Names in Hebrew

Phoebe in Hebrew

Written

פיבי

With the vowels

פִיבִּי

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. פִf
  2. יi
  3. בִּb
  4. יi

Why these letters

The f is פ without its dot: with the dot, פּ, it would read p. The i sound is written with י.

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