Names in Hebrew

Michael in Hebrew

Written

מייקל

With the vowels

מַייקְל

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. מַm
  2. ייay
  3. קְk
  4. לl

Why these letters

Written the way English says it, Maikel. The Hebrew original is מִיכָאֵל, Mi-kha-el: the same name with another sound.

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