Names in Hebrew

Claire in Hebrew

Written

קלייר

With the vowels

קְלֵייר

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. קְk
  2. לֵl
  3. ייey
  4. רr

Why these letters

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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