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The charts below show the way in which the [[International Phonetic Alphabet|International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)]] represents [[Biblical Hebrew|Biblical]] and [[Modern Hebrew|Modern]] [[Hebrew language]] pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see [[Template:IPA]] and {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation#Entering IPA characters}}.

Since Modern Hebrew has different pronunciations in Israel, certain letters may be transcribed differently depending on the background of the speaker. See [[Biblical Hebrew#Phonology|Biblical Hebrew phonology]] and [[Modern Hebrew phonology]] for a more thorough look at the sounds of Hebrew.

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{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under"
|+[[Consonant]]s
! {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}} !! {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}!! Letter(s) !! <small>[[Romanization of Hebrew|Romanization]]</small> !! English approximation
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|b}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">בּ</span>}} ([[Bet (letter)|Beť dǝgušah]])
| b
| '''b'''et
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|d}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">דּ</span>}} ([[Dalet (letter)|Daleť dǝgušah]])
| d
| '''d'''ark
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ð}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|d}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ד</span>}} ([[Dalet (letter)|Ďaleť rafah]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ḏ<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: d
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: '''th'''is<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: '''d'''ark
|-
| style="background-color: darkgray" |
|<big>{{IPAlink|dʒ}}<ref name="tie-bar">{{IPA|/dʒ, ts, tʃ/}} are officially written with a tie-bar in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] {{IPA|/d͡ʒ, t͡s, t͡ʃ/}} respectively, but the tie-bar is here omitted for simplicity.</ref></big><ref name=":2">/dʒ/ and /ʒ/ are sometimes confused by speakers who don't hear a distinction between them (mostly [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] speakers).</ref>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ג׳</span>}} ([[Gimel]] with [[geresh]])
| j
| '''j'''oy
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ɸ}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|f}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">פ ף</span>}} ([[Fe (letter)|Fei rafah]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: p̄<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: f 
| '''f'''ool
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|ɡ}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">גּ</span>}} ([[Gimmel (letter)|Gimel dǝgušah]])
| g
| '''g'''o
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ɣ}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|ɡ}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ג</span>}} ([[Gimmel (letter)|Ǧimel rafah]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ḡ<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: g
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ''No English equivalent''; [[Arabic]] [[Ghayn]] (غ‎‎‎)<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: '''g'''o
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|h}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ה</span>}} ([[He (letter)|He]]), {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">הּ</span>}} (He [[Mappiq|mappiq]])
| h
| '''h'''en
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ħ}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|χ}}</big> (<big>{{IPAlink|ħ}}</big>)<ref name="phar" />
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ח</span>}} ([[Heth (letter)|Ḥeť]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ḥ<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: h ''or'' ch/kh
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ''No English equivalent''; [[Heth#Arabic ḥāʾ|Arabic ḥāʾ]] (ح‎‎)<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: [[Scottish English|Scottish]] lo'''ch'''
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|j}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">י</span>}} ([[Yodh|Yoď]])
| y
| '''y'''es
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|k}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">כּ ךּ</span>}} ([[Kaph|Kaf dǝgušah]])<br/>
| k
| s'''k'''in
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|l}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ל</span>}} ([[Lamedh|Lameď]])
| l
| '''l'''eft
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ɬ}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|s}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">שׂ</span>}} ([[Shin (letter)|Sin semalith]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ś<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: s
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ''No English equivalent''; [[Welsh language|Welsh]] '''ll'''wyd <br/>{{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: '''s'''ee
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|m}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">מ ם</span>}} ([[Mem (letter)|Mem]])
| m
| '''m'''an
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|n}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">נ ן</span>}} ([[Nun (letter)|Nun]])
| n
| '''n'''o
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|p}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">פּ</span>}} ([[Pei (letter)|Pei dǝgušah]])
| p
| s'''p'''in
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|q}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|k}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ק</span>}} ([[Qoph|Qof]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: q<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: k
|{{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ''No English equivalent''; [[Qoph#Arabic qāf|Arabic qāf]] (ق‎‎‎).<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}:  s'''k'''in.
