Names in Hebrew

Benjamin in Hebrew

Written

בנג׳מין

With the vowels

בֶּנְגָ׳מִין

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. בֶּbe
  2. נְn
  3. גָ׳ja
  4. מִm
  5. יi
  6. ןn

Why these letters

The name comes from Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין. Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן.

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