|| ''z''
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|ח (''het'')||H||
|ח (''het'')|| ''h'' <!-- ?! -->
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|ט (''tet'')||T||
|ט (''tet'')|| ''t''
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|י (''yod'')||Y||only when pronounced as a consonant
|י (''yod'')|| ''y'', except omitted when it doesn't have a vowel
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|כ (''kaf'')||K (with dagesh) or KH (without dagesh)||
|כ (''kaf'')|| ''k'' when with dagesh, ''kh'' when without
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|ל (''lamed'')||L||
|ל (''lamed'')|| ''l''
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|מ (''mem'')||M||
|מ (''mem'')|| ''m''
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|נ (''nun'')||N||
|נ (''nun'')|| ''n''
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|ס (''samekh'')||S||
|ס (''samekh'')|| ''s''
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|ע (''ayin'')|| ||same as ''alef''
|ע (''ayin'')|| apostrophe (''&#39;'') when between vowels, omitted otherwise
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|פ (''pe'')||P (with dagesh) or F (without dagesh)||
|פ (''pe'')|| ''p'' when with dagesh, ''f'' when without
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|צ (''tsadi'')||TZ||
|צ (''tsadi'')|| ''tz''
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|ק (''kof'')||K||
|ק (''kof'')|| ''k''
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|ר (''reish'')||R||
|ר (''reish'')|| ''r''
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|&#xfb2a; (''shin'')||SH||
|שׁ (''shin'')|| ''sh''
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|&#xfb2b; (''sin'')||S||
|שׂ (''sin'')|| ''s''
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|ת (''tav'')||T||
|ת (''tav'')|| ''t''
|}
|}



Revision as of 13:00, 18 July 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
א (alef) apostrophe (') when between vowels, omitted otherwise
ב (bet) b when with dagesh, v when without
ג (gimel) g
ד (dalet) d
ה (he) h, except omitted at the end of a word unless it has a mapik
ו (vav) v
ז (zayin) z
ח (het) h
ט (tet) t
י (yod) y, except omitted when it doesn't have a vowel
כ (kaf) k when with dagesh, kh when without
ל (lamed) l
מ (mem) m
נ (nun) n
ס (samekh) s
ע (ayin) apostrophe (') when between vowels, omitted otherwise
פ (pe) p when with dagesh, f when without
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