Like most early Semitic alphabetic writing systems, the alefbet has no vowels. In all cases except Final Mem, the final version has a long tail. The version of the letter on the left is the final version. The version used at the end of a word is referred to as Final Kaf, Final Mem, etc. Kaf, Mem, Nun, Pei and Tzadei all are written differently when they appear at the end of a word than when they appear in the beginning or middle of the word.
Note that there are two versions of some letters. The “Kh” and the “Ch” are pronounced as in German or Scottish, a throat clearing noise, not as the “ch” in “chair.” If this sounds like Greek to you, you’re not far off! Many letters in the Greek alphabet have similar names and occur in the same order (though they don’t look anything alike!): Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta … Zeta … Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu … Pi … Rho, Sigma Tau. The Hebrew alphabet is often called the “alefbet,” because of its first two letters. Note that Hebrew is written from right to left, rather than left to right as in English, so Alef is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet and Tav is the last. The picture below illustrates the Hebrew alphabet, in Hebrew alphabetical order. The Hebrew and Yiddish languages use a different alphabet than English. Writing in Hebrew may require a special word processor and fonts.There are several styles of Hebrew writing.The Hebrew alphabet has no vowels, but pronunciation aids are often added.Hebrew uses a different alphabet than English.
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