Names in Hebrew
Addison in Hebrew
Written
אדיסון
With the vowels
אֶדִיסוֹן
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- אֶe
- דִd
- יi
- סs
- וֹo
- ןn
Why these letters
A Hebrew word can’t begin with a bare vowel, so the name starts with א: it is silent and carries the vowel. At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן. The o and u sounds are written with ו.
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