Names in Hebrew

Kevin in Hebrew

Written

קוין

With the vowels

קֶוִין

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. קֶke
  2. וִv
  3. יi
  4. ןn

Why these letters

The v is written with ו, which reads v here. 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.

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