K–5 Lesson

Handout · chart and name card

Your Name in Hebrew Letters

Chart and name card · Grades K–5

Name:Date:

How to do it

Say your name slowly. Listen for each sound.
Find each sound. Take the letter under it.
Write them in the box. Start on the right.
Ends in M, N, F, K, or TS? Use an end letter.

Sounds

bet

vav

gimel

dalet

hey

zayin

tet

yud

K, hard C

kuf

lamed

mem

nun

S, soft C

samekh

pey

resh

shin

tsadi

CH (chip)

צ׳

tsadi + ׳

ג׳

gimel + ׳

vav

tav

קס

kuf+samekh

Vowel sounds

A at the start

alef

E at the start

alef

I or EE

yud

vav

U or OO

vav

AH at the end

hey

Last sound

end mem

end nun

end pey

end kaf

end tsadi

My name in Hebrew letters

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Six names, worked out

Samסם

Mayaמאיה

Noahנח

Danielדניאל

Lucasלוקס

Oliviaאוליביה

Honest note: a few English sounds have no Hebrew letter of their own, so this chart gives the closest one. Most short vowels in the middle of a name are left out, the way a scroll leaves them out. A Hebrew reader could still sound your name out, and the spelling is close to how names are written in Israel today.

✂ Cut out for the class scroll

Name card

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In English: