Hebrew/Aleph-Bet/10

Aleph-Bet Lesson 10 — צץ + Numbers Welcome to the tenth and last lesson in the Hebrew alphabet! In this lesson we'll learn צ and traditional numbers in Hebrew. Tsadi צ צ The eighteenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet is Tsadi. It makes the "ts" sound (IPA: /ʦ/, "zz" as in "pizza", or "ts" as in "Tsar").Many times you will see it transliterated as "tz", "z" or even "s". Because the traditional sound of this letter was a pharyngealised s (same as "s" only that the sound is emitted from deeper in the throat) and the current pronunciation is "tz", a neutral transliteration - "ts" - is used in this WikiBook. When it is at the end of a word, it changes form. This final form is known as Tsadi Sofit (ץ). That's it, you've learned them all! Words מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim Egypt עֵץ ‘ets tree (masculine, singular) צָהֹב tsahov yellow (masculine, singular) (FW: צהוב) צֶבַע tseva‘ color (masculine, singular) עֶצֶם ‘etsem bone (feminine, singular), object (masculine, singular) צָרְפַת tsorfatSometimes Qamats is pronounced as "o". This is known as Qamats Qatan ("little Qamats"). However, many Israelis mispronounce צָרְפַת as tsarfat. France בֹּץ bots mud (masculine, singular [no pl.]) (FW: בוץ) צַיִד tsayid hunt (masculine, singular [no pl.] Numbers In traditional Jewish texts (in any Orthodox text, really) a numeric system, based on the letters of the alphabet is used. This system is known as gematria. In everyday secular life, the Arabic numerical system (1, 2, 3) is used. Numeric value Letter 1 א 2 ב 3 ג4 ד5 ה6ו7 ז8 ח9 ט10 י11 י"א12 י"ב13י"ג14 י"ד15 ט"ו‎Because the letter י (which has the numeric value of 10) and ה (which is 5) make together the beginning of the Tetragrammaton, 9 + 6 are used instead.16 ט"ז17 י"ז18 י"ח19 י"ט20 כ21 כ"א25 כ"ה30 ל35 ל"ו40 מ50 נ60 ס70ע80פ90צ100ק105ק"ה150ק"נ155קנ"ה200ר300ש400תRarely used:500ך600ם700ן800ף900ץ Summary In this lesson, you've learned: The forms of the letter Tsadi צ, Tsadi Sofit ץ. The words מִצְרַיִם, עֵץ, צָהֹב, צֶבָע, עֶצֶם, צָרְפַת, בֹץ and צַיִד. The Hebrew nummerical system - gematria. Practice what you've learned in the exercises. Review: Aleph-Bet 11 >>> Notes