Names in Hebrew

David in Hebrew

Written

דוד

With the vowels

דָּוִד

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. דָּda
  2. וִvi
  3. דd

Why these letters

David is a Hebrew name, so Israelis write it the Hebrew way, דוד, Da-vid: one of the oldest names in the Bible. The v is the ו in the middle.

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