Names in Hebrew

James in Hebrew

Written

ג׳יימס

With the vowels

גֵ׳יימְס

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. גֵ׳j
  2. ייey
  3. מְm
  4. סs

Why these letters

The j sound is ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. The long a of James, ay, is written with two yods, יי.

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