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Hebrew U-Type Vowels Guide

This document discusses Hebrew U-type vowels, which indicate an "oo" sound. U-type vowels can be represented by a qibbuts or shureq mark below a letter. A qibbuts is a short vowel, while a shureq can also start a word. The document provides examples of open and closed syllables using U-type vowels and includes practice readings in one, two, or more syllables.

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Hebrew U-Type Vowels Guide

This document discusses Hebrew U-type vowels, which indicate an "oo" sound. U-type vowels can be represented by a qibbuts or shureq mark below a letter. A qibbuts is a short vowel, while a shureq can also start a word. The document provides examples of open and closed syllables using U-type vowels and includes practice readings in one, two, or more syllables.

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HebrewVowels
SimpleUTypeVowels

Thelastvowelgroupyouwilllearnissometimescalledthe"Utype"becauseitindicates
an"oo"sound(asin"blue"or"clue")whencombinedwithaletter.Utypevowelscan
havethefollowingvowelpatterns:

Notethatthe"X"referstoanyHebrewletter(forexampleAleph,Bet,andsoon)
andtherectangularboxbelowtheletterreferstoaonethefollowingtypesof
vowelmarks(nikkudim):

Notes:
Althoughthesevowelmarkslookdifferent,theybothrepresentan"oo"sound.
Notewhichvowelisshort(Qibbuts)andwhichislong(Shureq).
Unlikeothervowels,Shureqissometimesusedtostartaword.

BasicSyllables

Asyllableiscalled"open"whenitdoes Asyllableiscalled"closed"whenitends
notendwitha"stopping"sound: witha"stopping"sound:

OpenSyllables:

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ClosedSyllables:

PracticeReadings

Onesyllable:

Twosyllables:

Three/moresyllables:

QuickSummary:

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TransliterationPractice:

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