Names in Hebrew
Jacob in Hebrew
Written
ג׳ייקוב
With the vowels
גֵ׳ייקוֹבּ
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- גֵ׳j
- ייey
- קk
- וֹo
- בּb
Why these letters
The name comes from Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב. Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי.
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