Names in Hebrew

Samuel in Hebrew

Written

סמיואל

With the vowels

סָמְיוּאֶל

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. סָsa
  2. מְm
  3. יy
  4. וּu
  5. אֶe
  6. לl

Why these letters

The name comes from Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל. The a and e sounds often get no letter: in everyday writing they are left out, and only the vowel points show them. The o and u sounds are written with ו.

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