Names in Hebrew

Kate in Hebrew

Written

קייט

With the vowels

קֵייט

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. קֵk
  2. ייey
  3. טt

Why these letters

The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי. The k is written with ק, the letter foreign names use for k. The t is written with ט, as usual in foreign names.

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