Names in Hebrew

Mike in Hebrew

Written

מייק

With the vowels

מַייק

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. מַm
  2. ייay
  3. קk

Why these letters

The name comes from Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל. The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי. The k is written with ק, the letter foreign names use for k.

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