Names in Hebrew

Jason in Hebrew

Written

ג׳ייסון

With the vowels

גֵ׳ייסוֹן

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. גֵ׳j
  2. ייey
  3. סs
  4. וֹo
  5. ןn

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. At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן.

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