1. Dagesh Pairs Reference
A dagesh (dot) changes the sound. "Hard" = with dagesh. "Soft" = without dagesh.
| Letter | With Dagesh | Sound | Without Dagesh | Sound |
|---|
| Bet / Vet | בּ | B (boy) | ב | V (vine) |
| Kaf / Khaf | כּ | K (kite) | כ | Kh (loch) |
| Pe / Fe | פּ | P (park) | פ | F (fun) |
| Shin / Sin | שׁ | Sh (she) | שׂ | S (sun) |
2. Write the Sound - What sound does each letter make?
Look at the letter (with or without dagesh) and write the sound it makes.
3. Match - Draw a line from each letter to its sound
בּF (fun)
כB (boy)
פּKh (loch)
שׂP (park)
בSh (she)
שׁV (vine)
פS (sun)
כּK (kite)
4. Read the Word - Circle the correct sound of the highlighted letter
For each word, decide which sound the bold letter makes.
5. True or False
A dagesh is a dot inside a letter.TF
Without dagesh, פ sounds like F.TF
שׁ (dot top-right) sounds like S.TF
The dagesh makes the sound harder.TF
Every Hebrew letter can take a dagesh.TF
In everyday writing, the dagesh is often left out.TF
כּ sounds like Kh (as in loch).TF