Hebrew Alef-Bet(Vox): How to Write Alef to Hey (1st of Five)

Key: How to Write Alef to Hey (1st Five)
 אָלֶף | בֵּית | גִּימֶל | דָּלֶת | הֵא

ALEPH (Alef - Silent) אָלֶף

In gematria, aleph represents the number 1, and when used at the beginning of Hebrew years, it means 1000 (e.g. א'תשנ"ד in numbers would be the Hebrew date 1754, not to be confused with 1754 CE).

How to remember:

The name "Aleph"  depicts "The Head" of an OX. As a Hieroglyph:

 -  which depicts an ox's head.
 
See Wiki on: Aleph 

BET (Beh sound - Consonant)  בֵּית

The Hebrew letter represents two different phonemes:
a.   "b" sound (/b/) (bet) and
b.   "v" sound (/v/) (vet). 
The two are distinguished by a dot (called a dagesh) in the centre of the letter for /b/ and no dot for /v/.

Bet in gematria represents the number 2.
How to remember:
This letter's name means "house"

See Wiki on: Bet

GIMMEL (Geh sound - Consonant)   גִּימֶל

It is written like a vav with a yud as a "foot", and is "traditionally" believed to resemble a person in motion; symbolically, a rich man running after a poor man to give him charity!

In gematria, gimel represents the number 3.
How to remember:
This letter's name means "Foot"

See Wiki on: Gimmel

DALET (Dah sound - Consonant)  דָּלֶת

The letter is based on a glyph of a "door" (door in Modern Hebrew is delet), ultimately based on a hieroglyph depicting a door:

In gematria, dalet symbolizes the number 4.

How to remember:
This letter's name means "door"

See Wiki on: Dalet

HEY (Heh sound - Consonant)  הֵא
There is a special significance of the letter Hey in Judaism: It appears twice in the Hebrew name of God (יהוה). The letter also refers to the Five Books of Moses, which were given to the Jews by God in five separate voices.

In gematria, Hei symbolizes the number 5, and when used at the beginning of Hebrew years, it means 5000 (i.e. התשנ״ד in numbers would be the date 5754).

Attached to words, Hei may have three possible meanings:

• A preposition meaning the definite article "the", or the relative pronouns "that", or "who" (as in "a boy who reads"). For example, yeled, a boy; hayeled, the boy.
• A prefix indicating that the sentence is a question. (For example, Yadata, You knew; Hayadata?, Did you know?)
• A suffix after place names indicating movement towards the given noun. (For example, Yerushalayim, Jerusalem; Yerushalaymah, towards Jerusalem.)

How to remember:
This letter's name means "Look" or "Behold"

See Wiki on: Hey