Names in Hebrew
Imogen in Hebrew
Written
אימוג׳ן
With the vowels
אִימוֹגֶ׳ן
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- אִ–
- יi
- מm
- וֹo
- גֶ׳je
- ןn
Why these letters
Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. 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.
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