Hebrew Letters · The Hebrew Letters

Qof

RH-028HebrewSquare Hebrew script and Masoretic reading notation

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

Transliterationqof

Plain meaningQof

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

Qof

Qof is a separate Hebrew letter even though common modern Hebrew may pronounce it similarly to כּ. Traditional pronunciations can distinguish the two. For reading and vocabulary, the spelling difference is essential because ק and כ belong to different words and roots.

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Keep the form, reading, and meaning together.

ORIGINAL

RH-028

qof

READING

Approved transliteration

Qof

MEANING

Hebrew

EXAMPLES

Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.

קוֹל — qol — voice · קֹדֶשׁ — qodesh — holiness/sacredness

REMEMBER

Qof

ק is Qof; do not replace it with כּ just because the sound may be similar.