Names in Hebrew
Angela in Hebrew
Written
אנג׳לה
With the vowels
אֶנְגֶ׳לָה
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- אֶe
- נְn
- גֶ׳je
- לָl
- הa
Why these letters
Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. A Hebrew word can’t begin with a bare vowel, so the name starts with א: it is silent and carries the vowel. The final a is written with ה, which is silent here.
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