Lesson 4 – Lamed, Vav
Consonants l The "Lamed" is pronounced "l" as in "long." w The "Vav" is pronounced "v" as in "visit."
Vowels
.a The "sh’va" is pronounced "eh" as in "help" when it is placed under the first letter of the word. When this vowel appears anywhere else in the word, it is usually a "syllable break" and not pronounced.
,a The "segol" is pronounced "eh" as in "help." yEw y:w y’l5 yil y;l yIw "w <w ’l il ,l ;l el `1 l’h h’l leh hel l:w lEw l<w l,l w"w w<w `2 ael’m h’m.bel lIy;l h’Bil ~yIw"w `3
Vocabulary God - lea `2 Night - h’l.y;l `1 Believe - !em’a `4 Water - ~Iy;m `3 Sea - ~"y `6 Here - hENih6 `5
Sentences Night came. - a’B h’l.y;l `1 Water [is] in the sea. - ~"y;B7 ~Iy;m `2 My son came to me. - yil8 a’B yIneB `3 Mother came in the night. - h’l>y;l;B h’a’B9 `4 ~eahENih yiMea>w10 yib’a `5 My father and my mother [are] here. - ---------------------------------------------------------------
5 When one of the "a" vowels (qamats or patach) is followed by the consonant "yud" in the same syllable, the pronunciation is a long "i" as in "lie" and NOT "ay" as in "lay."
6 When the dagesh (the dot in the middle of a letter) is placed within some letters, such as in the nun in the word hENih, it doubles the letter. Therefore, this word is pronounced "hin-ney" rather than "hi-ney."
7 When the letter "beyt" is prefixed to a word it means "in" as in sentence #4 - h’l>y;l;B - in the night.) 8 When the letter "lamed" is used as a prefix it means "to" or "for."
9 The vocabulary word h’a’B (she came) is the feminine form of the masculine verb a’B (he came) which was given in lesson one.
10 When the letter "vav" is prefixed to a word it means "and."
