וּ
ORIGINALRH-078
Vowels & Reading · Vowels
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
Transliterationu
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Shuruq is Vav with a dot inside it: וּ. Here the entire Vav-plus-dot represents a u-vowel. This looks superficially like a consonant with dagesh, which is why the course teaches it as its own visual pattern.
SEE HOW IT WORKS
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Approved transliteration
Hebrew
EXAMPLES
רוּחַ — ruaḥ — spirit/wind · וּבַיִת — u-vayit — and a house
REMEMBER