Names in Hebrew

Wayne in Hebrew

Written

וויין

With the vowels

ווֵיין

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. ווֵw
  2. ייey
  3. ןn

Why these letters

The w is written with two vavs, וו: Hebrew has no w, and a single ו could read o or u. The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי. At the end of a word נ takes its final shape, ן.

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