Names in Hebrew
Ivy in Hebrew
Written
אייבי
With the vowels
אַייבִי
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- אַ–
- ייay
- בִv
- יi
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 ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי. The v is ב without its dot: with the dot, בּ, it would read b.
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