Names in Hebrew

Sophie in Hebrew

Written

סופי

With the vowels

סוֹפִי

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. סs
  2. וֹo
  3. פִf
  4. יi

Why these letters

The f is פ without its dot: with the dot, פּ, it would read p. The o and u sounds are written with ו. The i sound is written with י.

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