Bible pronunciation guide – a complete guide to pronunciation of difficult biblical names, locations, and other ancient biblical references

The following are pronunciations of often difficult-to-pronounce common biblical words. Use the phonetic guide below for examples of the various “sounds”.

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Phonetic guide

a – at, cat, mat, snap

ah – father, bother

ai – air, care, fair, prayer, there

aw – jaw, saw, all, caught

ay – [long “a”] day, pay, obey, weigh

e, eh – bed, pet, peck

ee – [long “e”] beat, easy, seem

ew – few, boo, zoo

i – [long “i”] tie, sky, side, buy, eye

ie [long “i”] tie, sky, side, buy, eye

eye [long “i”] tie, sky, side, buy, eye

i, ih – it, tip, active

oh – [long “o”] bone, go, know, toe

oi – boy, destroy

oo – boot, rule, youth

ou – how, loud, now, out

u – book, foot, put, pull, wood

uh – alone, banana, linen

uhn – ton, won, fun

uhr – bird, further, her

Words in upper case indicate emphasis (e.g. Ohio – oh-HI-oh or Hamburger (HAM-bur-ger)

Bible pronunciation guide