Names in Hebrew

Colin in Hebrew

Written

קולין

With the vowels

קוֹלִין

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. קk
  2. וֹo
  3. לִl
  4. יi
  5. ןn

Why these letters

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. The o and u sounds are written with ו.

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