Hebrew Letters: Tsade

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The next letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is called Tsade, pronounced tsa-de.

Hebrew audio: Listen to the sound of Tsade.

Here is what the Hebrew letter Tsade looks like: Hebrew letter of the Hebrew alphabet - Tsadeh

Tsade is pronounced with a ts sound, like the ts at the end of English words such as hits or puts, or the tz in kibbutz. The ts sound occurs in English, but only at the end of words. In Hebrew, however, the ts sound can occur anywhere - at the start of a word, at the end, or in the middle. At first, English speakers sometimes find ts difficult to pronounce when it occurs at the start of a word, or in the middle of a word. But as long as you keep trying, you will soon get used to it!

Tsade is the last 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 Tsade looks like this:

Hebrew letter of the Hebrew alphabet - Tsadeh Sofit

the form of Tsade at the end of a word

Here is how to write Tsade:

Animation showing how to write the Hebrew letter Tsadeh

Both forms of Tsade have the Gematria (numerical value) of 90.

Practise writing Tsade in the grid lines below:

Grid showing how to write the Hebrew letter Tsadeh

Grid showing how to write the Hebrew letter Tsadeh

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