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Can anyone help me with the Hebrew silent letters and similar letters?

When are you supposed to use א (aleph) as opposed to ע (ayin)? They are both silent?

Also when are you supposed to use ב (vet) as opposed to ו(vav)? They are both for the letter V?

And ס (samech) as opposed to ש (sin)?

And ט (tet) as opposed to ת (tav)?

What is the difference? Will it form a completely different word if I use the wrong hebrew letter when spelling even though they are the same sound?

Update:

So Zkraus would it be the same word if I accidentally mixed up some of the similar letters?

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  • Shay p
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    IT WOULD FORM A MEANINGLESS WORD

    How to use and when to use is somthing to do with knowing Hebrew well, you can't use ב instead of ו one is b the other is v, the ס is not like the ש samach is the ssss sound shin is the shhhh there is also the ש with a ' above and then the sound changes according to the side of the sheen its on.

    So learn the fundamentals then you will know a little part, than you will be ready for the nikood part them little dots and lines under the letters

    And as for Z Kraus

    He is not a Hebrew speaking person if he was he would write

    בהצלחה and not בהצלך you see my dear this is a classic example of using similar sounding letters a ח and ך but that's for tomorrows lesson.

  • 5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    your question is a strange one. The appropriate place to use them is wherever they are supposed to be. Let me explain. in English, we have a C and K which both can make that K sound. How are we suuposed to know which to use? We know by learning the language. While I could go and explain that in more ancient times, there were differences in the exact pronunciation of alef and ayin etc, that isn't the point. the point is that knowledge of which letter to choose is like asking how you know whether the vowel sound in "coat" is spelled with an OA, or O_E.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    there is no real difference. the difference between א and ב is pronunciation. ש can be "sh" and "s", while ס can be "s" only. u just need 2 learn when 2 use them.

    בהצלך!

    ישראלים!!!!

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