In general, Hebrew with vowels (as it is usually taught to beginners) has well specified pronunciation. The emphasis is usually not written, which does occasion

In general, Hebrew with vowels (as it is usually taught to beginners) has well specified pronunciation. The emphasis is usually not written, which does occasionally leave a degree of freedom, but it’s much easier than English with its thousands of special cases (e.g. lower vs power, colonel in American English). Everyday use does not use the vowels, and you are just supposed to know it or decide it from context - which is harder than in English, even though English has its share of difficulty here (e.g. the two ‘tear’s in “i shed a tear when I saw him tear the contract”) And in case the missing vowels sound confusing - Hebrew and Arabic put vowels above and below the letters, not inline signaling like English.