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The Letters of the Hebrew Alphabet


The Letter PEY Pey

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Click a letter to find out more Aleph Bet Gimmel Dalet Hey Vav Zayin Het Tet Yod Kaf Lamed Mem Nun Samekh Pey Ayin Tsade Kof Resh Tav Pey, the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet has two pronunciations. Pey, with a dagesh kal (small dot in the center) of the letter, and Fey without a dagesh. Pey also takes a final form when the letter occurs at the end of a word—the final form has the softer pronunciation of fey.

Pey
The letter Pey

Fey
The letter Fey

Pey sofit
The letter Pey sofit


Pronunciation.
Pey is pronounced as "p" in peg.
Fey is pronounced as "f" in fine.
Pey sofit is pronounced as "f" in fine.

Transliteration.
Pey is transliterated "p".
Fey is transliterated "f".

Examples.
pe - mouth (mouth) is transliterated pe. Syllabification. pe.
sefer - book(book) is transliterated sefer . Syllabification. se-fer .
canaf - wing (wing) is transliterated kanaf . Syllabification. ka-naf .

Gematria. Pey is equal to 80.

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