Names in Hebrew
Ezra in Hebrew
Written
עזרא
With the vowels
עֶזְרָא
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- עֶe
- זְz
- רָr
- אa
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.
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