Hebrew In Action! Alef Booklet Unit VI. Copyright 2013 by Lee Walzer. All rights reserved.

Hebrew In Action! Alef Booklet Unit VI Copyright 2013 by Lee Walzer All rights reserved. 1

Alef-Bet Chart This is the Hebrew alef-bet (alphabet). Each letter has a name and makes a sound just like in English. א בּ ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט Tet Chet Zayin Vav Hay Daled Gimmel Vet Bet Alef Samech Final Nun Nun Final Mem Mem Lamed Final Chaf י כּ כ ך ל מ ם נ ן ס Khaf Kaf Yud ע פּ פ ף צ ץ ק ר שׁ שׂ Sin Shin Resh Koof Final Tzadi Tzadi Final Fay Fay Pay Ayin תּ ת Tav Tav 2

Unit VI The letters are... Tav Shin/ Sin Resh Kuf 3

A letter to students Welcome Back Students, Congratulations again! Now you know the first eighteen letters in the Hebrew alef bet. In this unit you will learn the last 4 letters. Be prepared to use all the information you learned in Units I and II as you go through this booklet. Enjoy! Lee Walzer and Galeet BenZion 4

Table of Contents THE LETTER KUF... 6 How to write a Kuf?... 7 Practice writing Kuf... 7 Circle the Kufs... 8 Writing Practice... 8 Reading Practice... 9 Write Your Own Hebrew Story!... 10 The Letter Resh... 12 How to write a Resh?... 13 Practice writing Resh... 14 Circle the Resh... 15 Writing Practice... 15 Reading Practice... 16 The Letter Shin... 18 How to write a Shin?... 19 Practice writing Shin... 20 Circle the Shin... 21 Writing Practice... 21 Reading Practice... 22 The Letter Sin... 24 What s with 2 Letters that Make the S Sound?... 24 How Do I Tell שׂ and שׁ Apart?... 24 Practice writing Shin... 25 Circle the Sins!... 25 Writing Practice... 26 Reading Practice... 27 The Letter Tav... 28 How to write a Tav?... 29 Practice writing Tav... 29 Writing Practice... 30 Reading Practice... 31 Write a Story... 34 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES... 35 Sound Matching I... 35 Sound matching II... 36... 37 מ ילוֹן - DICTIONARY 5

The Letter Kuf The Hebrew letter Kuf ק makes a K sound, like in Koka Kola קוֹק ה קוֹל ה Kenguru ק נ גוּרוּ ק ק טוּס Kaktus Other Hebrew words that start with Kuf include Kam ק ם (Got up/woke up) and Kal ק ל (easy). 6

How to write a Kuf? A Kuf looks like this: This is how you write it: Practice writing Kuf. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line. Can you write Kuf with no help? Show your work below: 7

Circle the Kufs ר ש ת א ק ב ק ף ן ס ג ד ה פ ק י ט ם בּ מ נ ל ך ק Writing Practice Complete the sentences/phrases by filling in the missing letters and vowels. The father got up (Haav kam). א ם A hook on the roof? Easy! (Vav al hagag? Kal!) 8

ו ע ה ג? ל! Reading Practice.1 האב קם..2 גם הפאג קם..3 גם הצב קם..4 הדג זז בים..5 הצב צף בים אך לא נד. 9

.6 גם לא נח הצב..7 האב נח בגן..8 גם נם. Write Your Own Hebrew Story! Write a short story using the words in the Word Bank below (You don t need to use all of them) צ ב ד ג צ ף ג ג נ ם ק ם גם ים בּ ה 10

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The Letter Resh The letter Resh ר makes the R sound, like in the Hebrew words Radyo ר דיוֹ Nayad Radyo-Tayp ר דיוֹ-ט ייפּ נ יי ד (Boom box) ר ב Rav (rabbi) Ratz ר ץ (ran) as well as Rokenrol רוֹק נ'רוֹל (Rock music). 12

The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana ר אשׁ ה שׁ נ ה also begins with Resh. Finally, we have several short words that begin ר ע (soft), Ra ר ך (argued), Rach ר ב with Resh: Rav (bad), and Rak ר ק (only). How to write a Resh? A Resh looks like this: This is how you write it: 13

Practice writing Resh. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line. Can you write Resh with no help? Show your work below: One final thing If you ve studied French or Spanish at school, pronounce the letter Resh like you would in French or Spanish. You ll sound like an Israeli if you do! 14

