Names in Hebrew
Alfie in Hebrew
Written
אלפי
With the vowels
אַלְפִי
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- אַa
- לְl
- פִf
- יi
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. The f is פ without its dot: with the dot, פּ, it would read p. The i sound is written with י.
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