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Alef booklet/ Unit V Hebrew In Action!
Alef Booklet – Unit V
Copyright © 2013 by Lee Walzer
All rights reserved.
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Alef-Bet Chart
This is the Hebrew alef-bet (alphabet). Each letter has a name and
makes a sound – just like in English.
‫א בּ ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט‬
Tet
Chet
Zayin
Vav
Hay
Daled Gimmel
Vet
Bet
Alef
‫י כּ כ ְך ל מ ם נ ן ס‬
Samech Final
Nun
Nun
Final
Mem
Mem Lamed
Final
Chaf
Khaf
Kaf
Yud
‫ע פּ פ ף צ ץ ק ר שׁ שׂ‬
Sin
Shin
Resh
Koof
Final
Tzadi
Tzadi
Final
Fay
Fay
Pay
Ayin
‫תּ ת‬
Tav
Tav
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Unit 5
In this unit, we will learn the following letters:
Ending
Zadik
Zadik
Ending
Pe/Fe
Pe/ Fe
Ayin
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Alef booklet/ Unit V A letter to students
Welcome Back Students, Congratulations again! Now you know the first fifteen letters in the Hebrew alef bet. In this unit you will learn the next 4 letters. Be prepared to use all the information you learned in Units I and II as you go through this booklet. Enjoy! Lee Walzer and Galeet BenZion 4
Alef booklet/ Unit V Table of Contents
The Letter Ayin............................................................................................................................................................ 7
How to write an Ayin? .............................................................................................................................................. 8
Practice writing Ayin ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Circle the Ayins......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Writing Practice I .................................................................................................................................................... 10
Writing practice II ................................................................................................................................................... 11
The Letters Pay (which also makes the Fay sound) ................................................................................................ 12
How to write a Pay? ................................................................................................................................................ 12
Practice writing Pay ................................................................................................................................................ 13
Circle the Pay .......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Writing Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
Reading Practice...................................................................................................................................................... 15
The Letter Fay ........................................................................................................................................................... 16
Circle the Fays......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Writing Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 17
The Letter Final Fay.................................................................................................................................................. 19
How to write a Pay Sofit (final)?............................................................................................................................. 20
Practice writing Pay Sofit ........................................................................................................................................ 21
Circle the Final Fay ................................................................................................................................................ 21
Reading Practice...................................................................................................................................................... 22
The Letter Tzadi ........................................................................................................................................................ 24
How to write a Tzadi?? ........................................................................................................................................... 25
Practice writing Tzadi ............................................................................................................................................. 25
Writing Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 26
Reading Practice...................................................................................................................................................... 27
The Letter Final Tzadi .............................................................................................................................................. 29
How to write a Final Tzadi? .................................................................................................................................... 30
Practice writing Tzadi Sofit..................................................................................................................................... 31
Circle the Final Tzadi ............................................................................................................................................. 32
Writing Practice ...................................................................................................................................................... 32
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................... 33
Letter Sound matching .............................................................................................................................................. 33
Activity I ................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Activity II ................................................................................................................................................................ 34
HEBRISH – READ AND WRITE THE WORD IN ENGLISH ......................................... 35
Hebrish I .................................................................................................................................................................. 35
Hebrish II ................................................................................................................................................................ 36
Hebrish III ............................................................................................................................................................... 36
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Hebrish III ............................................................................................................................................................... 37
DICTIONARY - ‫ ִמילוֹן‬..................................................................................................... 38
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Alef booklet/ Unit V The Letter Ayin
The letter Ayin
‫ ע‬is another “silent letter” (like
the letter Alef). It makes the sound of whatever
vowel is added to it. Some useful Hebrew words
that begin with Ayin include
‫עוּגָה‬
Uga
‫עִ בְ ִרית‬
Ivrit
‫עֵ ץ‬
Aytz
Ayin words that you will learn include Al ‫עַ ל‬ (on) and Am ‫עַ ם‬ (people, nation).
The People of Israel Live/Am Yisrael Chai
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Alef booklet/ Unit V !‫עַ ם י ְִשׂ ָר ֵאל חַ י‬
How to write an Ayin?
An Ayin looks like this:
This is how you write it:
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Practice writing Ayin. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line
lastly the last line.
