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{| class="infobox wikitable floatright" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Niqqud |- | colspan="2" | {| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-style:none" |style="border-style:none"| ||style="padding:1px; margin:0px; background:white;line-height:1em; font-size:325%; font-family:SBL Hebrew, David, Narkisim, 'Times New Roman'; border-width:0px"|  ְ   ֱ   ֲ   ֳ   ִ  |- |style="border-style:none"| ||style="padding:1px; margin:0px; background:white;line-height:1em; font-size:325%; font-family:SBL Hebrew, David, Narkisim, 'Times
dagesh or mapiq
class=skin-invert-image|alt=Dagesh in Hebrew. The red dot on the rightmost character (the letter dalet) is a dagesh.|thumb|200x200px|The word in Hebrew. The red dot on the rightmost character (the letter [[dalet) is a dagesh.]]
Shva
{| align="right" class="wikitable" | colspan="2" | |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:100px"| |- |rowspan=2| IPA | style="background:white" |Modern Hebrew: /e/ (), Ø |- |Biblical Hebrew: , |- | Transliteration | style="background:white" |e, ' , |- | English example | style="background:white" |men, menorah |- | colspan="2" | |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:50px"|60px |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white" | |- | colspan="2" | |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white"| |}
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{| align="right" class="wikitable" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Rafe |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:100px"|ֿ |- | Similar appearance | style="background:white" | macron |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Example |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:50px"|פֿיש |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white; text-align:center;" | The word for fish in Yiddish, fish. The first diacritic (the line over the pei) is a rafe. |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Other Niqqud |- | colspan="2" style="
mappiq
{| align="right" class="wikitable" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Mappiq |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:100px"| |- | IPA | style="background:white" |h |- | Transliteration | style="background:white" |h |- | Same appearance | style="background:white" | dagesh, shuruk |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Example |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:50px"| |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white; text-align:center;" | The word for height in Hebrew, govah. The centre dot in the leftmost letter (which
hiriq
{| align="right" class="wikitable" | colspan="2" | |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:100px"| |- | IPA | style="background:white" |Hebrew: Yiddish: |- | Transliteration | style="background:white" |i |- | English approximation | style="background:white" |Hebrew: skiYiddish: skip |- | colspan="2" | |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white"| |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white" | |- | colspan="2" | |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white"| |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white" | |- | colsp
patach
{| align="right" class="wikitable" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''''' |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:100px"| |- | IPA | style="background:white" | or |- | Transliteration | style="background:white" | a |- | English approximation | style="background:white" | fa'r |- | Same sound | style="background:white" | qamatz |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Example |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:50px"| |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px; background:white; text-align:center;" | The word for also in Hebrew, g
kamatz
{| align="right" class="wikitable" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Qamatz |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:100px"|ָ |- | IPA | style="background:white" | |- | Transliteration | style="background:white" | a |- | English approximation | style="background:white" | spa |- | Similar sound | style="background:white" | |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Example |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:50px"| |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white" | |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Other Niqq
tzere
{| align="right" class="wikitable" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Tzere |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:100px"|ֵ |- | IPA | style="background:white" |, |- | Transliteration | style="background:white" |e |- | English example | style="background:white" |⦁ bed⦁ bay⦁ (Scottish) bay |- | Same sound | style="background:white" | segol |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Example |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:50px"|תֵּל |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white; text-align:center;" | The word for mou
segol
{| align="right" class="wikitable" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Segol |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:100px"|ֶ |- | IPA | style="background:white" | |- | Transliteration | style="background:white" | e |- | English example | style="background:white" | bed |- | Same sound | style="background:white" | tzere |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Example |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:50px;line-height:3.25em"|שֶׁל |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white;text-align:center;" | The word for of in H
holam
{| align="right" class="wikitable" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Holam |- | colspan="2" style="background:white; height:100px; text-align:center;"| |- | IPA | style="background:white" | or |- | Transliteration | style="background:white" | o |- | English example | style="background:white" | shore |- | Similar sound | style="background:white" | Qamatz qaṭan, ḥataf qamatz |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|' Example |-style="line-height:2.5em;" | colspan="2" style="background:white; height:50px; text-align:center;"| |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px; background:w