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Your Name in Hebrew
Guest Author - Julie L Baumler

Ever wonder how to spell your name, or your friends names in Hebrew? Using the chart below, it's easy to find the Hebrew version of your name. Hebrew is written from right to left, so simply take each letter sound in your name, find the associated Hebrew letter and write the Hebrew letters from right to left. Voila, your name in Hebrew!

English
Letter
/Sound
Hebrew
Letter
Notes
A
אַ or ַ
The ַ goes under the previous letter (the letter to the right.) Use אַ at the begining of names or in other cases where there is no letter to put the ַ under.
B
בּ
C
ק
A different letter is used for the combined CH sound as in Charles. Remember that some English C's have a K sound.
CH
צ'
D
ד
E
ִ
The ִ is placed under the letter to the right (the previous letter.)
F
פ or ף
G
ג' or ג
ג' is used for G as in George
H
ה
I
י ִ 
J
ז'
K
כּ or ךּ
Use ךּ at the end of a name.
L
ל
M
מ or ם
Use ם at the end of a name.
N
נ or ן
Use ן at the end of a name.
O
וֹ
P
פּ
Q
ק
R
ר
S
ס or שׂ
ס or שׂ
SH
שׁ
T
ת or ט
U
וּ
V
ב or ו
W
-
Use a vowel or V sound as appropriate
X
-
Use K and S sounds
Y
י
Z
ז or צ or ץ
צ or ץ has more of a "tz" sound, ץ is used only at the end of words.

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