Names in Hebrew
Christopher in Hebrew
Written
כריסטופר
With the vowels
כְּרִיסְטוֹפֶר
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- כְּk
- רִr
- יi
- סְs
- טt
- וֹo
- פֶfe
- רr
Why these letters
The f is פ without its dot: with the dot, פּ, it would read p. The t is written with ט, as usual in foreign names. The a and e sounds often get no letter: in everyday writing they are left out, and only the vowel points show them.
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