Names in Hebrew
Jeffrey in Hebrew
Written
ג׳פרי
With the vowels
גֶ׳פְרִי
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- גֶ׳je
- פְf
- רִr
- יi
Why these letters
Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. The f is פ without its dot: with the dot, פּ, it would read p. The a and e sounds often get no letter: in everyday writing they are left out, and only the vowel points show them.
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