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"Hebrew" may refer either to Modern Israeli Hebrew, classical languages such as Biblical or Mishnaic Hebrew, or to various pronunciation traditions used in liturgical settings.
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Modern/IsraeliHebrew language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. Since Modern Hebrew has both non-Oriental and Oriental pronunciation, certain letters may be transcribed differently depending on the background of the speaker.
See Hebrew phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Hebrew.
Long vowels (in Tiberian Hebrew) can be transcribed using the IPA gemination sign ː, e.g. the word hand would be יָד/jaːd/ in absolute state and יַד־/jad/ in construct state.[5] Indicating normative consonant gemination is done with a double consonant, e.g. גַּנָּבa thief/ɡanˈnav/not/ɡaˈnːav/