Can you write Ayin with no help? Show your Ayins below:
Circle the Ayins
‫ב א ע ט ם מ‬
‫ן ש נ צ ע י‬
‫ע י ה ר ק ח‬
‫פ ן ט ס ְך ע‬
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Writing Practice I
Complete the following sentences by filling in the
missing letters (and vowels) or words.
The father is on the roof (Haav al hagag)
.__ ‫ה __ __ __ ל __ ג‬
The fireplace is hot. (Haach cham)
.‫__ אָ __ __ם‬
The father flew to the sea (Haav tas layam)
___ __ __ __ ‫__ ___ __ ט‬
The cloth “slept” on the hook. (Habad “nam” al
havav)
.__ָ‫הַ בָּ _ "נָ__" __ל הַ ו‬
Touch the hook on the roof in the park! (Ga bavav al
hagag bagan)
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Alef booklet/ Unit V !__ ֹ‫גָ_ בַּ _ _ ﬠַל __ __ג בַּ ג‬
The people relaxed on the holiday in the park.
(Haam nach bachag bagan)
.__ __ __ ‫ַֹהﬠַ__ נָ__ בַּ __ג‬
Writing practice II
Write Your Own Story Using the Word Bank. Use the ‫ילים‬
ִ ‫בַּ נק ִמ‬/A WORD BANK below. ַ‫ה‬ ‫יםדָ ג‬ ִ‫נק ִמגַןיל‬ ‫ ָאבַּב‬ ‫ָם‬ ‫ טָ ס‬ ‫ עַ ל‬ ‫כָּאן‬ ‫ כָּד‬ ‫גָג‬
‫זָז‬ ‫ ָגע‬ ‫ ַאְך‬ ‫בָּ א‬ ‫ַל‬
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Alef booklet/ Unit V The Letters Pay (which also makes the Fay sound)
The letter Pay makes the P sound, like in the Hebrew
words
‫ג‬‫פּוֹ‬-‫ג‬‫פִּ י‬
Ping-Pong
‫גְ וִ וין‬‫פִּ י‬
Pingwin
‫פִּ יצָ ה‬
Pitza
How to write a Pay?
A Pay looks like this:
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Alef booklet/ Unit V This is how you write it:
Practice writing Pay. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line
lastly the last line.
Can you write Pay with no help? Show your Pays below:
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Alef booklet/ Unit V New Hebrew words that you’ll learn to use are
Pahg
‫( פָּאג‬pug)
‫פָּּח‬
Pach
Pas
‫( פַּס‬stripe)
Circle the Pay
‫צ‬ ‫א ט ב ל פּ‬
‫ב ס ר ע י פּ‬
‫מ פּ ן ם ת ץ‬
‫ק ְך ה פּ ב ג‬
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Writing Practice
Complete the phrase or sentence by adding the
missing letters
The pug came to the park (Hapag ba lagan)
‫ה__ א__ __א __ __ן‬
The jug is in the wastebasket (Hakad bapach)
‫__ __ד בּ__ח‬
The fish has a stripe (Ladag pas)
‫לד__ __ס‬
Reading Practice
.‫ סָ ע ַליָם‬,‫פָּאג‬ 1.
.‫הַ דָ ג נָד בַּ גַן‬ 2.
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Alef booklet/ Unit V .‫הַ אָ ב ﬠַל הַ גָג‬ 3.
.‫הַ כָּד בַּ אַ ח‬ 4.
.‫הַ וָו בַּ פָּח‬ 5.
The Letter Fay
The letter Fay
‫ פ‬looks like the letter Pay ‫פּ‬, but
doesn't have a dot in the middle. It makes the F
sound, like in the Hebrew word Faj
'‫( פַ אדג‬fudge).
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Circle the Fays
‫פ פּ מ ב ג ע‬
‫ט י פּ ש פ ל‬
‫א ד ץ פ י פּ‬
‫ס פּ פ ז ְך ף‬
Writing Practice
Complete the story by filling in the missing word. Use the ‫ילים‬
ִ ‫בַּ נק ִמ‬/A WORD BANK below/. ‫פָּאג‬ ‫ סָ ל‬ ‫ל‬
_________ ‫בַּ גַן‬
__________ ַ‫ה‬
‫ הַ אָ ב ﬠַל‬.
