ב‎ (Bet without dagesh) is traditionally /b/, but in Israel, it is often now [v] under the influence of Israeli Hebrew.[30] ג‎ (Gimel without dagesh) is often pronounced [ɣ], like Arabic غ (voiced velar fricative).[31] ד‎ (Dalet without dagesh) is pronounced [d] as in Israeli Hebrew, not [ð] as in Yemenite Hebrew. ה‎ (He with mappiq) is often pronounced with a very short postpended schwa [ə].[32] ו‎ (Waw) is pronounced [v], not [w].[33] ח‎ (Heth) is pronounced [ħ], like Arabic ح (voiceless pharyngeal fricative).[34] ט‎ (Teth) is pronounced [tˤ], like Arabic ط (pharyngealized voiceless alveolar plosive).[35] כ‎ (Kaph without dagesh) is often pronounced [x], like Arabic خ (voiceless velar fricative). ע‎ (Ayin) is pronounced [ʕ], like Arabic ع (voiced pharyngeal fricative).[36] צ‎ (Tsade) is pronounced [sˤ], like Arabic ص (pharyngealized voiceless alveolar fricative), like English voiceless "s" but with the tongue a little retracted.[37] ק‎ (Qoph) is supposed to be [q], like Classical Arabic ق (voiceless uvular stop) but sometimes slips historically into [ʔ], a glottal stop, as in colloquial Syrian Arabic, and today into [k], in conformity with English and Israeli Hebrew.[38] ת‎ (Taw without dagesh) is pronounced [t] as in Israeli Hebrew, not [θ] as in the Yemenite and Iraqi pronunciations.[39]