Names in Hebrew
Karen in Hebrew
Written
קרן
With the vowels
קֶרֶן
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- קֶke
- רֶre
- ןn
Why these letters
At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן. The k is written with ק, the letter foreign names use for k. 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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