Hebrew Letters: Resh

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The next letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is called Resh, pronounced like it sounds.

  Hebrew audio: Listen to the sound of Resh.

Here is what the Hebrew letter Resh looks like:

Here is how to write Resh:



 
Resh is pronounced with a r sound, like the words Rachel, Ruth or Rahab.

Resh looks very much like the English letter r, but pointing to the left instead of the right. This is no coincidence, since the English letters were influenced by the Greek alphabet, and the Greek alphabet in turn was copied from the Hebrew Alphabet. Similarly, the Greek letter Sigma was copied from the Hebrew letter Samech, but the Greek letter is written the other way round.

Resh has the Gematria (numerical value) of 200.

Practise writing Resh in the grid lines below:










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