how many characters are there in hebrew?

Question

do you have any idea that where to get the script of this language?

Answer 1

We have 22 letters; four of them have final form.
The Hebrew Alphabet is consonantal, which means that every character expresses a different consonant (letters Vav and Yud express vowels too, sometimes). The vowels appear inside, above or under the letters, and they are called "Nikkud". In Israel, using Nikkud in everyday life is very rare, and usually we read the text without it.

The letters are:
א- Alef (has no transliteration in Latin characters other than this apostrophe: '. Sounds like the beginning of words that start with vowel letters, such as "I", "all", "Armagedon"…)
ב- Bet (B, or V. When comes in the begining: always B; when comes in the end: always V)
ג- Gimel (G)
ד- Dalet (D)
ה- Heh- (H)
ו- Vav (V, O, or U)
ז- Zayin (Z)
ח- Chet (CH, as in the German word "Ich")
ט- Tet (T)
י- Yud (Y, or I)
כ- Kaf (K, or KH, a throaty version of "CH". When comes in the begining: always K; when comes in the end: always KH)
*ך- Kaf in its final form ("Kaf sofit")
ל- Lamed (L)
מ- Mem (M)
*ם- Mem in its final form ("Mem sofit")
נ- Nun (N)
*ן- Nun in its final form ("Nun sofit")
ס- Samech (S)
ע- Ayin (a dipper version of ')
פ- Peh (P, or F. When comes in the begining: always P; when comes in the end: always F)
*ף- Peh in its final form ("Peh sofit")
צ- Tzadi (TZ)
*ץ- Tzadi in its final form (Tzadi sofit)
ק- Kuf (K)
ר- Resh (R)
ש- Shin/ Sin (SH/ S, depends on the Nikkud)
ת- Thav (a softened version of T)

Apart from this "square script", Dfuss (that serve us in formal documents, computers, journalism, books etc…), we use a cursive script that is called "Ktav" (means "script") in our everyday life. The Ktav uses the same characters, but in a slightly different form, and it is used for personal notes, letters, or anything else that requires handwriting.

Read some more here:
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hebrew.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_alphabet

Answer 2

There's two answers: 22 and 26.

there are four characters that are "final Consonants" they are Kaf, Mem, Pe and Qof . (my transliterations probably suck). These are used only at the end of a word. Their numeric values (each hebrew letter has a number) follow up where Tav left off. Kaf is 500, mem 600, pe 700, qof 800 (If I remember correctly.

Traditions says that they were given later on, by either Ezekiel or Enoch. (I can't remember which). In modern Hebrew, your answer is 26 (because you need to know all of them to read Hebrew).

Traditionaly Jews may tell you that the real answer is 22 only because the final consonants are alterations.

Answer 3

22

If you can get a hard copy of The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, available from Jehovah's Witnesses, read Proverbs 31:10-31.

In the Hebrew this is an acrostic, and in the NWT each consequetive letter of the Hebrew Alphabet with its name is between each verse.

Answer 4

22 ones

Answer 5

22 and 4 of them have final forms.

Answer 6

א-ב-ג--ד-ה-ן-ך--ח-ט-י-כ-י-כיך-ל-מ-נך-ם-ע-פ-צץ-ק-ר-ש-ח ---.