One of the big hits of the Israeli rock group Tislam was their song Radyo תּ יס לם Chazak ר דיוֹ ח ז ק (Loud נ ג ן Radio). Nagen oto chazak LOUD!) (Play it אוֹתוֹ ח ז ק! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndp2f3hcmc Circle the Resh כ ק ר ט ב ו א י ק ץ ף ך פ ד ג ע ק ן ד ר צ נ ב ה Writing Practice Complete the sentences by filling in the missing letters and vowels. The father argued in the park (Haav rav bagan) הא ב בג. 15

The pug is soft (Hapag rach) ה אג ך Only the fish floated (Rak hadag tzaf) ר _ ה ף The turtle woke up in the park (Hatzav kam bagan) ה ב ק בּ ן Reading Practice.1 ה פּ אג ר ע..2 ה פּ אג ר ב בּ ג ן. 16

.3 ה א ב ק ם..4 ג ם ה א ב ר ב..5 ה ר ב צ ם בּ ח ג..6 ה ד ג צ ף בּ ג ל בּ י ם. 17

The Letter Shin The Hebrew letter Shin שׁ makes the Sh sound like in the Hebrew words Shalom שׁ לוֹם Shabbat שׁ בּ ת שׁ ף Shef 18

שׁוֹקוֹ Shoko Shokolad שׁוֹקוֹל ד Other Hebrew words that begin with Shin include שׁ ם (sailed), Sham שׁ ט (returned), Shat שׁ ב Shav (there, as in not here, there! ), and Shar שׁ ר (sang). How to write a Shin? A Shin looks like this: 19

This is how you write it: Practice writing Shin. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line. Can you write Shin with no help? Show your shins below: 20

Circle the Shin שׁ ב ץ ת ק ר צ מ ל שׁ ס פּ ע א י ט ח שׁ ן ו ם ה שׁ ז Writing Practice Complete the sentences by filling in the missing letters and vowels The turtle returned to the sea (Hatzav shav layam) ה ב י ם. The father sailed to there (Haav shat l sham) ה א ט ל ם. The rabbi came to the park. The rabbi sang in the park (Harav ba lagan. Harav shar bagan) 21

ה ב א ל. ה ר ר בּ ג. Reading Practice.1 מ ה בּ ס ל?.2 כּ ד בּ ס ל..3 ד ג בּ כּ ד..4 צ ף ה ד ג בּ ג ל. 22

.5 שׁ ט ה א ב בּ י ם..6 פ אדג' ר ב בּ ג ן..7 ה פּ אג כּ אן..8 ה צ ב שׁ ם. 23

The Letter Sin The Hebrew letter Sin שׂ makes an S sound like in the movie Sar Hataba ot שׂ ר ה ט בּ עוֹת (Lord of the Rings) and the Hebrew word Sam שׂ ם (put). What s with 2 Letters that Make the S Sound? Remember you learned the letter Samech ס a few lessons back? It, too, makes the S sound. Why? It s like English, where both C and S can make an S sound. How Do I Tell שׂ and שׁ Apart? Sin and Shin indeed look like the same letter (and you won t find a separate listing for Sin in a Hebrew dictionary ). If you see a dot on the upper left of the letter, it s Sin שׂ and if you see the dot on.שׁ the upper right, it s a Shin 24

Practice writing Shin. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line. Can you write Shin with no help? Show your shins below: Circle the Sins! כּ כ שׂ שׁ ב בּ שׁ ג שׂ פּ פ ס שׁ ן נ ם שׂ מ ת שׂ שׁ י ט א 25

Writing Practice Complete the Hebrew sentences by filling in the missing letters and vowels The father put fudge in the wastebasket (Haav sam fadj bapach) ה א ם אדג' בּ ח. The turtle put a fish in the sea (Hatzav sam dag bayam) ה ב ם ד בּ ם. The rabbi put a hook in the roof (Harav sam vav bagag) ה ם ו בּ ג. 26

Reading Practice.1 ה פּ אג שׂ ם פ אדג' בּ פּ ח..2 ה א ב שׂ ם בּ ד בּ פּ ח..3 ה צ ב שׂ ם ד ג בּ י ם..4 ה ר ב שׂ ם פּ ח ע ל ה ג ג. 27

The Letter Tav Wow! You ve reached the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet the letter Tav.תּ Tav can be written two ways with a dot in the middle and.ת and תּ examples without. Look at these two Dot or no dot, they both make the T sound, like in the Hebrew Torah תּוֹר ה תּ ק ל יטוֹר Taklitor (CD or DVD) Tag תּ ג 28

