Names in Hebrew

George in Hebrew

Written

ג׳ורג׳

With the vowels

ג׳וֹרְג׳

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. ג׳j
  2. וֹo
  3. רְr
  4. ג׳j

Why these letters

Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. The o and u sounds are written with ו.

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