Names in Hebrew
Esther in Hebrew
Written
אסתר
With the vowels
אֶסְתֵּר
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- אֶe
- סְs
- תֵּte
- רr
Why these letters
It is a Hebrew name, and this is how Hebrew writes it. A Hebrew word can’t begin with a bare vowel, so the name starts with א: it is silent and carries the vowel. The a and e sounds often get no letter: in everyday writing they are left out, and only the vowel points show them.
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