Names in Hebrew
Elijah in Hebrew
Written
איליג׳ה
With the vowels
אִילַיְגָ׳ה
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- אִ–
- יi
- לַla
- יְy
- גָ׳j
- הa
Why these letters
The name comes from Hebrew: אֵלִיָּהוּ. Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. A Hebrew word can’t begin with a bare vowel, so the name starts with א: it is silent and carries the vowel.
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