Names in Hebrew
Julia in Hebrew
Written
ג׳וליה
With the vowels
ג׳וּלְיָה
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- ג׳j
- וּu
- לְl
- יָya
- ה–
Why these letters
Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. The final a is written with ה, which is silent here. 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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