Names in Hebrew

Archie in Hebrew

Written

ארצ׳י

With the vowels

אַרְצִ׳י

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. אַa
  2. רְr
  3. צִ׳ch
  4. יi

Why these letters

The ch sound is written צ with an apostrophe, צ׳. A Hebrew word can’t begin with a bare vowel, so the name starts with א: it is silent and carries the vowel. The i sound is written with י.

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