Names in Hebrew

Tom in Hebrew

Written

טום

With the vowels

טוֹם

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. טt
  2. וֹo
  3. םm

Why these letters

At the end of a word מ takes its final shape, ם. The t is written with ט, as usual in foreign names. The o and u sounds are written with ו.

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