Names in Hebrew
Gerald in Hebrew
Written
ג׳רלד
With the vowels
גֶ׳רַלְד
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- גֶ׳je
- רַra
- לְl
- דd
Why these letters
Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. 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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