Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Hebrew)

This page is an effort to create an official policy regarding the translation of Hebrew and Israeli names and Hebrew transliteration for Wikipedia articles. The discussion is ongoing at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Hebrew). This page currently reflects a DRAFT policy which has not currently been accepted as official policy.

Transcriptions

The transcription systems list Israeli and Ashkenazi dialects separately (and add the recommendations of Israel's Academy of the Hebrew Language for comparison).

HEBREW	align="center"| Name	PRECISE TRANSCRIPTION Tiberian Hebrew	TATIK MUKAL Academy of the Hebrew Language	SIMPLE TRANSCRIPTION Israeli Hebrew	SIMPLE TRANSCRIPTION Ashkenazi Hebrew
Consonant Letters
א	Alef	ʔ	-	-	-
אּ	Alef - Mapik	ʔ	-	-	-
ב	Vet / Veis	v	v	v	v
בּ	Bet / Beis	b	b	b	b
ג	Gimel	ɣ	g	g	g
גּ	Gimel	g	g	g	g
ג׳	Jimel	dʒ	(ǧ)	j	dzh
ד	Dalet / Doles	ð	d	d	d
דּ	Dalet / Doles	d	d	d	d
ה	He / Hei	h	h	h	h
הּ	He - Mapik / Hei - Mapik	h	h	h	h
ו	Vav / Vov	w	v	v	v
ז	Zayin	z	z	z	z
ז׳	Zhayin	ʒ	(ž)	zh	zh
ח	Khet / Ches	ħ	(ẖ)	kh (?) h (?)	ch (?) kh (?)
ט	Tet	tˁ	t	t	t
י	Yod / Yud	j	y	y	y
ך כ	Khaf / Chof	x	kh	kh	ch (?) kh (?)
ךּ כּ	Kaf / Kof	k	k	k	k
ל	Lamed / Lomed	l	l	l	l
ם מ	Mem	m	m	m	m
ן נ	Nun	n	n	n	n
ס	Samekh / Somech	s	s	s	s
ע	Ayin	ʕ	-	-	-
ף פ	Fe / Fei	f	f	f	f
ףּ פּ	Pe / Pei	p	p	p	p
ץ צ	Tsadi / Tzodik	sˁ	ts	ts	tz
ץ׳ צ׳	Chadi / Tshodik	tʃ	(č)	ch	tsh
ק	Kuf	q	k	k	k
ר	Resh / Reish	ɾ	r	r	r
שׁ	Shin	ʃ	sh	sh	sh
שׂ	Sin	ş	s	s	s
ת	Tav / Sov	θ	t	t	s
תּ	Tav / Tov	t	t	t	t
Vowel Points
ִ	Khirik / Chirik	i	i	i	i
ֵ	Tsere Male / Tzerei Male	e	e	e	ei
ֶ	Segol	ɛ	e	e	e
ַ	Patakh / Patach	a	a	a	a
ָ	Kamets / Kometz	ɔ	a	a	o
ָ	Kamets Katan / Kometz Katan	ɔ	o	o	o
ֹ	Kholem / Cholem	o	o	o	o
ֻ	Shuruk	u	u	u	u
Epenthetic Vowel Points
ְ	Shva Nakh / Shva Nach	-	-	-	-
ְ	Shva Na	ə	e	- (?) (eg.: Ktav, Shva, Gvul)	e (?) (eg.: Ketav, Shevo, Gevul)
ְ	Shva Na	ə	e	e 1st syllable IF before ע ,א	e
ְ	Shva Na	ə	e	e any syllable if BOTH after another ְ AND before ע ,א	-
ֱ	Khataf Segol	ɛ̆	e	e	e
ֲ	Khataf Patakh	ă	a	a	a
ֳ	Khataf Kamets	ɔ̆	o	o	o
Other Points
ּ	Dagesh	ː if between syllables, even if Dagesh Kal	-	-	-
ֽ	Meteg	ˈ optional	-	-	-
Vowel Letters
א	Alef	ʔ̣	-	-	-
ה	He / Hei	ḥ	-	-	-
ו	Vav / Vov	ˑ	-	-	-
י	Yod / Yud	ˑ	-	-	-
וֹ	Kholem Male / Cholem Male	oˑ	o	o	o
וּ	Shuruk	uˑ	u	u	u
י ֵ	Tsere Male / Tzerei Male	eˑ	e	e	ei
י ַ	Patakh-Yod / Patach-Yud	aɪ	ay	ay	ai
י ָ	Kamats-Yod / Kometz-Yud	ɔɪ	ay	ay	oi
י ֹ	Kholem-Yod / Cholem-Yud	oɪ	oy	oy	oi

Abbreviations

All Hebrew abbreviations (rashei teivot) function as regular words for all intents and purposes and therefore should be written with standard capitalization rules, not in all-uppercase letter (e.g., Ramatkal, Yamam, Zaka, not RAMATKAL, YAMAM, ZAKA).