Other Hebrew words that start with Tav include Tam (ended). תּ ם (innocent, simple) and Tam תּ ם How to write a Tav? A Tav looks like this: This is how you write it: Practice writing Tav. Start by repeating line number one, then the second line lastly the last line. 29

Can you write Tavs with no help? Show your Tavs below: Circle the Tavs (With and Without Dots) ר בּ תּ כּ ת א ט ח תּ ל ה ק ן י כ ב פ ת ת ס ז ע ד תּ Writing Practice Complete the sentences below by filling in the missing Hebrew letters and vowels. The holiday ended (Hachag tam) ה ם. 30

The pug is innocent. The turtle is bad. (Hapag tam. Hatzav ra.) ה אג ם. ה צ ע. The father put a tag on the cloth (Haav sam tag bavad) ה ב ם ג בּ ד. Reading Practice ה ר ב צ ם בּ ח ג. ה ר ב נ ח בּ ג ן. ה ר ב שׁ ר. תּ ם ה ח ג. 1..2 ה ר ב ק ם. ה ר ב שׁ ב ל ג ן. ה ר ב ז ז בּ ג ן..3 ג ם ה פּ אג ז ז בּ ג ן. ה פּ אג ל ן בּ ג ן. ה צ ב נ ח בּ ג ן. 31

ה ד ג צ ף בּ ג ל בּ י ם. ה א ב שׂ ם כּ ד ע ל ה ג ג. ה א ב שׂ ם ו ו בּ ג ג. ה א ב שׂ ם פ אדג' בּ פּ ח. 4. ה פּ גא ח שׁ ר ע בּ ג ן. ה אב ח שׁ ר ע ע ל ה ג ג. ה ד ג ח שׁ ר ע בּ י ם. 5..6 ה א ב שׂ ם ד ף בּ פּ ח. ה א ב שׂ ם ד ף בּ א ח..7 ה א ב ט ס ל ה ר. ה ר ב ט ס ל י ם..8 ה ד ג ע ף בּ י ם א ך ה צ ב נ ח בּ ג ן. 32

.9 ל ד ג פּ ס. ק ר בּ ה ר. ח ם בּ י ם. ה ר ב שׁ ם בּ ה ר..10 ה צ ב שׁ ם ה צ ב צ ף בּ י ם. ה פּ אג נ ם שׁ ם..11 ה ד ג נ ח כּ אן..12 כּ אן ס ל. ה פּ אג נ ם בּ ס ל..13 ה ר ב ק ם בּ ח ג ע ל ה ה ר..14 מ ה בּ כּ ד? ה ד ג בּ כּ ד..15 מ ה בּ ס ל? הּפּ אג בּ ס ל. 33

.16 מ ה בּ פּ ח? ה פ אדג' בּ פּ ח. Write a Story Write a story using your dictionary to help you with the words. You can use as many words as you like. 34

Additional Activities Sound Matching I 35

Sound matching II 36

מ ילוֹן - Dictionary א א ב א ח א ח א ך א ף Father Brother Fireplace But Nose בּ בּ בּ א בּ ד At the/in the/on the Came Fabric, Cloth ג ג ב ג ג ג ל ג ם Back Roof Wave Too, also 37

ג ן ג ע ג ר ג שׁ Park Touch! (Command) Lived Approach/Present (Command) ד ד ג ד ם ד ף Fish Blood Page ה ה ה ר The Mountain ו Hook ו ו ז Moved ז ז 38

ח ח ג ח ם ח שׁ Holiday Hot Felt ט (plane) Flew ט ס י י ד י ם Hand Sea כּ כּ אן כּ ד Here Jug/Pitcher ל the... To ל 39

Stayed ל ן apple apple ד apple ח apple ם Wandered Rested Slept ס Basket ס ל ע ע ד ע ל ע ם ע ף Until On People, Nation Fly (bird), Scram/Get Out (as in, I m outta here ) פּ פּ אג פּ ח Pug Wastebasket 40

Stripe פּ ס פ Fudge פ אדג' צ צ ב צ ד צ ם צ ף צ ר Turtle Side Fasted Floated Narrow ק ק ו ק ל ק ם ק ר Line Easy Got up, Woke up Cold ר 41

ר ב ר ב ר ך ר ע ר ץ ר ק Quarreled Rabbi Soft Bad Ran Only שׁ שׁ ב שׁ ט שׁ ם שׁ ר Returned Sailed There (as in Over there ) Sang שׂ Put שׂ ם תּ/ת תּ ג תּ ם Tag Innocent, Simple 42

Ended תּ ם 43