The Hebrew Cursive Letters

Hebrew is often handwritten in the cursive form. Each of the letters and final versions are shown below with the preferred stroke direction indicated.

To learn to write the letters and memorise them, we suggest using our Hebrew Alefbet app.

Alef

א

Bet

בּ

Gimel

ג

Dalet

ד

He

ה

Vav

ו

Zayin

ז

Het

ח

Tet

ט

Yod

י

Kaf

כ

Lamed

ל

Mem

מ

Nun

נ

Samekh

ס

Ayin

ע

Pe

ע

Tsadi

צ

Qof

ק

Resh

ר

Shin

שׁ

Sin

שׂ

Tav

ת

Cursive letters used as a finals:

Final Kaf

ך

Final Mem

ם

Final Nun

ן

Final Fe

ף

Final Tsadi

ץ

For some letters, the cursive and block forms are similar, for others, they differ significantly.

Hebrew does not have capitals and lower case letters. The cursive letters are not lower case letters and they should not be confused in this way.