Pengguna:Dubaduba/WP/Explanation of writing

D. EXPLANATION OF WRITING HEBREW IS WRITTEN FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, SO that a word having, for example, the consonants /, m, d is written llr?; the vowels being placed under or after the consonant, e.g. lă-mad "IE1?, lä-múd IVŕ?.

Once the consonants and vowels are known, syllables are easily formed. A syllable (regarded as open) consists of a consonant and a vowel, as 3 bă, 3 bě, 13 bů, 13 bô; or (said to be closed when it consists of) a consonant and a vowel followed by another consonant, as 13 bar, "13 ber, 113 búr, ~)Í3 bór. It is IMPORTANT to remember that a syllable begins with a consonant and cannot begin with a vowel* so that, for example, the two-syllabled word "H3 is bă-răd (and cannot be băr-ad). It follows, too, that a vowel must be preceded by a consonant (*7"]T being impossible). When reading a word which has more than one syllable, it is best for beginners to treat each syllable separately, thus: "1*1 3 bă-răd. The following reading exercise is transliterated to facilitate the work of the beginner: