E. Linker Phonetic Transliterated Hebrew Prayers

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Hebrew Prayers Learning Series (HPLS)
Phonetic Transliterated Siddurim
(Jewish Prayer Books)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Common Errors in Pronouncing Words

Listed below are a few Hebrew words that are often mispronounced.
The top transliteration is the correct pronunciation.

YeerAy (you will fear) is from Psalm 115, said during the Hallel Prayer

OozChahrTehm (and you will remember) is from the third paragraph of the Sh'mah (Numbers 15:37-41)

OohCh'tahvTahm (and you will inscribe them) is from the first paragraph of the Sh'mah (Deuteronomy 6:5-9)

ShehT'chahDehsh (that You will renew) is from the Sabbath blessing for the new moon.

BeekDooShahToh (in His holiness) said when opening the ark.

SahM'ChehNoo (Gladden us) Opening word of the third paragraph said after reading the Haftorah.

MeeM'kohMoh (from His place) Opening word of Musaf Kedusha after BahRooch K'vohd ....

HPLS siddurim guide you to the Correct Pronunciation of the Hebrew Prayers

All HPLS publications use the above three-tier format, which lets you see the English Translation, Hebrew Word, and Phonetic Transliteration, all with a single glance.

A renowned Jewish scholar has extensively edited all our publications to assure the highest accuracy of the transliterations

We tried to ensure that each syllable reads the way it should sound.

We changed the spelling of a transliterated syllable if it spelled out a common English word that sounded different than the desired sound. This led to some unique spellings of the transliterations.

In addition, to enhance the reading of some syllables, the letter h was sometimes added to the end of a syllable.

The complete HPLS phonetic pronunciation guide is supplied in the introduction of each volume of the HPLS siddur.

G-d's name is purposely misspelled on the
Travelers' Prayer and on the pocket-size
Ah'sher YahTzahr blessing card.

When reading these two blessings, use the proper name of
G-d, as given in the column on the right.

This is how G-d's name
is misspelled:

This is how G-d's name
should be pronounced:

Ah'dohNai

Ad'dohShem

Lah'dohNai

Lah'dohShem

Eh'lohHayNoo

Eh'lohKayNoo

VehLohHay

VehLohKay

Eh'lohHyh

Eh'lohKyh

Eh'lohHeem

Eh'lohKeem

Ehl

Kehl