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====Table==== {{sticky header}} {|class="wikitable sticky-header-multi sortable" <!-- Using "sortable" with all columns unsortable as a workaround to enable "sticky-header-multi". --> |+ Comparison of Hebrew transliteration standards |- ! rowspan="3" class=unsortable | Symbol ! colspan="3" rowspan="2" class=unsortable | Common Israeli ! colspan="4" class=unsortable | Hebrew Academy ! colspan="3" rowspan="2" class=unsortable | ISO 259 ! colspan="4" class=unsortable | SBL Handbook of Style<ref>{{cite book |title=The SBL Handbook of Style |date=2014 |publisher=Society of Biblical Literature |location=Atlanta, Georgia |isbn=978-1589839649 |pages=26–28 |edition=Second |url= http://wwwlibe.ces.org.tw:80/library/download/The%20SBL%20Handbook%20of%20style.pdf#page=38 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190715200933if_/http://wwwlibe.ces.org.tw:80/library/download/The%20SBL%20Handbook%20of%20style.pdf#page=38 |archive-date=15 July 2019}}</ref> |- ! colspan="2" class=unsortable | 2006 ! colspan="2" class=unsortable | 1953 ! colspan="2" class=unsortable | Academic ! colspan="2" class=unsortable | General Purpose |- ! class=unsortable | Name ! class=unsortable | Translit. ! class=unsortable | IPA ! class=unsortable | Name ! class=unsortable | Translit. ! class=unsortable | Name ! class=unsortable | Translit. ! class=unsortable | Name ! class=unsortable | Translit. ! class=unsortable | IPA ! class=unsortable | Name ! class=unsortable | Translit. ! class=unsortable | Name ! class=unsortable | Translit. |- | colspan="15" | <!-- Blank as a workaround to avoid "Consonants" being part of the sticky header --> |- ! colspan="15" | Consonants |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Aleph|{{Script/Hebrew|א}}]]</span> | alef | '<ref name="note_syl_br" group="note" /> | {{IPA|.}} | alef | '<ref name="note_syl_br" group="note" /> | alef | ʼ<ref name="note_init_omit" group="note" /> | ʾālep̄ | ʾ | {{IPA|[ʔ]}} | ʾālep̄ | ʾ | alef | ' or omit |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Beth (letter)|{{Script/Hebrew|ב}}]]</span> | vet | v | {{IPA|[v]}} | vet | v | vet | v | ḇēṯ | ḇ | {{IPA|[v]}} | rowspan="3" | bêt | ḇ | rowspan="3" | bet | v |- | align="center" style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="2" |{{Script/Hebrew|בּ}} | rowspan="2"| bet | rowspan="2"| b | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[b]}} | rowspan="2"| bet | b | rowspan="2"| bet | b | bēṯ | b | {{IPA|[b]}} | rowspan="2" | b | rowspan="2" | b |- | bb | bb | bēṯ ḥāzāq | bb | {{IPA|[bb]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Gimel|{{Script/Hebrew|ג}}]]</span> | rowspan="3"| gimel | rowspan="3"| g | rowspan="3"| {{IPA|[ɡ]}} | rowspan="3"| gimel | rowspan="2"| g | rowspan="3"| gimel | rowspan="2"| g | ḡīmel | ḡ | {{IPA|[ɣ]}} | rowspan="3" | gîmel | ḡ | rowspan="3" | gimel | gh |- | align="center" style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="2" |{{Script/Hebrew|גּ}} | gīmel | g | {{IPA|[ɡ]}} | rowspan="2" | g | rowspan="2" | g |- | gg | gg | gīmel ḥāzāq | gg | {{IPA|[ɡɡ]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|ג׳}}</span><ref name="note_loan" group="note" /> | jimel | j | {{IPA|[d͡ʒ]}} ! colspan="2"| | ǧimel | ǧ ! colspan="7"| |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Dalet|{{Script/Hebrew|ד}}]]</span> | rowspan="3"| dalet | rowspan="3"| d | rowspan="3"| {{IPA|[d]}} | rowspan="3"| dalet | rowspan="2"| d | rowspan="3"| dalet | rowspan="2"| d | ḏāleṯ | ḏ | {{IPA|[ð]}} | rowspan="3" | dālet | ḏ | rowspan="3" | dalet | dh |- | align="center" style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="2" |{{Script/Hebrew|דּ}} | dāleṯ | d | {{IPA|[d]}} | rowspan="2" | d | rowspan="2" | d |- | dd | dd | dāleṯ ḥāzāq | dd | {{IPA|[dd]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|ד׳}}</span><ref name="note_foreign" group="note" /> | dhalet | dh | {{IPA|[ð]}} ! colspan="2"| | ḏalet | ḏ ! colspan="7"| |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[He (letter)|{{Script/Hebrew|ה}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| hei | rowspan="2"| h | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[h]}} | rowspan="2"| he | rowspan="2"| h | rowspan="2"| he | h<ref name="note_final_omit" group="note">Omitted at the ends of words.</ref> | rowspan="2"| hē | rowspan="2"| h | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[h]}} | rowspan="2" | hê | rowspan="2" | h | rowspan="2" | he | rowspan="2" | h |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|הּ}}</span> |h |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Waw (letter)|{{Script/Hebrew|ו}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| vav | rowspan="2"| v (w)<ref name="note_w" group="note" /> | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[v] ([w])}}<ref name="note_w" group="note" /> | rowspan="2"| vav | v | rowspan="2"| waw | w | wāw | w | {{IPA|[v] [(w)]}}<ref name="note_w" group="note" /> | rowspan="2" | wāw | rowspan="2" | w | rowspan="2" | vav | rowspan="2" | v or w |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|וּ}}</span><ref name="note_vav_dgusha" group="note" /> | vv | ww | wāw ḥāzāq | ww | {{IPA|[vv]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Zayin|{{Script/Hebrew|ז}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| zayin | rowspan="2"| z | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[z]}} | rowspan="2"| zayin | z | rowspan="2"| zayin | z | záyin | z | {{IPA|[z]}} | rowspan="2" | zayin | rowspan="2" | z | rowspan="2" | zayin | rowspan="2" | z |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|זּ}}</span> | zz | zz | záyin ḥāzāq | zz | {{IPA|[zz]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|ז׳}}</span><ref name="note_loan" group="note" /> | zhayin | zh | {{IPA|[ʒ]}} ! colspan="2" | | žayin | ž ! colspan="7"| |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Heth|{{Script/Hebrew|ח}}]]</span> | chet | ch, kh, h | {{IPA|[χ]}} | ẖet | ẖ | ẖet | ẖ | ḥēṯ | ḥ | {{IPA|[ħ]}} | ḥêt | ḥ | khet | h or kh |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Teth|{{Script/Hebrew|ט}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| tet | rowspan="2"| t | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[t]}} | rowspan="2"| tet | t | rowspan="2"| tet | t | ṭēṯ | ṭ | {{IPA|[tˤ]}} | rowspan="2" | ṭêt | rowspan="2" | ṭ | rowspan="2" | tet | rowspan="2" | t |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em>{{Script/Hebrew|טּ}}</span> | tt | tt | ṭēṯ ḥāzāq | ṭṭ | {{IPA|[tˤtˤ]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Yodh|{{Script/Hebrew|י}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| yud | rowspan="2"| y, i<ref name="note_i" group="note" /> | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[j]}} | rowspan="2"| yud | y | rowspan="2"| yud | y | yōḏ | y | {{IPA|[j]}} | rowspan="2" | yôd | rowspan="2" | y | rowspan="2" | yod | rowspan="2" | y |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|יּ}}</span> | yy | yy | yōḏ ḥāzāq | yy | {{IPA|[jj]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Kaph|{{Script/Hebrew|ך כ}}]]</span> | chaf | ch, kh | {{IPA|[χ]}} | khaf | kh | khaf | kh | ḵāp̄ | ḵ | {{IPA|[x]}} | rowspan="3" | kāp | ḵ | rowspan="3" | kaf | kh |- | align="center" style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="2" |{{Script/Hebrew|ךּ כּ}} | rowspan="2"| kaf | rowspan="2"| c, k | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[k]}} | rowspan="2"| kaf | k | rowspan="2"| kaf | k | kāp̄ | k | {{IPA|[k]}} | rowspan="2" | k | rowspan="2" | k |- | kk | kk | kāp̄ ḥāzāq | kk | {{IPA|[kk]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Lamedh|{{Script/Hebrew|ל}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| lamed | rowspan="2"| l | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[l]}} | rowspan="2"| lamed | l | rowspan="2"| lamed | l | lāmeḏ | l | {{IPA|[l]}} | rowspan="2" | lāmed | rowspan="2" | l | rowspan="2" | lamed | rowspan="2" | l |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|לּ}}</span> | ll | ll | lāmeḏ ḥāzāq | ll | {{IPA|[ll]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Mem|{{Script/Hebrew|ם מ}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| mem | rowspan="2"| m | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[m]}} | rowspan="2"| mem | m | rowspan="2"| mem | m | mēm | m | {{IPA|[m]}} | rowspan="2" | mêm | rowspan="2" | m | rowspan="2" | mem | rowspan="2" | m |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|מּ}}</span> | mm | mm | mēm ḥāzāq | mm | {{IPA|[mm]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Nun (letter)|{{Script/Hebrew|ן נ}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| nun | rowspan="2"| n | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[n]}} | rowspan="2"| nun | n | rowspan="2"| nun | n | nūn | n | {{IPA|[n]}} | rowspan="2" | nûn | rowspan="2" | n | rowspan="2" | nun | rowspan="2" | n |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|נּ}}</span> | nn | nn | nūn ḥāzāq | nn | {{IPA|[nn]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Samekh|{{Script/Hebrew|ס}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| samech | rowspan="2"| s | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[s]}} | rowspan="2"| samekh | s | rowspan="2"| samekh | s | sāmeḵ | s | {{IPA|[s]}} | rowspan="2" | sāmek | rowspan="2" | s | rowspan="2" | samek | rowspan="2" | s |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|סּ}}</span> | ss | ss | sāmeḵ ḥāzāq | ss | {{IPA|[ss]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Ayin|{{Script/Hebrew|ע}}]]</span> | ayin | '<ref name="note_syl_br" group="note" /> | {{IPA|-}} | ayin | '<ref name="note_syl_br" group="note" /> | ʻayin | ʻ | ʿáyin | ʿ | {{IPA|[ʕ]}} | ʿayin | ʿ | ayin | ' or omit |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Pe (Semitic letter)|{{Script/Hebrew|ף פ}}]]</span> | fei | f | {{IPA|[f]}} | fe | f | fe | f | p̄ē | p̄ | {{IPA|[f]}} | rowspan="3" | pê | p̄ | rowspan="3" | pe | f |- | align="center" rowspan="2" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|ףּ פּ}}</span><ref name="note_pe_hazak_sofit" group="note" /> | rowspan="2"| pei | rowspan="2"| p | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[p]}} | rowspan="2"| pe | p | rowspan="2"| pe | p | pē | p | {{IPA|[p]}} | rowspan="2" | p | rowspan="2" | p |- | pp | pp | pē ḥāzāq | pp | {{IPA|[pp]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Tsade|{{Script/Hebrew|ץ צ}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| tzadi | rowspan="2"| tz, ts | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[t͡s]}} | rowspan="2"| tsadi | rowspan="2"| ts | rowspan="2"| ẕadi | ẕ | ṣāḏē | ṣ | {{IPA|[sˤ]}} | rowspan="2" | ṣādê | rowspan="2" | ṣ | rowspan="2" | tsade | rowspan="2" | ts |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|צּ}}</span> | ẕẕ | ṣāḏē ḥāzāq | ṣṣ | {{IPA|[sˤsˤ]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|ץ׳ צ׳}}</span><ref name="note_loan" group="note" /> | tshadi | tsh, ch | {{IPA|[t͡ʃ]}} ! colspan="2" | | čadi | č ! colspan="7"| |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Qoph|{{Script/Hebrew|ק}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| kuf | rowspan="2"| c, k | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[k]}} | rowspan="2"| kuf | k | rowspan="2"| quf | q | qōp̄ | q | {{IPA|[q]}} | rowspan="2" | qôp̄ | rowspan="2" | q | rowspan="2" | qof | rowspan="2" | q |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|קּ}}</span> | kk | qq | qōp̄ ḥāzāq | qq | {{IPA|[qq]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Resh|{{Script/Hebrew|ר}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| reish | rowspan="2"| r | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[ʁ]}} | rowspan="2"| resh | r | rowspan="2"| resh | r | rēš | r | {{IPA|[ʀ]}} | rowspan="2" | rêš | rowspan="2" | r | rowspan="2" | resh | rowspan="2" | r |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|רּ}}</span><ref name="note_foreign" group="note" /> | rr | rr | rēš ḥāzāq | rr | {{IPA|[ʀʀ]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Shin (letter)|{{Script/Hebrew|שׁ}}]]</span> | rowspan="2"| shin | rowspan="2"| sh | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[ʃ]}} | rowspan="2"| shin | rowspan="2"| sh | rowspan="2"| shin | rowspan="2"| sh | šīn | š | {{IPA|[ʃ]}} | rowspan="2" | šîn | rowspan="2" | š | rowspan="2" | shin | rowspan="2" | sh |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|שּׁ}}</span> | šīn ḥāzāq | šš | {{IPA|[ʃʃ]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|שׂ}}</span> | rowspan="2"| sin | rowspan="2"| s | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[s]}} | rowspan="2"| sin | s | rowspan="2"| sin | s | śīn | ś | {{IPA|[s]}} | rowspan="2" | śîn | rowspan="2" | ś | rowspan="2" | sin | rowspan="2" | s |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|שּׂ}}</span> | ss | ss | śīn ḥāzāq | śś | {{IPA|[ss]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">[[Taw|{{Script/Hebrew|ת}}]]</span> | rowspan="3"| tav | rowspan="3"| t | rowspan="3"| {{IPA|[t]}} | rowspan="3"| tav | rowspan="2"| t | rowspan="3"| taw | rowspan="2"| t | ṯāw | ṯ | {{IPA|[θ]}} | rowspan="3" | tāw | ṯ | rowspan="3" | tav | th |- | align="center" style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="2" |{{Script/Hebrew|תּ}} | tāw | t | {{IPA|[t]}} | rowspan="2" | t | rowspan="2" | t |- | tt | tt | tāw ḥāzāq | tt | {{IPA|[tt]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|ת׳}}</span><ref name="note_foreign" group="note" /> | thav | th | {{IPA|[θ]}} ! colspan="2" | | ṯaw | ṯ ! colspan="7"| |- ! colspan="15"| Forms used only in transliterations of Arabic |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|ח׳}}</span><ref name="note_foreign" group="note" /> | [[ḫāʾ]] | ḫ | {{IPA|[χ]}} ! colspan="11" | |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|ט׳}}</span><ref name="note_foreign" group="note" /> | [[ẓāʾ]] | ẓ | {{IPA|[ðˤ] ~ [zˤ]}} ! colspan="11" | |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|ע׳ ר׳}}</span><ref