Names in Hebrew

Gary in Hebrew

Written

גרי

With the vowels

גֶּרִי

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. גֶּge
  2. רִr
  3. יi

Why these letters

The a and e sounds often get no letter: in everyday writing they are left out, and only the vowel points show them. The i sound is written with י.

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