Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Hebrew): Difference between revisions

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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These rules are based on the rules of the Academy of the Hebrew Language for transliteration[1], with a few deviations.

Hebrew	transliteration
א (alef)	apostrophe ( ' ) when occuring in mid-word and followed by a vowel, 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 when at the begining of a syllable, i at the end of a syllable
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 occuring in mid-word and followed by a vowel, omitted otherwise
פ (pe)	p when with dagesh, f when without
צ (tzadi)	tz
ק (kof)	k
ר (reish)	r
שׁ (shin)	sh
שׂ (sin)	s
ת (tav)	t

Hebrew	transliteration
shva	apostrophe when na, ommited when nah
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

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 ! Hebrew || transliteration
 |-
-|א (''alef'') || apostrophe (''&#39;'') when between vowels, omitted otherwise
+|א (''alef'') || apostrophe ( ''&#39;'' ) when occuring in mid-word and followed by a vowel, omitted otherwise
 |-
 |ב (''bet'') || ''b'' when with dagesh, ''v'' when without
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 |ח (''het'')|| ''h'' <!-- ?! -->
 |-
 |ט (''tet'')|| ''t''
 |-
-|י (''yod'')|| ''y'', except omitted when it doesn't have a vowel
+|י (''yod'')|| ''y'' when at the begining of a syllable, ''i'' at the end of a syllable
 |-
 |כ (''kaf'')|| ''k'' when with dagesh, ''kh'' when without
@@ Line 39: / Line 39: @@
 |ס (''samekh'')|| ''s''
 |-
-|ע (''ayin'')|| apostrophe (''&#39;'') when between vowels, omitted otherwise
+|ע (''ayin'')|| apostrophe ( ''&#39;'' ) when occuring in mid-word and followed by a vowel, omitted otherwise
 |-
 |פ (''pe'')|| ''p'' when with dagesh, ''f'' when without
 |-
-|צ (''tsadi'')|| ''tz''
+|צ (''tzadi'')|| ''tz''
 |-
 |ק (''kof'')|| ''k''
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 ! Hebrew || transliteration
 |-
-|''[[Schwa|shva]]''|| omitted
+|''[[Schwa|shva]]''|| apostrophe when ''na'', ommited when ''nah''
 |-
 |''patah'', ''kamatz'', ''hataf-patah''|| ''a''