Names in Hebrew

Rebecca in Hebrew

Written

רבקה

With the vowels

רֶבֶּקָה

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. רֶre
  2. בֶּbe
  3. קָk
  4. הa

Why these letters

The name comes from Hebrew: רִבְקָה. The final a is written with ה, which is silent here. The k is written with ק, the letter foreign names use for k.

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