Every consonant in a Hebrew word must have a vocalization mark except: 1. The last consonant in a word generally does not need a vocalization mark. Example: דָּבָר “word” 2. A quiescent ʾāleph [א] found at the end of a syllable within a word. Example: בְּרֵאשִׁית “in the beginning” (Gen. 1:1). A. Vowels: The Hebrew language has thirteen vowels, five of which are short and eight of which are long. These vowels are divided into three classes of vowels (Class “a”; Class “i” [containing