Title: Hebrew Grammar Quest / 1. Lessons 1-3 / Lesson 02 / Lesson 02 A. Vocab
Tags: Vocab hebrew::ch_02

Word: Name the four vowel letters written with ה Hei:
Definition: Qamets Hei בָה  Tsere Hei בֵה  Seghol Hei בֶה   Holem Hei בֹה
Qamets Hei is the most frequent Hei vowel letter.  In the Hebrew GRAMMAR Quest Guidebook, it may be abbreviated: \(\hat A\)

Word: Name the three vowel letters written with Yod.
Definition: Seghol Yod בֶי   Tsere Yod בֵי   Hireq Yod בִי
Hireq Yod is another frequent vowel.  In the Guidebook, we often use the shorthand \(\hat I\)

Word: Name the two vowel letters written with Vav.
Definition: Holem Vav וֹ     Shureq וּ
- Holem Vav shorthand is \(\hat O\)
- Shurek shorthand is  \(\hat U\)

Word: Name, Class, and Type (two options)
vowel בָ
Definition: Name:  Qamets
Class: A
Type: Long
Qamets shorthand: \(\bar A\) (long vowels have a "bar" on top)
Name: Qamets Hatuf
Class: O
Type: Short
Qamets Hatuf Shorthand \(O\) (short vowels have no marking on top)
The A class Qamets is much more frequent
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Transliteration: Vowels

Word: Name, class, and type
Vowel בַ
Definition: Name:  Patach
Class: A
Type: Short
- Seminary pronunciation is like "at"; but Sephardic pronunciation is like "Father"
- You may see `Patach` and `Pathac` used interchangably
- Shorthand: \(A\)
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Word: Name, Class, and Type
vowel בֵ
Definition: Name:  Tsere
Class: E
Type: Long
Shorthand: \(\bar E\)
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Transliteration: Vowels

Word: Name, Class, and Type
vowel בֶ
Definition: Name:  Seghol
Class: E
Type: Short
Shorthand: \(E\)
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Transliteration: Vowels

Word: Name, class, and Type
vowel בִ
Definition: Name:  Hireq
Class: I
Type: Short
Shorthand: \(I\)
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Transliteration: Vowels

Word: Name, class, and type
vowel בוֹ
Definition: Name:  Holem+Vav (or Holem Waw)
Class: O
Type: Irreducible Long
Shorthand: \(\hat O\)
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Word: Name, class, and type
vowel בֻ
Definition: Name: Qibbuts
Class:  U
Type: Short
Qibbuts shorthand: \(U\)
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Transliteration: Vowels

Word: Name, class, and type
 vowel -  בְ (two options)
Definition: Name:  Vocal Sheva
Class: No vowel class
Type: Reduced
Vocal Sheva shorthand: \(ə\)
Name:  Silent Sheva
Class: Not a vowel
Type: Not a Vowel
Silent Sheva shorthand: \(:\)
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Transliteration: Vowels

Word: Name, Class and Type
חֱ
Definition: Name: Hateph Seghol
Class: E
Type: Reduced
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Transliteration: Vowels

Word: Name, class, and type
vowel בֹ
Definition: Name: Holem
Class: O
Type: Long
Shorthand \(O\)

Word: Name, class, and type
vowel בוּ
Definition: Name: Shurek
Class: U
Type: Irreducible Long
Shurek shorthand: \(\hat U\) - irreducible long vowel letters have a "hat" on top

Word: Name, Class and Type חֳ
Definition: Name:  Hateph Qamets Hatuf
Class: O
Type: Reduced
Shorthand: \(\breve O\) - reduced vowel letters have a "breve" mark (u shape or smiley face) on top

Word: Name, Class and Type חֲ
Definition: Name:  Hateph Patach
Class: A
Type: Reduced
Shorthand: \(\breve A\) - reduced vowel letters have a "breve" mark (u shape or smiley face) on top