The most standard Hebrew (and Aramaic) transliteration method used in scholarly writing is Lambdin notation. This is required for writing in CMOS/Turabian format and also SBL… but transliteration fonts are hard to come by and expensive. This page will provide you with copy/paste text representing the siglae used in this popular notation.
CONSONANTAL VALUES
| Hebrew | scholarly transliteration | phonic value |
| א | ʾ | glottal stop |
| בּ | b | b |
| ב | ḇ | bh or v |
| גּ | g | g |
| ג | ḡ | gh |
| דּ | d | d |
| ד | ḏ | dh or soft th |
| ה | h | h |
| ו | w | w or v |
| ז | z | z |
| ח | ḥ | ch [Bach] |
| ט | ṭ | t |
| י | y | y or i |
| כּ, ךּ | k | k |
| כ, ך | ḵ | kh |
| ל | l | l |
| מ, ם | m | m |
| נ, ן | n | n |
| ס | s | s |
| ע | ʿ | ng or silent |
| פּ | p | p |
| פ, ף | p̄ | ph or f |
| צ, ץ | ṣ | ts |
| ק | q | q or k |
| ר | r | ʁ or r̃ |
| שׂ | ś | s |
| שׁ | š | sh |
| תּ | t | t |
| ת | ṯ | hard th |
VOCALIC VALUES
| Hebrew | scholarly transliteration | phonic value |
| ה ָ | â | tone long a |
| ָ (a class) |
ā | long a |
| ַ | a | short a |
| ֲ | ă | half a |
| י ֵ | ê | ey diphthong |
| ה ֵ | eh | eh diphthong |
| ֵ | ē | long e |
| ֶ | e | short e |
| ֱֲ | ĕ | half e |
| ִי | î | long i |
| ִ | i | short i |
| וֹ | ô | tone long o |
| ׂ | ō | long o |
| ָ (o class) |
o | short o |
| ֱֲֳ | ŏ | half o |
| וּ | û | long u |
| ֻ | u | short u |
| ְ | superscript e (if vocal) |
shewa sound (ə) |
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