AUDREY DICKEY MINISTRIES
Glory International Center
"A Center for God's Presence"
• Hebrew uses a different alphabet than English. English has twenty-six characters, Hebrew has twenty-two basic characters with five alternate forms of five of the basic characters, which occur at the end of words.
• Hebrew is written right-to-left and is read right to left. English is written and read from left to right.
• The Hebrew alphabet has no vowels, but pronunciation aids are often added. English has five of its characters as vowels which can also be long and short sounds, etc.
• There are several styles of Hebrew writing. There are three basic styles in modern Hebrew: book, block and cursive. Biblical Hebrew is written in the book style.
• Hebrew letters have numerical values and meanings. The use of Hebrew letters or characters in their numerical meanings is called gematria.
Hebrew characters also have pictographic meanings,
HEBREW VS ENGLISH
Dr. Robert L. Dickey, Los Angeles, CA