Hebrew Alphabet Song
א בּ גּ ד ה

The Aleph Bet Song
Hebrew Alphabet for Kids

The Aleph Bet song is how millions of children first encounter the Hebrew alphabet — but singing it is just the beginning. Here are the lyrics, the letters, and how to go from singing to actually reading Hebrew.

Aleph Bet Song — The 22 Letters

The classic Hebrew alphabet song names all 22 letters in order. Here are the letter names in Hebrew script and transliteration.

אָלֶף
Aleph — silent consonant
בֵּית
Bet — "b" sound
גִּימֶל
Gimel — "g" sound
דָּלֶת
Dalet — "d" sound
הֵא
He — "h" sound
וָו
Vav — "v" sound
זַיִן
Zayin — "z" sound
חֵית
Chet — "ch" sound
טֵית
Tet — "t" sound
יוֹד
Yod — "y" sound
כַּף
Kaf — "k" sound
לָמֶד
Lamed — "l" sound
מֵם
Mem — "m" sound
נוּן
Nun — "n" sound
סָמֶך
Samech — "s" sound
עַיִן
Ayin — silent consonant
פֵּא
Pe — "p" sound
צַדִּיק
Tsadi — "ts" sound
קוֹף
Kuf — "k" sound
רֵישׁ
Resh — "r" sound
שִׁין
Shin — "sh" sound
תָּו
Tav — "t" sound

All 22 Aleph Bet Letters — Written Form

Learning the song names is just step one. Here are the written shapes — what your child needs to recognise to actually read Hebrew.

א
Aleph
silent
בּ
Bet
"b"
גּ
Gimel
"g"
ד
Dalet
"d"
ה
He
"h"
ו
Vav
"v"
ז
Zayin
"z"
ח
Chet
"ch"
ט
Tet
"t"
י
Yod
"y"
כּ
Kaf
"k"
ל
Lamed
"l"
מ
Mem
"m"
נ
Nun
"n"
ס
Samech
"s"
ע
Ayin
silent
פּ
Pe
"p"
צ
Tsadi
"ts"
ק
Kuf
"k"
ר
Resh
"r"
שׁ
Shin
"sh"
ת
Tav
"t"

From Singing to Actually Reading Hebrew

The song teaches letter names. Reading requires three more steps — and Kriakala teaches all of them.

1

Sing the Song

Learn all 22 letter names in order. The Aleph Bet song is the perfect introduction — ideally starting age 3–4.

2

Recognise the Shapes

Match each letter name to its written form. This is where many children get stuck — the song helps, but it doesn't teach recognition.

3

Learn the Vowels (Nikud)

Hebrew letters are consonants — you need vowel marks (Nikud) to know how to pronounce a word. This is the step the song skips entirely.

4

Read Syllables & Words

Combine letter + vowel to form syllables, then words. This is real reading — and it's exactly what Kriakala teaches through games.

The gap parents notice: "My child can sing the whole Aleph Bet perfectly but can't read a single word." This is normal — the song teaches names but not sounds, and doesn't teach vowels at all. Kriakala bridges this gap with structured phonics games starting from age 4.

Common Questions

The Aleph Bet song is a children's song that names all 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet in order, set to a simple melody. It is one of the first Hebrew songs taught to young Jewish children in Israel and diaspora communities worldwide. The most common version simply names each letter — Aleph, Bet, Gimel, Dalet — from first to last.
No — the song is a good introduction to letter names and order, but it doesn't teach the sound each letter makes, the written shape, or how to combine letters with vowels to read words. Children who know the song well often still cannot read Hebrew. Kriakala fills this gap with structured phonics games that take children from letter recognition through syllables to reading short words.
The song is suitable from age 3–4. Formal reading instruction (learning written shapes and vowels) typically begins around age 4–5. Starting with the song is ideal because it familiarises children with Hebrew sounds and letter names before they see the written alphabet — which makes recognition easier.
After the song, the next steps are: (1) learning to recognise each letter's written shape, (2) learning the sounds they make (some letters sound different from their name), (3) learning the Nikud vowel marks, and (4) combining letters and vowels into syllables and words. Kriakala covers all four steps in sequence, starting from whichever point your child has reached.
The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters. Five of them have a different form when they appear at the end of a word — these are called "final forms" (ך ם ן ף ץ). So children ultimately learn 27 shapes in total, though the 22 base letters are taught first and the final forms introduced later.

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