name="note_foreign" group="note" /> | [[ġayn]] | ġ | {{IPA|[ɣ] ~ [ʁ]}} ! colspan="11" | |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|ץ׳ צ׳}}</span><ref name="note_foreign" group="note" /> | [[ḍād]] | ḍ | {{IPA|[dˤ]}} ! colspan="11" | |- ! colspan="15"| Vowels |- | align="center" style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="2" |{{Script/Hebrew|טְ}} | shva nach ! colspan="2"| | shva naẖ ! | shewa naẖ ! | šəwā nāḥ ! colspan="2"| | rowspan="2" | vocal šĕwăʾ | rowspan="2" | ĕ | rowspan="2" colspan="2" | |- | shva na | e<ref name="note_shva" group="note" /> | {{IPA|[e̞]}}<ref name="note_shva" group="note" /> | shva na | e<ref name="note_shva" group="note" /> | shewa naʻ | e | šəwā nāʻ | ə | {{IPA|[ɐ̆] <br /> [ɛ̆] <br /> [ĕ] <br /> [ĭ] <br /> [ɔ̆] <br /> [ŏ] <br /> [ŭ]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|חֱ}}</span> | chataf segol | e | {{IPA|[e̞]}} | ẖataf seggol | e | ẖataf seggol | e | ḥăṭep̄ səḡōl | ĕ | {{IPA|[ɛ̆]}} | ḥāṭēp sĕgŏl | ĕ | colspan="2" | |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|חֲ}}</span> | chataf patach | a | {{IPA|[ä]}} | ẖataf pataẖ | a | ẖataf pataẖ | a | ḥăṭep̄ páṯaḥ | ă | {{IPA|[ɐ̆]}} | ḥāṭēp pataḥ | ă | khatef patakh | a |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|חֳ}}</span> | chataf kamatz | o | {{IPA|[o̞]}} | ẖataf kamats | o | ẖataf qamaẕ | o | ḥăṭep̄ qāmeṣ | ŏ | {{IPA|[ɔ̆]}} | ḥāṭēp qāmeṣ | ŏ | khatef qamets | o |- | align="center" style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="2" |{{Script/Hebrew|טִ}} | rowspan="2"| chirik | rowspan="2"| i | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[i]}} | rowspan="2"| ẖirik | rowspan="2"| i | rowspan="2"| ẖiriq | rowspan="2"| i | ḥīreq qāṭān | i | {{IPA|[i]}} | short ḥîreq | i | short hireq | rowspan="2" | i |- | ḥīreq gāḏôl | ī | {{IPA|[iː]}} | long ḥîreq | ī | long hireq |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|טֵ}}</span> | tzeire | rowspan="3"| e | rowspan="3"| {{IPA|[e̞]}} | tsere | rowspan="3"| e | ẕere | rowspan="3"| e | ṣērē | ē | {{IPA|[eː]}} | ṣērê | ē | tsere | rowspan="3" | e |- | align="center" style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="2" |{{Script/Hebrew|טֶ}} | rowspan="2"| segol | rowspan="2"| seggol | rowspan="2"| seggol | səḡōl qāṭān | e | {{IPA|[ɛ]}} | rowspan="2" | sĕgōl | rowspan="2" | e | rowspan="2" | segol |- | səḡōl gāḏōl | é, ẹ | {{IPA|[ɛː]}} |- | align="center" style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="2" |{{Script/Hebrew|טַ}} | rowspan="2"| patach | rowspan="3"| a | rowspan="3"| {{IPA|[ä]}} | rowspan="2"| pataẖ | rowspan="3"| a | rowspan="2"| pataẖ | rowspan="3"| a | páṯaḥ qāṭān | a | {{IPA|[ɐ]}} | rowspan="2" | pataḥ | rowspan="2" | a | rowspan="2" | patakh | rowspan="3" | a |- | páṯaḥ gāḏōl | á, ạ | {{IPA|[ɐː]}} |- | align="center" style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="3" |{{Script/Hebrew|טָ}} | kamatz gadol | kamats gadol | qamaẕ gadol | rowspan="2"| qāmeṣ gāḏôl | ā | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[ɔː]}} | qāmeṣ | ā | qamets |- | rowspan="2"| kamatz katan | rowspan="3" | o | rowspan="3" | {{IPA|[o̞]}} | rowspan="2"| kamats katan | rowspan="3" | o | rowspan="2"| qamaẕ qatan | rowspan="3" | o | ọ | rowspan="2" | qāmeṣ ḥāṭûp | rowspan="2" | o | rowspan="2" | qamets khatuf | rowspan="3" | o |- | qāmeṣ qāṭān | o | {{IPA|[ɔ]}} |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|טֹ}}</span> | cholam | ẖolam | ẖolam | ḥōlem | ō | {{IPA|[oː]}} | ḥōlem | ō | holem |- | align="center" style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="2" |{{Script/Hebrew|טֻ}} | rowspan="2"| kubutz | rowspan="4"| u | rowspan="4"| {{IPA|[u]}} | rowspan="2"| kubbuts | rowspan="4"| u | rowspan="2"| qubbuẕ | rowspan="4"| u | qibbūṣ qāṭān | u | {{IPA|[u]}} | short qibbûṣ | u | short qibbuts | rowspan="4" | u |- | qibbūṣ gāḏōl | ū | {{IPA|[uː]}} | long qibbûṣ | ū | long qibbuts |- | align="center" rowspan="2"|<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="2" >{{Script/Hebrew|טוּ}}</span><ref name="note_vav_dgusha" group="note" /> | rowspan="2"| shuruk | rowspan="2"| shuruk | rowspan="2"| shuruq | šūreq qāṭān | u | {{IPA|[u]}} | rowspan="2" | šûreq | rowspan="2" | û | rowspan="2" | shureq |- | šūreq gāḏōl | ū | {{IPA|[uː]}} |- ! colspan="15" | Other Vowels |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|וֹ}}</span> ! colspan="10" | | full ḥōlem | ô | full holem | o |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|טִי}}</span> ! colspan="10" | | ḥîreq yôd | î | hireq yod | i |- | style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" align="center" |{{Script/Hebrew|טָה}} ! colspan="10" | | final qāmeṣ hê | â | final qamets he | ah |- ! colspan="15" | Israeli Diphthongs |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|טֵי}}</span> | tzeire yud | rowspan="2" | ei | rowspan="2" | {{IPA|[e̞j]}} | tsere | rowspan="2" | e | ẕere | rowspan="2" | e | ṣērē | ē | {{IPA|[eː]}} | ṣērê yôd | rowspan="2" | ê | tsere yod | e |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|טֶי}}</span> | segol yud | seggol | seggol | səḡōl | e, é, ẹ | {{IPA|[ɛ(ː)]}} | sĕgōl yôd | colspan="2" | |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|טַי טַיְ}}</span> | patach yud | rowspan="2"| ai | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[äj]}} | pataẖ yud | rowspan="2"| ay | pataẖ yud | rowspan="2"| ay | páṯaḥ yōḏ | ay, áy, ạy | {{IPA|[ɐ(ː)j]}} | pataḥ yôd | ai | colspan="2" | |- | align="center" style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em" rowspan="2" |{{Script/Hebrew|טָי טָיְ}} | kamatz gadol yud | kamats gadol yud | qamaẕ gadol yud | rowspan="2"| qāmeṣ yōḏ | rowspan="2"| āy, oy, ọy | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[ɔ(ː)j]}} | rowspan="2" | qāmeṣ yôd | rowspan="2" | āi | rowspan="2" colspan="2" | |- | kamatz katan yud | rowspan="2"| oi | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[o̞j]}} | kamats katan yud | rowspan="2"| oy | qamaẕ qatan yud | rowspan="2"| oy |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|טֹי טֹיְ}}</span> | cholam yud | ẖolam yud | ẖolam yud | ḥōlem yōḏ | ōy | {{IPA|[oːj]}} | ḥōlem yôd | ōi | colspan="2" | |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|טֻי טֻיְ}}</span> | kubutz yud | rowspan="2"| ui | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[uj]}} | kubbuts yud | rowspan="2"| uy | qubbuẕ yud | rowspan="2"| uy | ḥōlem yōḏ | rowspan="2"| uy, ūy | rowspan="2"| {{IPA|[u(ː)j]}} | qibbûṣ yôd | ui | colspan="2" | |- | align="center" |<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height:1em">{{Script/Hebrew|טוּי טוּיְ}}</span> | shuruk yud | shuruk yud | shuruq yud | šūreq yōḏ | šûreq yôd | ûi | colspan="2" | |} =====Notes===== {{Reflist|group="note"|refs= {{#tag:ref|Rarely, [[loanwords]] or their [[Derivation (linguistics)|derivations]] contain the phoneme {{IPA|/w/}}, which [[Linguistic prescription|standardly]] is spelled with "{{Script/Hebrew|ו}}", indistinguishably from "{{Script/Hebrew|ו}}" denoting {{IPA|/v/}}.