Names in Hebrew
Virginia in Hebrew
Written
וירג׳יניה
With the vowels
וִירְגִ׳ינְיָה
Read from right to left.
Letter by letter
- וִv
- יi
- רְr
- גִ׳j
- יi
- נְn
- יָya
- ה–
Why these letters
Hebrew has no j sound: it is written ג with an apostrophe, ג׳. The v is written with ו, which reads v here. The final a is written with ה, which is silent here.
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