Lesson 5 – Resh, Shin
Consonants r The "Resh" is pronounced "r" as in "rain."
X The "Shin" is pronounced two ways, "sh" as in "sharp," and "s" as in "sign." When a dot is placed on the top right corner of the letter (v) it takes the "sh" sound and when the dot is placed on the top left corner of the letter (f) it takes the "s" sound.
Vowels A This consonant (vav) / vowel (cholam) combination is called a "cholam maley" and is pronounced "ow" as in "open."
Practice Af Av Ar y,f yev y;r ir er ef ;v ,v `1 vAr v’r rif rAv ryiv r;f vev `2 l,v veh ~yif b;f vim b;r r;y rEn r’B `3
Vocabulary Heaven - ~Iy;m’v `2 Peace - ~Al’v `1 Created (m) - a’r’B `4 Said (m) - r;m’a `3 Said (f) - h’r.m’a `6 Name - ~ev `5 Day - ~Ay `8 Ruler - r;f `7 Rabbi - yiB;r `10 Light - rAa `9
Sentences Ruler of Peace. - ~Al’v r;f `1 Day and night. - h;l>y’l>w ~Ay `2 My name [is] Levi. -yIwel yim.v `3 What [is] his name? - Am.v11 h;m `4 His name [is] Abraham. - ~’h’r.b;a Am.v `5 God created heaven. - ~Iy;m’v lea12 a’r’B `6 Rabbi said to me Shalom. - ~Al’v yil yiB;r r;m’a `7 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11 When the consonant/vowel combination "cholam maley" is suffixed to a word it means "of him" or "his."
12 In Hebrew, the verb usually appears before the object of the verb.
