Hebrew Letters: Pe

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The next letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is called Pe, pronounced similar to the words pen or hen but without the final n.

  Hebrew audio: Listen to the sound of Pe.

Here is what the Hebrew letter Pe looks like:

 
Pe has two pronunciations, depending on whether it has the dot, or Dagesh, inside it. If it has a dot, it is pronounced with a hard p sound, like the words Palestine, Paul or person. Without the dot, it is pronounced f like the words Philistine, famine or fool.

Here are the two versions of Pe:

  with the dot, pronounced p

   without the dot, pronounced f

 
Pe is one of the five letters in the Hebrew Alphabet with a special form when they occur at the end of a word. The final form of Pe looks like this:

  the form of Pe at the end of a word

At the end of a word, Pe is always pronounced with the softer sound f, rather than the harder sound p.

Here is how to write Pe:



All forms of Pe have the Gematria (numerical value) of 80.

In Israel, Pe is one of the four Hebrew letters on the Dreidel, which is a spinning top used for playing games during the festival of Hannukah. In Israel, Pe often replaces the letter Shin.

Practise writing Pe in the grid lines below:










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