Names in Hebrew

Evan in Hebrew

Written

און

With the vowels

אֶוָן

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. אֶe
  2. וָva
  3. 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. The v is written with ו, which reads v here. At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן.

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