Names in Hebrew
Jenny in Hebrew
Written
ג׳ני
With the vowels
גֶ׳נִי
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- גֶ׳je
- נִn
- יi
Why these letters
Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. The a and e sounds often get no letter: in everyday writing they are left out, and only the vowel points show them. The i sound is written with י.
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