Names in Hebrew

Stella in Hebrew

Written

סטלה

With the vowels

סְטֶלָה

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. סְs
  2. טֶte
  3. לָl
  4. הa

Why these letters

The final a is written with ה, which is silent here. The t is written with ט, as usual in foreign names. 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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