Names in Hebrew

Seth in Hebrew

Written

סת׳

With the vowels

סֶת׳

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. סֶse
  2. ת׳th

Why these letters

The name comes from Hebrew: שֵׁת. The th sound is written ת with an apostrophe, ת׳. 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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