כ → ך
ORIGINALRH-040
Hebrew Letters · Final Forms
Final Kaf
RH-040HebrewSquare Hebrew script and Masoretic reading notation
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
כ → ך
Transliterationkaf → final kaf
Plain meaningKaf changes shape at the end of a word.
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Final Kaf
The letter Kaf uses כ inside or at the beginning of a word and ך when it ends a word. Final Kaf is not a new alphabet letter. It is the same Kaf in its word-final printed form. Without a dagesh it normally keeps the kh-sound in the default reading.
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Keep the form, reading, and meaning together.
kaf → final kaf
READINGApproved transliteration
Kaf changes shape at the end of a word.
MEANINGHebrew
EXAMPLES
Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.
מֶלֶךְ — melekh — king
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