Names in Hebrew

Finn in Hebrew

Written

פין

With the vowels

פִין

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. פִf
  2. יi
  3. ןn

Why these letters

At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן. The f is פ without its dot: with the dot, פּ, it would read p. The i sound is written with י.

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