Well, I missed the summary of Session 2, having put a LOT of information into my recap of the alphabet.
In our second session, we covered Lesson I of Dr. C.L. Seow’s A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, Rev. Ed. (Abingdon, 1995). Lesson I presents the consonants of the Hebrew alphabet (what we call the “Aleph-Bet” הָאָלֶפְבֵּית), explaining the final forms, and how each letter is represented in academic transcription.
Letters as Transcribed
These are the letters together with their transliteration values:
| א | ʾ | ל | l | ||
| בּ | b | מ ם | m | ||
| ב | ḇ | נ ן | n | ||
| גּ | g | ס | s | ||
| ג | ḡ | ע | ʿ | ||
| דּ | d | פּ | p | ||
| ד | ḏ | פ ף | p̄ | ||
| ה | h | צ ץ | ṣ | ||
| ו | v (w) | ק | q | ||
| ז | z | ר | r | ||
| ח | ḥ | שׁ | š | ||
| ט | ṭ | שֹ | ś | ||
| י | y | תּ | t | ||
| כּ | k | ת | ṯ | ||
| כ ך | ḵ |
Letter Names
You should learn the names of the letters and how to write them. This is essential to making good progress with the language. To assist you with the names and sounds of the letters, you might check out our short video on letter names here. I’ve already recommended Aleph with Beth and Biblingo several times, and I would repeat this. Their playlists are great.
Session 2 Video
The session can be viewed here: