Names in Hebrew

Caroline in Hebrew

Written

קרוליין

With the vowels

קָרוֹלַיין

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. קָka
  2. רr
  3. וֹo
  4. לַl
  5. ייay
  6. ןn

Why these letters

The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי. At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן. The k is written with ק, the letter foreign names use for k.

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