How do you correctly write "Aaron"? Too many variations on Google.

Question

Trying to figure out how to write the name "Aaron" in Hebrew but there's too many variations online. What is the difference between including the dots/dashes and leaving them out? Also, online some images have the last character thicker while others have it thinner. Does this change anything? Thanks!

Answer 1

The common modern spelling of Aaron is אהרון pronounced ahaRON

The dots and dashes that you see with the word are the vowels/pronunciation markers for the word. They would rarely be written with the name. Really just in children's books or in the Bible. Also when the marks appear with the word, it may be written without the second to last letter, (like this: אַהֲרֹן ) since the second to last letter is really just a vowel that can be shown with a dot instead.

The thickness of the last letter would just have to do with the font style.