Names in Hebrew

Georgia in Hebrew

Written

ג׳ורג׳יה

With the vowels

ג׳וֹרְגִ׳יָה

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. ג׳j
  2. וֹo
  3. רְr
  4. גִ׳j
  5. יָia
  6. ה–

Why these letters

Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. The final a is written with ה, which is silent here. The o and u sounds are written with ו.

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