Names in Hebrew

Erin in Hebrew

Written

ארין

With the vowels

אֶרִין

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. אֶe
  2. רִr
  3. יi
  4. ןn

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. At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן. The i sound is written with י.

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