Names in Hebrew

Ellie in Hebrew

Written

אלי

With the vowels

אֶלִי

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. אֶe
  2. לִl
  3. יi

Why these letters

A Hebrew word can’t begin with a bare vowel, so the name starts with א: it is silent and carries the vowel. The i sound is written with י.

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