Names in Hebrew
Marilyn in Hebrew
Written
מרילין
With the vowels
מֶרִילִין
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- מֶme
- רִr
- יi
- לִl
- יi
- 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 i sound is written with י.
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