Names in Hebrew
Sophia in Hebrew
Written
סופיה
With the vowels
סוֹפִיָה
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- סs
- וֹo
- פִf
- יָia
- ה–
Why these letters
The final a is written with ה, which is silent here. The f is פ without its dot: with the dot, פּ, it would read p. The o and u sounds are written with ו.
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