ב כ · ד ר · ה ח · ו ז · ג נ
ORIGINALRH-123
Rashi & Commentaries · Rashi Print
Rashi letters that are easy to confuse
RH-123Commentary Hebrew and AramaicRashi print and traditional commentary language
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
ב כ · ד ר · ה ח · ו ז · ג נ
Pedagogical transliterationbet / kaf · dalet / resh · he / het · vav / zayin · gimel / nun
Plain meaningFive comparison pairs rendered in the exact Mekorot Rashi typeface deployed on Targum Molcho.
The primary commentary is read as printed. Any transliteration is pedagogically supplied and is not part of the source witness.WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Rashi letters that are easy to confuse
Rashi type changes printed shapes, not the underlying Hebrew letters. This exercise uses the deployed Mekorot Rashi font rather than a generic imitation. Compare each pair in Rashi type, then confirm it against the square-letter answer. The pairs are practice neighbors in this font; they are not a claim that every historic Rashi typeface makes the same letters equally difficult.
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SEE HOW IT WORKS
Keep the form, reading, and meaning together.
bet / kaf · dalet / resh · he / het · vav / zayin · gimel / nun
READINGPedagogical reading guide
Five comparison pairs rendered in the exact Mekorot Rashi typeface deployed on Targum Molcho.
MEANINGCommentary Hebrew and Aramaic
ב/כ rounded-body contrast · ד/ר upper-stroke contrast · ה/ח opening and stroke contrast · ו/ז head/stem contrast · ג/נ leg and shoulder contrast
EXAMPLES
Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.
Font-bound word checks — בראשית / כח · דבר / ראשית · היה / החודש · ונתנה / זה · גוים / נתנה. Every word comes from the selected Rashi on Genesis 1:1 comment.
SOURCE REFERENCE
Mekorot-Regular.woff2 deployed site font; authentic word bank from Rashi on Genesis 1:1:1
APPROVED STUDY LAYERS
Source-specific guidance from the curriculum.
Learning objective
Distinguish selected near-neighbor glyphs in the actual site font and map each one back to square Hebrew.
Language and layout
The lesson page applies the deployed Rashi font to hero, breakdown, and example Hebrew. The square answer remains ordinary Unicode Hebrew and can be checked independently.
Practice
Render each pair in Rashi type, name the left and right Unicode letters, then locate one member of each pair in the supplied authentic words. Recheck in square type before answering.
Answer key
Pairs in logical Hebrew order: ב bet / כ kaf; ד dalet / ר resh; ה he / ח het; ו vav / ז zayin; ג gimel / נ nun. Word occurrences: בראשית has ב/ר; כח has כ/ח; דבר has ד/ב/ר; היה has ה; זה has ז/ה; גוים has ג/ו; נתנה has נ.
Source notes
Typeface: Mekorot Rashi from public/fonts/Mekorot-Regular.woff2. Word witness: Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934, Public Domain.
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