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|r}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|ʁ}}</big> (<big>{{IPAlink|r}}</big>)<ref name="Rhotic">The sound is [[Voiced uvular fricative|uvular]] for most speakers, but some speakers, mostly [[Sefardim]], [[Mizrahim]], [[Arab Israelis]], [[History of the Jews in the Soviet Union|Jews from the former USSR]] and [[Ethiopian Jews]] (in the 20th century also news broadcasters and singers) retain an [[Alveolar trill|alveolar]] pronunciation: {{IPAblink|r}}~{{IPAblink|ɾ}}.</ref>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ר</span>}} ([[Resh]])
| r
|{{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}:  ''trilled or tapped'' '''r'''un.<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: [[French language|French]] '''''r'''ouge''
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|s}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ס</span>}} ([[Samekh]])
| s
| '''s'''ee
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|sˤ}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|ts}}</big><ref name="tie-bar"/>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">צ ץ</span>}} ([[Tsade|Ṣadi]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ṣ<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: ts/tz
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ''No English equivalent''; [[Tsade#Arabic ṣād|Arabic ṣād]] (ص‎) <br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: ca'''ts'''
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|ʃ}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">שׁ</span>}} ([[Shin (letter)|Šin Yemanit]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: š<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: sh
| '''sh'''e
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|t}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">תּ</span>}} ([[Tav (letter)|Taw]])
| t
| s'''t'''ing
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|tˤ}}</big>
| rowspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|t}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ט</span>}} ([[Tet (letter)|Ṭeť]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ṭ<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: t
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ''No English equivalent''; [[Teth#Arabic ṭāʾ|Arabic ṭāʾ]] (ط‎)<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: s'''t'''ing
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|θ}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ת</span>}} ([[Tav (letter)|Ťaw]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ṯ<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: t
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: '''th'''ing<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: s'''t'''ing
|-
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| <big>{{IPAlink|tʃ}}</big><ref name="tie-bar"/>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">צ׳ ץ׳</span>}} ([[Tsade]] with [[geresh]])
| ch
| '''ch'''air
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|β}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|v}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ב</span>}} ([[Vet (letter)|Veť rafah]])<br />
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ḇ<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: v
| '''v'''oice
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|w}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|v}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ו</span>}} ([[Waw (letter)|Vav]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: w<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: v
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: '''w'''ould <br/>{{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: '''v'''oice
|-
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| <big>{{IPAlink|w}}</big><ref>Appears in new loanwords: {{lang|he|[[wikt:ואללה|וואלה]]}} /wala/ "Wow!, really?, you don't say!, no kidding!". In some old loanwords that originally had {{IPAslink|w}}, it was approximated to {{IPA|/v/}}: {{lang|he|[[wikt:ואדי|ואדי]]}} /vadi/ "[[Wadi]]".</ref>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">וו</span>}} (double [[Waw (letter)|Vav]]) or {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ו</span>}} (single [[Waw (letter)|Vav]])
| w
| '''w'''e
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|x}}</big>
| rowspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|χ}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">כ ך</span>}} ([[Kaph (letter)|Ḵaf rafah]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ḵ<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: ch/kh
| rowspan="2" | Scottish lo'''ch'''
|-
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| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ח׳</span>}}<ref name="kh">Only appears in transliterations from [[Arabic script]] to transliterate the letter [[Ḫāʾ]] (خ)</ref> ([[Heth]] with [[geresh]])
| kh
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|z}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ז</span>}}  ([[Zayin]])
| z
| '''z'''oo
|-
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| <big>{{IPAlink|ʒ}}</big><ref name=":2"></ref>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ז׳</span>}} ([[Zayin]] with [[geresh]])
| zh
| bei'''ge'''
