/ɬ/ (or /ś/). Historically, the consonants ב bet, ג gimmel, ד daleth, כ kaf, פ pe and ת tav each had two sounds: one hard (plosive), and one soft...
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weak/light dagesh) may be placed inside the consonants ב bet, ג gimel, ד dalet, כ kaf, פ pe and ת tav. They each have two sounds, the original hard plosive...
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List of Hebrew abbreviations (section כ·כ)
Prefixes indicating prepositions, conjunctions and articles (such as ב, ד, ה, ו, כ, ל, ש) have generally been removed, with the following exceptions: Where...
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הדר' של הבקעה מתרומם הר סדום (פסגתו 240 מ' מעל פני ים המלח. ארכו כ-11 ק"מ ורוחבו כ-2 ק"מ), לו נוף מיוחד של עמקי אורך ורכסי אורך, שכיוונם הכללי צפ'-דר'...
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fricative (/χ/), as the historical phonemes of the letters Ḥet ח (/ħ/) and Khaf כ (/x/) merged, both becoming the voiceless uvular fricative (/χ/). In more...
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the visual similarity between the Hebrew letters g (gimel ג) and k (kaf כ), suggest that the word may actually be kopher, the Hebrew word meaning 'pitch';...
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form the word KReP. However, this ignores that Kippur is spelled with a כִּ (kaf) and kreplach with a ק (qof). Some cooks use a square of dough that...
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for ח has merged with /x/ (which was traditionally used only for fricative כ) into /χ/. Some older Mizrahi speakers still separate these (as explained...
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is a translation of the Hebrew name 'Michael' = Mi cha El Who like God מי/כ/ אל Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל (right to left). quo errat demonstrator where the prover...
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