Names in Hebrew
Joshua in Hebrew
Written
ג׳ושוע
With the vowels
ג׳וֹשׁוּעַ
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- ג׳j
- וֹo
- שׁsh
- וּu
- עַa
Why these letters
The name comes from Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ. Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. The o and u sounds are written with ו.
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