· Kamatz  · Holam  · Dagesh  · Mappiq  · Shuruk  · Kubutz  · Rafe  · Sin/Shin Dot The Hebrew letter represents two different phonemes: an alveolar sibilant , /s/ like English a palato-alveolar sibilant, /ʃ/ like English shoe. The two are distinguished by a dot above the left-hand side of the