Names in Hebrew

Sean in Hebrew

Written

שון

With the vowels

שׁוֹן

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. שׁsh
  2. וֹo
  3. ןn

Why these letters

At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן. The o and u sounds are written with ו.

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