Names in Hebrew

Vincent in Hebrew

Written

וינסנט

With the vowels

וִינְסֶנְט

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. וִv
  2. יi
  3. נְn
  4. סֶse
  5. נְn
  6. טt

Why these letters

The v is written with ו, which reads v 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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