Names in Hebrew
Stephen in Hebrew
Written
סטיבן
With the vowels
סְטִיבֶן
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- סְs
- טִt
- יi
- בֶve
- ןn
Why these letters
At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן. The v is ב without its dot: with the dot, בּ, it would read b. The t is written with ט, as usual in foreign names.
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