Names in Hebrew
Joseph in Hebrew
Written
ג׳וזף
With the vowels
ג׳וֹזֶף
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- ג׳j
- וֹo
- זֶze
- ףf
Why these letters
The name comes from Hebrew: יוֹסֵף. Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. At the end of a word פ takes its final shape, ף.
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