Alef is a letter like any other, so why shouldn't it be at the end of a word?
Alef has two values in the Semitic languages, the first is as a glottal stop (this is the case at the end of the word for "prophet"), like the sound you make in the middle when you say "uh-oh", the second is as a long vowel (this is the case with the word for "she"), like the 'a' in cat as mentioned by Eliora. Hebrew writing had no way to represent this, but by looking at the Ugaritic and Arabic writing systems, which both distinguish which value Alef should have, we can know the correct usage. Hope that helps. --- In [email protected], "Tomi" <tomika8...@...> wrote: > > i am studying hebrew alphabet and i dont understand why a letter "aleph" has > to be at the end of some words like: > נָבִיא > (prophet),(she)הִיא > if anybody could help my it would be cool >
