Names in Hebrew

Shane in Hebrew

Written

שיין

With the vowels

שֵׁיין

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. שֵׁsh
  2. ייey
  3. ןn

Why these letters

The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי. At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן.

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