diff --git a/lib/Lingua/IT/Ita2heb.pm b/lib/Lingua/IT/Ita2heb.pm
index 488a7b5..b935991 100644
--- a/lib/Lingua/IT/Ita2heb.pm
+++ b/lib/Lingua/IT/Ita2heb.pm
@@ -175,8 +175,9 @@ sub ita_to_heb {    ## no critic (Subroutines::ProhibitExcessComplexity)
             $ita_letter ~~ @ALL_LATIN_VOWELS
             and ($seq->at_start or $seq->wrote_vowel)
             and not (   $ita_letter ~~ @TYPES_OF_I
-                    and $seq->match_before([\@ALL_LATIN_VOWELS])
-                    and $seq->match_after([\@ALL_LATIN_VOWELS]))
+                    and $seq->match_after([\@ALL_LATIN_VOWELS])
+                    and (   $seq->match_before([\@ALL_LATIN_VOWELS])
+                        or  $seq->at_start))
         )
         {
             $heb .= $ALEF;
@@ -284,7 +285,8 @@ sub ita_to_heb {    ## no critic (Subroutines::ProhibitExcessComplexity)
                     }
                     elsif ($seq->match_after([\@ALL_LATIN_VOWELS]))
                     {
-                        if ($seq->match_before([\@ALL_LATIN_VOWELS])) {
+                        if (   $seq->at_start
+                            or $seq->match_before([\@ALL_LATIN_VOWELS])) {
                             $hebrew_to_add .= $YOD;
                         }
                         else {
diff --git a/t/08-i.t b/t/08-i.t
index 9bcfc64..a657802 100755
--- a/t/08-i.t
+++ b/t/08-i.t
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use 5.010;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use Test::More tests => 2;
+use Test::More tests => 3;
 use charnames ':full';
 
 use lib './t/lib';
@@ -45,3 +45,18 @@ check_ita_tr(
         . "\N{HEBREW LETTER HE}",
     'Gioiosa',
 );
+
+# TEST
+check_ita_tr(
+    ['Ionica'],
+    "\N{HEBREW LETTER YOD}"
+        . "\N{HEBREW LETTER VAV}"
+        . "\N{HEBREW POINT HOLAM}"
+        . "\N{HEBREW LETTER NUN}"
+        . "\N{HEBREW POINT HIRIQ}"
+        . "\N{HEBREW LETTER YOD}"
+        . "\N{HEBREW LETTER QOF}"
+        . "\N{HEBREW POINT QAMATS}"
+        . "\N{HEBREW LETTER HE}",
+    'Ionica',
+);