Names in Hebrew

Frank in Hebrew

Written

פרנק

With the vowels

פְרַנְק

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. פְf
  2. רַra
  3. נְn
  4. קk

Why these letters

The f is פ without its dot: with the dot, פּ, it would read p. The k is written with ק, the letter foreign names use for k. 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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