Names in Hebrew

Rachel in Hebrew

Written

רייצ׳ל

With the vowels

רֵייצֶ׳ל

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. רֵr
  2. ייey
  3. צֶ׳che
  4. לl

Why these letters

The name comes from Hebrew: רָחֵל. The ch sound is written צ with an apostrophe, צ׳. The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי.

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