Hebrew spelling Hebrew spelling Hebrew spelling ( , "Hebrew spelling") refers to the way words are spelled in the Hebrew language. The Hebrew alphabet contains 22 letters, all of which are primarily consonants. This is because the Hebrew script is an abjad, that is, its letters indicate consonants, not vowels or syllables. An early system to overcome this, still used today, is "matres lectionis", where four of these letters, alef, he, waw and yodh also serve as vowel letters. Later, a system of vowel points to indicate vowels (diacritics), called niqqud, was developed. Throughout history, there have been two main systems of
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