Names in Hebrew
Hannah in Hebrew
Written
חנה
With the vowels
חַנָּה
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- חַkha
- נָּn
- הa
Why these letters
It is a Hebrew name, and this is how Hebrew writes it. The final a is written with ה, which is silent here. 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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