transliterate
■ verb write or print (a letter or word) using the closest corresponding letters of a different alphabet or language.
—DERIVATIVES transliteration noun transliterator noun
(Concise Oxford English Dictionary)
Hebrew transliteration app on Github
Consonants
Letter | Name | Transliteration |
---|---|---|
א | aleph | ʾ |
ב בּ |
bēt | ḇ b |
ג גּ |
gimel | ḡ g |
ד דּ |
dalet | ḏ d |
ה | hēh | h |
ו | vav (waw) |
w (or v) |
ז | zayin | z |
ח | ḥēt | ḥ (hard h) |
ט | tēt | ṭ (hard t) |
י | yōd | y |
כ כּ ך (final) |
kaph | ḵ k |
ל | lamed | l |
מ ם |
mēm | m |
נ ן |
nūn | n |
ס | samek | s |
ע | ayin | ʿ |
פ פּ |
pē | p p̄ |
צ ץ (final) |
tsadē | ṣ (hard s) |
ק | qōph | q |
ר | rēsh | r |
שׂ | sīn | ś |
שׁ | shīn | š |
ת תּ |
tav | ṯ t |
Vowels
Long
Vowel | Name | Transliteration |
---|---|---|
ֽבָּ | Qamets[1] | ā |
בֵּ | Tsere | ē |
בֹּ | Ηοlem | ō |
Short
Vowel | Name | Transliteration |
---|---|---|
בַּ | Pathach | a |
בֶּ | Seghol | e |
בִּ | Ηireq | i |
בָּ | Qamets Hatuf | o |
בֻּ | Qibbuts | u |
Reduced
Vowel | Name | Transliteration |
---|---|---|
בֲּ | Hateph Pathach | ă |
בֱּ | Hateph Seghol | ĕ |
בֳּ | Hateph Qamets | ŏ |
Vowel Letters
Vowel | Name | Transliteration |
---|---|---|
בָּה | Qamets He | â |
בֵּי | Tsere Yod | ê |
בֶּי | Seghol Yod | ê |
בִּי | Hireq Yod | î |
בּוֹ | Holem Waw | ô |
בּוּ | Shureq | û |
Miscellaneous
Mark | Name | Transliteration |
---|---|---|
לְ | Shewa (vocal) | e |
שּׁ זּ |
Dhagesh Forte | šš zz |
Note: Dhagesh Forte doubles the consonant in which it appears. The guttural consonants (ח ,ה ,ע ,א) and ר cannot take a Dhagesh Forte.
Examples
Footnotes:
[1]. The vertical bar (called a “meteg”) doesn’t always appear with a Qamets. I have only included it here to make it clear from the tables that it is really distinct from Qamets Hatuf.
[1]. The vertical bar (called a “meteg”) doesn’t always appear with a Qamets. I have only included it here to make it clear from the tables that it is really distinct from Qamets Hatuf.