Names in Hebrew

Lauren in Hebrew

Written

לורן

With the vowels

לוֹרֶן

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. לl
  2. וֹo
  3. רֶre
  4. ןn

Why these letters

At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן. The a and e sounds often get no letter: in everyday writing they are left out, and only the vowel points show them. The o and u sounds are written with ו.

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