Names in Hebrew
Jake in Hebrew
Written
ג׳ייק
With the vowels
גֵ׳ייק
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- גֵ׳j
- ייey
- קk
Why these letters
Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי. The k is written with ק, the letter foreign names use for k.
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