Names in Hebrew
Emma in Hebrew
Written
אמה
With the vowels
אֶמָּה
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- אֶe
- מָּm
- הa
Why these letters
A word can't start with a bare vowel, so the e leans on א. The double m is a single מ, and the final a is ה.
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