Names in Hebrew

Freya in Hebrew

Written

פרייה

With the vowels

פְרֵייָה

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. פְf
  2. רֵre
  3. ייָya
  4. ה–

Why these letters

The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי. The final a is written with ה, which is silent here. The f is פ without its dot: with the dot, פּ, it would read p.

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