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The '''Hebrew alphabet'''  ([[Hebrew]]: אלףבית) is a set of characters primarily used to write Hebrew and [[Yiddish]] languages. The present day alphabet is based on the old Aramaic alphabet, which in turn was based on the Phoenician alphabet. The term "alphabet", in the scientific sense, is something of a misnomer, as Hebrew script is more accurately described as an abjad; that is, a script with only consonants. Diacritics in the form of dots, called "niqqud" (נִקּוּד), are used to indicate vowels. However, the Hebrew script is not a pure abjad, either, and the characters alef, he, vav, and yod are sometimes (in the case of vav and yod, frequently) used to represent vowels. When consonantal letters are used in this fashion, they are called ''matres lectionis'' ([[Latin]]: "mothers of reading"). This is in conformity to the nature of vowels in the [[Semitic languages]] in general, where consonant clusters indicate the "category of meaning" for a word, and vowels are secondary.

The '''Hebrew alphabet'''  ([[Hebrew]]: אלףבית) is a set of characters primarily used to write Hebrew and [[Yiddish]] languages. The present day alphabet is based on the old Aramaic alphabet, which in turn was based on the Phoenician alphabet. The term "alphabet", in the scientific sense, is something of a misnomer, as Hebrew script is more accurately described as an abjad; that is, a script with only consonants. Diacritics in the form of dots, called "niqqud" (נִקּוּד), are used to indicate vowels. However, the Hebrew script is not a pure abjad, either, and the characters alef, he, vav, and yod are sometimes (in the case of vav and yod, frequently) used to represent vowels. When consonantal letters are used in this fashion, they are called ''matres lectionis'' ([[Latin]]: "mothers of reading"). This is in conformity to the nature of vowels in the [[Semitic languages]] in general, where consonant clusters indicate the "category of meaning" for a word, and vowels are a device for specification.

==Modern script==

==Modern script==