MAPIK HEI
The first Aliya of Parshat Matot has 35 MAPIK HEIs. In honor of the largest concentration of MAPIK HEIs in the Torah, perhaps in all of Tanach, we will review the issue of the MAPIK HEI in the TBDATR column of TT #678 for Parshat Matot 5765.

An unvoweled HEI at the end of a word is silent. It does not have an H sound. That's why in Torah Tidbits, we prefer using CHANUKA to CHANUKAH. There is a HEI at the end of the word, which is why some people put an H at the end of the English word, but when the HEI is silent, we leave the H off. (Except for Torah. No good reason why.)
When the HEI at the end of the word has a dot in it (called a MAPIK), the HEI is sounded.

Most (all?) words with MAPIK HEI are a feminine form of the word, somehow. LO (LAMED-VAV) means "to him". LAHHH (the 3 Hs are to emphasize that the HEI must be aspirated (sounded) means "to her".
Among the 35 MAPIK HEI words in the first Aliya of Matot, are 9 occurrences of the word ALEF-YUD-SHIN-(MAPIK)HEI, meaning "her husband". The word is pronounced ISHAHHH. In contrast is the word ALEF-SHIN-HEI meaning "woman". ISHA.

All MAPIK-HEIs should be sounded. Because that is the correct way to pronounce them. But some actually change the meaning of the word (like ISHA and ISHAHHH above) if the HEI is sounded or not. Especially watch out for those. [Look at ELOKAI, N'SHAMA with which we thank G-d each morning for the return of our soul. Practice proper pronunciation of the many MAPIK-HEIs.]