ע
ORIGINALRH-025
Hebrew Letters · The Hebrew Letters
Ayin
RH-025HebrewSquare Hebrew script and Masoretic reading notation
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
ע
Transliterationayin
Plain meaningAyin
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Ayin
Ayin is historically a guttural consonant, and several living Jewish traditions still pronounce a distinct throat sound. Many modern speakers pronounce it weakly. Regardless of pronunciation, ע is never the same written letter as א. This distinction matters for spelling, roots, dictionary lookup, and later interpretation.
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ayin
READINGApproved transliteration
Ayin
MEANINGHebrew
EXAMPLES
Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.
עַם — am — people/nation · עוֹלָם — olam — world/age
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