Names in Hebrew

Emily in Hebrew

Written

אמילי

With the vowels

אֶמִילִי

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. אֶe
  2. מִm
  3. יi
  4. לִl
  5. יi

Why these letters

Each i sound gets a י, and the e at the start leans on א.

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