Pey (Fey)Pey and Fey are both derivatives of the same letter and as there is a sofit form of each, you have four different characters derived from the same letter:
Once again, the difference between the two characters is the presence or absence of a dagesh mark. When the dagesh is absent as in the previous screenshot, the character is pronounced as a 'ph' or 'f' as in 'telephone'. If however the dagesh is present, then the pronunciation is 'p' as in 'park' or 'party':
As suggested, there is also a sofit version of both of these characters that is used at the end of words. This for example is the sofit version of Fey:
Introduction to Reading Hebrew The first basics The Hebrew AlephBet The Letters of the AlephBet Aleph Bet (Beyt) Gimmel Dalet Hey Vav Zayin Chet Tet Yod Kaf Lamed Mem Nun Samekh Ayin Pey (Fey) Tsade (Tsadik) Qof Resh Shin Tav The Significance of the Alephbet The Basics of Hebrew Verbs The Hebrew Verb Subject The Hebrew Verb Object Hebrew Verb Tenses Hebrew Verb Voices and Moods Hebrew Verb Participles The Infinite Verb Version Hebrew Nouns Hebrew Noun Constructs Using Prefixes With Nouns Hebrew Pronouns Hebrew Plural Nouns Hebrew Adjectives Identifying Hebrew Questions Adverbs, Prepositions and Conjunctions Hebrew Reading Conclusion |