Hebrew alphabet and was known by Jewish sages as the Ashuri alphabet (lit. "Assyrian"), since its origins were alleged to be from Assyria. Various "styles" (in current terms, "fonts") of representation of the Jewish script letters described in this article also exist, including a variety of cursive Hebrew styles. In the remainder of this article, the term "Hebrew alphabet" refers to the square script unless otherwise indicated. The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters. It does not have case, but five letters have different forms when used at the end of a word. Hebrew is written from right to left. Originally, the alphabet
Hebrew numerals + 300 + 60 + 7): To see how "today's" date in the Hebrew calendar is written, see, for example, Hebcal date converter. 5780 (2019–20) = תש״פ 5779 (2018–19) = תשע״ט 5772 (2011–12) = תשע״ב 5771 (2010–11) = תשע״א 5770 (2009–10) = תש״ע 5769 (2008–09) = תשס״ט 5761 (2000–01) = תשס״א 5760 (1999–00) = תש״ס The Abjad numerals are equivalent to the Hebrew numerals up to 400. The Greek numerals differ from the Hebrew ones from 90 upwards because in the Greek alphabet there is no equivalent for "Tsadi" (צ). Hebrew numerals The system of Hebrew numerals is a quasi-decimal