Names in Hebrew

Sandra in Hebrew

Written

סנדרה

With the vowels

סַנְדְּרָה

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. סַsa
  2. נְn
  3. דְּd
  4. רָr
  5. הa

Why these letters

The final a is written with ה, which is silent here. The a and e sounds often get no letter: in everyday writing they are left out, and only the vowel points show them.

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