בֵּ
ORIGINALRH-073
Vowels & Reading · Vowels
Tsere
RH-073HebrewMasoretic vocalization and word reading
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
בֵּ
Transliterationbe
Plain meaningtsere — e
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Tsere
Tsere is the pair of horizontal dots beneath a letter: ֵ. Common modern pronunciation often sounds like e, similar to segol, while some Jewish traditions preserve a more distinct quality. The written difference remains important even when your spoken tradition merges the sounds.
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SEE HOW IT WORKS
Keep the form, reading, and meaning together.
be
READINGApproved transliteration
tsere — e
MEANINGHebrew
EXAMPLES
Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.
בֵּן — ben — son · שֵׁם — shem — name
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