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ʕ}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|ʔ}}</big> (<big>{{IPAlink|ʕ}}</big>)<ref name="phar">In [[Modern Israeli Hebrew]], {{IPA|/ħ, ʕ/}} have merged with {{IPA|/χ, ʔ/}} respectively, but are still distinguished by some [[Sephardi Hebrew|Sephardi]],  [[Mizrahi Hebrew|Mizrahi]] and [[Arab Israelis|Arab]] speakers.</ref>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ע</span>}} ([[Ayin]])
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: <span title="Modifier letter left half ring" class="Unicode" style="font-size:150%">ʿ</span> <br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: <span style="font-size: 140%;">'</span>
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: ''No English equivalent''; [[Arabic]] [[Ayin|'ayn]] (ع) <br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: uh-('''ʔ''')oh
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|ʔ}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">א</span>}} ([[Alef]])<br />
| {{abbr|BH|Biblical Hebrew}}: <span title="Modifier letter right half ring" class="Unicode" style="font-size:150%">ʾ</span> <br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}:<span style="font-size: 140%;">'</span>
| uh-('''ʔ''')oh
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under"
|+Marginal consonants of Modern Hebrew in transliteration and loanwords (used only by some speakers)
|-
! IPA !! Usual pronunciation !! Letter(s) !! <small>[[Romanization of Hebrew|Romanisation]]</small> !! English
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ð}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|d}}</big> / <big>{{IPAlink|z}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ד׳</span>}} ([[Dalet]] with [[geresh]])
| dh
| '''th'''e
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ɣ}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|ʁ}}</big> / <big>{{IPAlink|ɡ}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ע׳</span>}}<ref name=":3">Only appears in transliterations from [[Arabic script]] to transliterate the letter [[Ghayn]] (غ‎‎‎).</ref> ([[Ayin]] with [[geresh]]) or {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ר׳</span>}}<ref name=":3">Only appears in transliterations from [[Arabic script]] to transliterate the letter [[Ghayn]] (غ‎‎‎).</ref> ([[Resh]] with [[geresh]])
| gh
| ''No English equivalent''; [[Arabic]] [[Ghayn]] (غ‎‎‎)
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ŋ}}</big>
| <big>{{IPA|ŋɡ}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">נג</span>}} ([[Nun (letter)|Nun]]-[[Gimel]])
| ng
| ri'''ng'''
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|θ}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|t}}</big> / <big>{{IPAlink|s}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ת׳</span>}}<ref name=":0">ת׳ is sometimes used for both /ð/ and /θ/ (in words from English) either by speakers who don't hear a distinction between them or as an equivalent to the [[Th (digraph)|Th]] digraph of English which is also used for both sounds.</ref> ([[Taw|Tav]] with [[geresh]])
| th
| '''th'''ing
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under"
|+[[Vowel]]s
! colspan="1"| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}} 
! colspan="1"| {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}
! colspan="1"| Letter(s)
! rowspan="1"| <small>[[Romanization of Hebrew|Romanization]]</small> 
! rowspan="1"| English approximation
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|ä|a}}</big>
| [[Image:Hebrew Patah.svg|35px]]&nbsp;([[Patach]]), [[Image:Hataf Patah.svg|35px]]&nbsp;(Hataf Patach)
| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: a, ă<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: a
| Scottish b'''a'''th
|-
| Rowspan=2| <big>{{IPAlink|eː}}</big>
| <big>{{IPA|ej}}</big>&nbsp;(<big>{{IPA|e}})</big><ref name="ref9">Some conservative speakers pronounce it /e/ like in [[Sephardi Hebrew]]</ref>
| Rowspan=2| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">י</span>}}<span style="margin-left:-6px"></span>[[Image:Hebrew Zeire.svg|35px]]([[Tzere]]-[[Yodh]]), [[Image:Hebrew Zeire.svg|35px]]&nbsp;([[Zeire]])
| Rowspan=2| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: ē<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: e ''or'' ei/ey
| | {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: Scottish b'''ay'''<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: b'''ay'''
|-
| rowspan=2| <big>{{IPAlink|e̞}}</big>
| Scottish b'''ay'''
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ɛ}}</big>
| [[Image:Hebrew Segol.svg|35px]]&nbsp;([[Segol]]), [[Image:Hataf Segol.svg|35px]]&nbsp;(Hataf Segol)
| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: e, ĕ<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: e
| b'''e'''d
|-
| Rowspan=2| <big>{{IPAlink|ə}}</big>
| <big>{{IPAlink|e̞}}</big> (<big>{{IPA|e}})</big><ref name="ref9" />
| Rowspan=2| [[Image:Tilde Schwa.svg|35px]]&nbsp;([[Shva]])
| Rowspan=2| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: e/ĕ<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: e ''or'' unwritten 
| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: comm'''a'''<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: b'''e'''d
|-
| ∅<ref>Modern Hebrew typically [[Elision|elides]] shva 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.</ref> 
| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: comm'''a'''<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: silent
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|i}}</big>
| [[Image:Hebrew Hiriq.svg|35px]]([[Hiriq]])
