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Important tips
It's usually impossible to perfectly translate your name into Hebrew, but here are some tips to get it done the best: |
- Vowels at beginning of words use א
- Vowels at end of words use ה
- pie, photo, fear, use פ
- Sh as in Shoe, use שׂ
- O as in open, oo as in choose, use ו
- W, use וו
- J as in John, use י
- Some letters have the same sounds, most commonly used is שׂ for "s/sh", ת for "t",
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Some letters have a different shape if they are at the end of the word, including the following:
- כ = ך (end)
- פ = ף (end)
- מ = ם (end)
- נ = ן (end)
- צ = ץ (end)
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Phonetic Alphabet
Some hebrew letters have the same sound, ones with a * are used more frequently. |
| א |
silent * |
י |
yellow, "ay" as in brian |
ע |
silent |
| ב |
boy, violin * |
כ |
cat |
פ |
fat, phone, pool |
| ג |
girl |
ך |
(final letter) |
ף |
(final letter) |
| ד |
dog |
ל |
letter |
צ |
cats |
| ה |
hello, silent |
מ |
mother |
ץ |
(final letter) |
| ו |
violin, vowel: open, choose |
ם |
(final letter) |
ק |
cook |
| ז |
zoo |
נ |
no |
ר |
red |
| ח |
ch |
ן |
(final) |
ש |
shoe, sole * |
| ט |
tall |
ס |
soup |
ת |
tall* |
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Examples

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| לאה חנה |
Leah Chana |
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סם |
Sam |
| בריין |
Brian |
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אלקס |
Alex |
| דויד |
David |
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רבקה |
Rebecca |
| יוסף |
Joseph |
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רוברת |
Robert |
| אמנדה |
Amanda |
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ליסה |
Lisa |
| יונטן |
Jonathan |
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וויליאם |
William |
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