_________ ַ‫ נָד ה‬.
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Alef booklet/ Unit V ________‫בּ‬
_________ ‫ לַבָ ת‬.
________ ַ‫בּ‬
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.‫כָּד‬
During Hanukkah vacation in
Israel, kids love to go see a
show called the Festigal
‫פֶ ְס ִטיגַל‬, which features some
of the country’s most famous
children’s and pop singers (Imagine a show in
Virginia that had everyone from the Wiggles to
Imagination Movers to Big Time Rush to Carly Rae
Jepsen). Here’s the official video clip from the 2012
Festigal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLRsnV7nW9U
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Alef booklet/ Unit V The Letter Final Fay
The Final Fay
‫ ף‬makes the SAME sound as Fay ---
F. It appears ONLY at the END
of a word. One of the most
famous streets in Israel –
Dizengoff Street ‫– ֶרחוֹב ִדיזְנְ גוֹף‬
ends in a Final Fay.
Other Hebrew words that end in Final Fay ‫ ף‬include:
‫אַ ף‬
Af
‫ﬠָף‬
(flew, took off)1
how one Af starts with Alef ‫ א‬and the other starts with Ayin ‫ !ע‬They sound
the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. 1
Notice
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Alef booklet/ Unit V ‫( דַ ף‬page)
Daf
How to write a Pay Sofit (final)?
A Pay Sofit looks like
this:
This is how you write it:
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Practice writing Pay Sofit. Start by repeating line number one, then the second
line lastly the last line.
Can you write Pay Sofit swith no help? Show your Pay Sofiyot below:
Circle the Final Fay
‫ק ץ ף ְך ן ם‬
‫בּ ג ר פ ף פּ‬
‫נ מ ז ס ב ף‬
‫ץ ף ן ט י א‬
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Reading Practice
Read the sentences below. Since these sentences do
make sense in Hebrew try writing what each word
means underneath.
.‫הַ אָ ב ﬠָף ַליָם‬
.‫הַ פָּאג ﬠָף ַלגַן‬
.‫הַ דָ ג ﬠָף בַּ יָם‬
.‫אַ ף הַ אָ ב זַז‬
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‫אַ ף הַ פָּאג בַּ פָּח אַ ְך הַ כָּד בַּ אָ ח‪.‬‬
‫יָד הַ אָ ב בַּ כָּד‪.‬‬
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Alef booklet/ Unit V The Letter Tzadi
The letter Tzadi
‫ צ‬makes a Tz sound, like in Ritz
Tzav
Tz’daka
‫צָ ב‬
‫צְ דָ קָ ה‬
‫צֶ לוֹפָ ן‬
Tzelofan
(cellophane/plastic wrap)
‫צָ בֵ י נִ ינְ גָ'ה‬
Tzavei Ninja
(Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles)
‫צָ ף‬
Tzaf
(floated)
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Alef booklet/ Unit V How to write a Tzadi??
A Tzadi looks like this:
This is how you write it:
Practice writing Tzadi. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line
lastly the last line.
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Can you write Tzadi with no help? Show them below:
Writing Practice
Fill in the missing letters and vowels: Back of the turtle (Tzav hagav)
__ַ‫__ב הַ ג‬
The turtle on the roof (Hatzav al hagag)
__ָ‫הַ __ב __ל __ג‬
The fish floated in the sea (Hadag tzaf bayam)
‫__ __ג צָ __ בַּ __ם‬
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Alef booklet/ Unit V The father fasted on the holiday (Haav tzam bachag)
.__ __ ַ‫הַ __ב __ם בּ‬
Reading Practice
These sentences too make sense in Hebrew. Try
reading then writing what each word means
underneath.
.‫הַ אָ ב צָ ם בַּ חַ ג‬
.‫הַ צָ ב נָד בַּ יָם‬
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‫הַ דָ ג צָ ף בָּ יָם‪.‬‬
‫הַ פָּאג נָם בַּ גַן‪.‬‬
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Alef booklet/ Unit V The Letter Final Tzadi
The Final Tzadi
‫ ץ‬makes the same sound as the
Tzadi – Tz. Since Final Tzadi is a final letter, it
ONLY appears at the END of a word. Words that
end in Final Tzadi include
‫קִ יבּוּץ‬
(an Israeli communal
farm)
Kibbutz
‫ָרץ‬
Ratz
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Alef booklet/ Unit V ‫תַ ְשׁבֵּ ץ‬
Tashbetz
‫לְ הִ ְתּלוֹצֵ ץ‬
(to joke)
Lehitlotzetz
How to write a Final Tzadi?