| i
| rowspan="2" | s'''ee'''
|-
| <big>{{IPA|iː}}</big>
| <big>{{IPA|i}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">י</span>}}<span style="margin-left:-6px"></span>[[Image:Hebrew Hiriq.svg|35px]]([[Hiriq]]-[[Yodh|Yud]])
| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: ī<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: i
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|oː}}</big>
| rowspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|o̞|o}}</big>
| [[File:Hebrew Holam.svg|23px]]&nbsp;([[Holam]] alone), {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">וֹ</span>}} (with any ''[[mater lectionis]]'')
| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: ō<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: o
| st'''o'''ry
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ɔ}}</big>
| [[Image:Hebrew Qamaz.svg|35px]]&nbsp;(Kamatz katan), [[Image:Hataf Qamaz.svg|35px]]&nbsp;(Hataf Kamatz)
| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: o, ŏ<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: o
| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: '''o'''ff<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: st'''o'''ry
|-
| <big>{{IPA|ɔː}}</big>
| <big>{{IPA|a}}</big>
| [[Image:Hebrew Qamaz.svg|35px]]&nbsp;([[Kamatz]])
| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: ā<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: a
| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: '''o'''ff<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: Scottish b'''a'''th
|-
| colspan="2" | <big>{{IPAlink|u}}</big>
| [[Image:Hebrew Backslash Qubuz.svg|35px]] ([[Kubutz]])
| u
| rowspan="2" | c'''oo'''l
|-
| <big>{{IPA|uː}}</big>
| <big>{{IPA|u}}</big>
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">וּ</span>}} ([[Waw (letter)|Vav]] with [[shuruk]])
| {{abbr|TH|Tiberian Hebrew}}: ū<br/> {{abbr|MH|Modern Hebrew}}: u
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under"
|+[[Diphthong]]s in Modern Hebrew (used in transliteration and loanwords)
! colspan="1"| IPA
! colspan="1"| Letter(s)
! rowspan="1"| <small>[[Romanization of Hebrew|Romanization]]</small>
! rowspan="1"| English approximation
|-
| <big>{{IPA|ao}}</big> 
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">אוֹ</span>}}<span style="margin-left:-6px"></span>[[Image:Hebrew Patah.svg|35px]] ([[Patach]]-[[Holam]]), {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">אוֹ</span>}}<span style="margin-left:-6px"></span>[[File:Hebrew Qamaz.svg|35px]] ([[Kamatz]]-[[Holam]])
| ao
| Rowspan=2| c'''ow'''
|-
| <big>{{IPA|au}}</big> 
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">אוּ</span>}}<span style="margin-left:-6px"></span>[[Image:Hebrew Patah.svg|35px]] ([[Patach]]-[[Shuruk]]), {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">אוּ</span>}}<span style="margin-left:-6px"></span>[[File:Hebrew Qamaz.svg|35px]] ([[Kamatz]]-[[Shuruk]])
| au
|-
| <big>{{IPA|eu}}</big> 
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">אוּ</span>}}<span style="margin-left:-6px"></span>[[Image:Hebrew Segol.svg|35px]] ([[Segol]]-[[Shuruk]]), {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">אוּ</span>}}<span style="margin-left:-6px"></span>[[File:Hebrew Zeire.svg|35px]] ([[Tzere]]-[[Shuruk]])
| eu
|n'''o''' (''some dialects''<ref>These dialects include [[Southern England English|Southern England]] (including [[Received Pronunciation]]), [[Midlands English|English Midlands]], [[Australian English|Australian]], [[New Zealand English|New Zealand]], the [[Southern American English|Southern American]], [[Midland American English|Midland American]], [[Philadelphia English|Philadelphia]], [[Baltimore English|Baltimore]], [[Western Pennsylvania English|Western Pennsylvania]] and younger [[California English|Californian]] English. Other dialects of English, such as most other forms of [[American English|American]], [[Northern England English|Northern England]], [[Welsh English|Welsh]], [[Scottish English|Scottish]] and [[Hiberno-English|Irish]] English, have no close equivalent vowel.</ref>)
|-
| <big>{{IPA|ou}}</big> 
| {{Script/Hebrew|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">וֹאוּ</span>}} ([[Holam]]-[[Shuruk]])
| ou
|g'''oa'''l
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Other symbols
! IPA!! Explanation
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ˈ}}</big>
| Primary stress (placed ''before'' the stressed syllable): {{Script/Hebrew|אֹכֶל}} ('food') {{IPA|/ˈʔoχel/}}, {{Script/Hebrew|אוֹכֵל‏}} ('eating' [participle]) {{IPA|/ʔoˈχel/}}
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ˌ}}</big>
| Secondary stress, e.g. {{Script/Hebrew|הַאֻמְנָם?}} ('oh, really?') {{IPA|/ˌhaʔumˈnam/}}
|-
| <big>{{IPAlink|ː}}</big>
| Long vowels (in [[Tiberian Hebrew]]) can be transcribed using the IPA gemination sign <big>{{IPA|ː}}</big>: the word for "hand" would be {{Script/Hebrew|יָד}} {{IPA|/jɔːð/}} in absolute state and {{Script/Hebrew|יַד־}} {{IPA|/jað/}} in construct state.<ref>Vowel length and quality in Tiberian Hebrew is a matter of debate, and that is just one possible example.</ref> Indicating normative consonant gemination uses a double consonant: {{Script/Hebrew|גַּנָּב}} ('a thief') {{IPA|/ɡanˈnav/}} ''not'' {{IPA|/ɡaˈnːav/}}
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==Notes==
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==See also==
*{{clc|Pages with Hebrew IPA|pages}}

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