Names in Hebrew

Jamie in Hebrew

Written

ג׳יימי

With the vowels

גֵ׳יימִי

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. גֵ׳j
  2. ייey
  3. מִm
  4. יi

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 i sound is written with י.

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