Names in Hebrew
Ian in Hebrew
Written
איאן
With the vowels
אִיאָן
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- אִ–
- יi
- אָa
- ןn
Why these letters
A Hebrew word can’t begin with a bare vowel, so the name starts with א: it is silent and carries the vowel. At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן. The i sound is written with י.
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