Reading Hebrew

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====== Double Letters ======

^  [[tav]]              ^  [[resh]]             ^  [[peh]]               ^  [[kaf]]               ^  [[dalet]]            ^  [[gimel]]            ^  [[bet]]             ^  Double Letters    ^
|  /t/                  |  /r/                  |  /p/                   |  /k/                   |  /d/                  |  /g/                  |  /b/                 ^  IPA               ^
|  <wrap :he>תּ</wrap>  |  <wrap :he>רּ</wrap>  | <wrap :he>פּףּ</wrap>  | <wrap :he>כּךּ</wrap>  |  <wrap :he>דּ</wrap>  |  <wrap :he>גּ</wrap>  | <wrap :he>בּ</wrap>  ^  With Dagesh       ^
|  T                    |  R                    |  P                     |  K                     |  D                    |  G                    |  B                   ^  Strong (Plosive)  ^
^                       ^                       ^                        ^                        ^                       ^                       ^                      ^                    ^
|  Th/S                 |  -                    |  Ph (F)                |  Kh                    |  Dh                   |  -                    |  V                   ^  Weak (Fricative)  ^
|  <wrap :he>ת</wrap>   |  <wrap :he>ר</wrap>   | <wrap :he>פף</wrap>    | <wrap :he>כך</wrap>    |  <wrap :he>ד</wrap>   |  <wrap :he>ג</wrap>   | <wrap :he>ב</wrap>   ^  Without Dagesh    ^
|  /θ/ or /s/           |  /r/ or /ɾ/           |  /f/                   |  /χ/                   |  /ð/                  |  /g/\\ /ɹ/ or /ʒ/     |  /v/                 ^  IPA               ^

You can hear samples of the IPA sounds using https://www.ipachart.com/

To remember these letters, say:  BiG'Dei KaPoReTh (<wrap :he>בִּגְדֵי־כַּפֹּרֶת</wrap>.)  This means "covering of the mercy seat"

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