The Hebrew language contains 22 primary letters, with some having a secondary form when used at the end of a word. Each letter also has a numerical value that is used in a similar format to Roman Numerals. Hebrew is written and read from right to left. Depending on the part of the world you are from the pronunciation or accent is slightly different. The two two primary pronunciations are Ashkanazic and Sefardic. Ashkanazim are those born on the European continent with the exception of Spain and Italy. Sefardim are those born in Spain, Italy and the Middle East. The Sefardic pronunciation is more correct because it wasn't affected or corrupted by European languages or chasidic misteaching. While Sephardic hebrew was less corupted by the arabic Lanuages due to similarity of sounds in the languages. Below is a simplified table of each Hebrew letter, its numerical value, its name, pronunciation and script form. Where relavent both pronunciations are given. Follwed by a table of נקודות or vowels and finally a scan of the Hebrew keyboard .

Some basics

Sefardic/Israeli hebrew places the accent on the last syllable of most words whileAshkanzic emphasizes the first as a general rule. Hebrew vowels are in the form of symbols which are written predominantly under the letters.

Hebrew does not have vowels which are letters. instead it utilises a set of נקודות or points which act as vowels. These 'vowels' are generaly not printed except in childrens books, easy Hebrew publications and some other rare instances. The two tables below contain the נקודות (points ) and אותיות (letters). An example of the two together would be placing the CHIRICK (single dot under a letter) under the zayin which would produce the sound ZEE as in zebra, or the KAMATS under the zayin which would produce the sound of ZAH in Sephardic and ZAW in Ashkenazic.

For our purposes of modeling IDF armour we also need to understand many of the names and words used are actually acronyms. TSAhal is written as צה"ל and stands for צבה הגנה לישראל or I.D.F. . Another is MaGach or מג"ח which stands for מרכבות גבורי חיל or Chariots of the army heroes.

lastly as concerns markings, the designation '1א' would mean #1 tank in #1 platoon with chevrons and barrel stripes designating company and battallion markings.