Names in Hebrew

Catherine in Hebrew

Written

קת׳רין

With the vowels

קָתְ׳רִין

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. קָka
  2. תְ׳th
  3. רִr
  4. יi
  5. ןn

Why these letters

The th sound is written ת with an apostrophe, ת׳. 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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