Names in Hebrew

Isla in Hebrew

Written

אילה

With the vowels

אַיְלָה

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. אַa
  2. יְy
  3. לָl
  4. הa

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. The final a is written with ה, which is silent here.

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