Hebrew Prayers Learning Series - Pronunciation Guide

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Guide to the Spelling of G-d's Name

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

G-d's name, however, is spelled correctly throughout the rest
of the Hebrew Prayers Learning Series.

When reading these two blessings, use the proper name of
G-d, as given in the following pronunciation guide:

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

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

Ah'dohNai

Ad'dohShem

Lah'dohNai

Lah'dohShem

Eh'lohHayNoo

Eh'lohKayNoo

VehLohHay

VehLohKay

Eh'lohKyh

Eh'lohHyh

Eh'lohHeem

Eh'lohKeem

Ehl

Kehl

Guide to the Phonetic Transliterations of HPLS Publications

The above example shows the typical transliteration style of the HPLS Siddur

All publications of the Hebrew Prayers Learning Series have very special phonetic transliterations that spell out each syllable. Much time was spent making sure that each syllable would be read the way it should sound. For example, syllables that spelled out common English words that sounded different than the desired sound were avoided. This lead to some unusual spellings of the syllables. In addition, the letter h has been added to the end of many syllables to enhance the reading of the syllable. A guide to the use of the phonetic pronunciation is provided in the introduction of each volume of the siddur. Click here for a copy of this Pronunciation Guide (182 kB pdf file).

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