Ending Tzadi Sofit looks
like this:
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Alef booklet/ Unit V This is how you write it:
Practice writing Tzadi Sofit. Start by repeating line number one, then the second
line lastly the last line.
Can you write Tzadi Sofit with no help? Show them below:
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Circle the Final Tzadi
‫ן ץ ף י ה א‬
‫ע פ ם ן ץ ת‬
‫ס ב ף ְך ש ץ‬
‫ד כ ץ ן ף ל‬
Writing Practice
Complete the sentences/phrases by filling in the
missing letters and vowels.
The pug ran in the park (Hapag ratz bagan).
.__ַ‫הַ פָּא_ ָר__ בַּ ג‬
The fish moved to the side in the sea (Hadag zaz
latzad bayam)
.__ָ‫הַ __ __ זָ__ לַ__ __ בַּ י‬
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Additional Activities
Letter Sound matching
Activity I
I
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Activity II
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Hebrish – Read and write the word in English
Hebrish I : 35
Alef booklet/ Unit V Hebrish II
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Hebrish III
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Alef booklet/ Unit V Dictionary - ‫ִמילוֹן‬
‫א‬
‫ָאב‬
Father ‫ָאח‬
Brother ‫ָאח‬
Fireplace ‫ַאְך‬
But ‫אף‬ ַ Nose ‫בּ‬
ַ‫בּ‬
At the/In the/On the ‫בָּ א‬
Came ‫בַּ ד‬
Fabric, Cloth ‫ג‬
Back ‫גַב‬
‫גַג‬ Roof ‫גַל‬ Wave ‫גָם‬ Too, also 38
Alef booklet/ Unit V ‫גַן‬ Park ‫גָע‬ Touch! (Command) ‫גָר‬ Lived ‫גָשׁ‬ Approach/Present (Command) ‫ד‬
‫דָ ג‬ Fish ‫דַ ם‬ Blood
‫דַ ף‬ Page ‫ה‬
ַ‫ה‬ ‫הַ ר‬ The Mountain ‫ו‬
‫ ָוו‬ Hook Moved ‫ז‬
‫זַז‬ 39
Alef booklet/ Unit V ‫ח‬ ‫חַ ג‬ Holiday ‫חַ ם‬ Hot ‫חָ שׁ‬ Felt ‫ט‬
‫טָ ס‬ Flew (plane) ‫י‬
‫יָד‬ ‫יָם‬ Hand Sea ‫כּ‬ ‫כָּאן‬ Here ‫כָּד‬ Jug/Pitcher ‫ל‬
‫ ַל‬ To the... 40
Alef booklet/ Unit V ‫לָן‬ Stayed Wandered 
‫ָד‬ ‫ָח‬ Rested ‫ָם‬ Slept ‫ס‬
‫סַ ל‬ Basket ‫ע‬
‫עַ ד‬ Until ‫עַ ל‬ On ‫עַ ם‬
People, Nation ‫עָ ף‬ Fly (bird), Scram/Get Out (as in, “I’m outta here”) ‫פּ‬
‫פָּאג‬ Pug ‫פָּח‬ Wastebasket 41
Alef booklet/ Unit V ‫פַּס‬ Stripe ‫פ‬
'‫פַאדג‬ Fudge ‫צ‬
‫צָ ב‬ Turtle ‫צַ ד‬ Side ‫צָ ם‬ Fasted ‫צָ ף‬ Floated ‫צַ ר‬ Narrow ‫ק‬
‫קו‬ ַ Line ‫ַקל‬
Easy ‫קם‬ ָ Got up, Woke up
‫קר‬ ַ Cold ‫ר‬
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Alef booklet/ Unit V ‫רב‬ ָ Quarreled ‫רב‬ ַ Rabbi ‫רְך‬ ַ Soft ‫רע‬ ַ Bad ‫רץ‬ ָ Ran
‫רק‬ ַ Only ‫שׁ‬
‫שָׁ ב‬ Returned ‫שָׁ ט‬ Sailed ‫שַׁ ם‬ There (as in “Over there”) ‫שָׁ ר‬ Sang ‫שׂ‬
‫שָׂ ם‬ Put ‫ת‬/‫תּ‬ ‫תּג‬ ָ Tag ‫תּם‬ ָ Innocent, Simple 43
Alef booklet/ Unit V ‫תּם‬ ָ Ended 44