Names in Hebrew

Caleb in Hebrew

Written

קיילב

With the vowels

קֵיילֶבּ

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. קֵk
  2. ייey
  3. לֶle
  4. בּb

Why these letters

The name comes from Hebrew: כָּלֵב. The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי. The k is written with ק, the letter foreign names use for k.

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