<ref name="transliteration_rules">[http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/hahlatot/TheTranscription/Documents/LAT-HEB.pdf Announcements of the Academy of the Hebrew Language] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015060444/http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/hahlatot/TheTranscription/Documents/LAT-HEB.pdf |date=2013-10-15 }}</ref> Some non-standard distinguishing ways of spelling exist, such as "{{Script/Hebrew|ו׳}}" or word-initial "{{Script/Hebrew|וו}}" (see [[Vav (letter)#Pronunciation|orthographic variants of vav]]), but their usage is not consistent. Therefore, correctly romanizing the "{{Script/Hebrew|ו}}" as {{IPA|/w/}} cannot rely on [[orthography]] but rather on lexical knowledge, e.g. "{{Script/Hebrew|דַּאַוִין}}" [http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?q=%u05D3%u05D0%u05D5%u05D5%u05D9%u05DF <sup>Morfix</sup>] → "da'awín", "{{Script/Hebrew|בָּאֲוִיר}}" [http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?q=%u05D1%u05D0%u05D5%u05D5%u05D9%u05E8 <sup>Morfix</sup>] → "ba'avír".|name="note_w"|group="note"}} <ref name="note_pe_hazak_sofit" group="note">The pe hazak sofit {{Script/Hebrew|ףּ}} is found once in the [[Tanakh]] ([[Book of Proverbs|Proverbs]] 30:6). But {{Script/Hebrew|ף}} is never used for {{IPA|/p/}} in Modern Hebrew, with {{Script/Hebrew|פ}} being used in all positions, including word-finally.</ref> <ref name="note_syl_br" group="note">Functions only as a syllable break in Israeli Hebrew. So, when transcribed, is omitted everywhere except in circumstances where omission would be ambiguous, such as immediately after consonants or between vowels.</ref> <ref name="note_init_omit" group="note">Omitted at the beginnings of words.</ref> <ref name="note_vav_dgusha" group="note">[[Shuruk]] and "{{Script/Hebrew|ו}}" with a [[dagesh]] look identical ("{{Script/Hebrew|וּ}}") and are only distinguishable through the fact that in text with [[nikud]], "{{Script/Hebrew|ו}}" with a [[dagesh]] will normally be attributed a vocal point in addition, e.g. {{Script/Hebrew|שׁוּק}}, ("a market"), trans. "shuk" (the "{{Script/Hebrew|וּ}}" denotes a [[shuruk]]) as opposed to {{Script/Hebrew|שִׁוֵּק}} ("to market"), trans. "shivék" (the "{{Script/Hebrew|וּ}}" denotes a vav with [[dagesh]]). In the word {{Script/Hebrew|שִׁוּוּק}} ("marketing"), trans. "shivúk", the first ("{{Script/Hebrew|וּ}}") denotes a vav with dagesh, the second a shuruk, being the vocal point attributed to the first.</ref> <ref name="note_i" group="note">Usually written as ''i'' after a vowel and either before a consonant or syllable break or at the end of a word.</ref> <ref name="note_loan" group="note">For phonemes in [[loanwords]] or their [[Derivation (linguistics)|derivations]]. These are not used in Classical Hebrew, so are omitted from the ISO 259 columns.</ref> <ref name="note_foreign" group="note">Hebrew-letter transliterations of foreign phonemes (used only for the transliterition of [[proper name]]s or foreign language texts, never in native words or [[loanword]]s).</ref> <ref name="note_shva" group="note">Israeli Hebrew typically demotes shva na to silent shva nach in situations where it can be comfortably omitted in common speech, creating consonant clusters that would otherwise not be permitted in older varieties of Hebrew. In situations where this happens, the shva is typically not transliterated at all, or is at most transliterated with an apostrophe (') – see [[shva]].</ref> }}
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