Segol

 ( Niqqud ) 

'''Segol'''
	ֶ
IPA
Transliteration	e
English example	b ed
Same sound	tzere
Example
	שֶׁל
	Hebrew language]], ''shel''. The triangular array of three dots under the letter Shin form the segol.
Other [[Niqqud]]
[[Shva]][[Hiriq]][[Tzere]]Segol[[Patach]][[Kamatz]][[Holam]][[Dagesh]][[Mappiq]]Kubutz and Shuruk[[Rafe]]Sin/Shin Dot

Segol (modern , ; formerly , səḡôl) is a Hebrew alphabet niqqud vowel sign that is represented by three dots forming an upside down equilateral triangle "ֶ ". As such, it resembles an upside down therefore sign (a because sign) underneath a letter. In modern Hebrew, it indicates the phoneme which is similar to "e" in the English word sound in s ell and is transliterated as an e.

In Modern Hebrew segol makes the same sound as tzere, as does the Hataf Segol (   , "Reduced Segol"). The reduced (or ħataf) niqqud exist for segol, patah, and kamatz which contain a shva next to it.

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Pronunciation The following table contains the pronunciation and transliteration of the different segols in reconstructed historical forms and using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

The letters Bet and Het used in this table are only for demonstration; any letter can be used.

	Segol
	Segol Male
	Hataf Segol

In addition, a letter with a segol or tzere with a succeeding yodh often makes the "ei" (also spelled "ey") sound such as in th ey or t ape.

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Vowel length comparison By adding two vertical dots ( shva), the vowel can be made very short. However, the vowels lengths are not manifested in Modern Hebrew.

				e	t emp
Tzere	Segol	Reduced Segol

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Unicode encoding

ֶ	U+05B6	SEGOL
ֱ	U+05B1	HATAF SEGOL

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