Names in Hebrew

Nathan in Hebrew

Written

נייתן

With the vowels

נֵייתָן

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. נֵn
  2. ייey
  3. תָta
  4. ןn

Why these letters

The name comes from Hebrew: נָתָן. The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי. At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן.

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