First names in Hebrew

First name Avrum: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אברהם

Gematria value: 248

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Avrum is written אברהם

RecommendedאברהםThe original spellingAvrum is a Yiddish form of Avraham, Abraham, אברהם in Hebrew.Value: 248

אברוםAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 249

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Avrum mean?

Meaning: form of Avraham, "father of a multitude"
Origin: Hebrew

Avrum is the way Avraham was pronounced in the Yiddish of Poland and Galicia, still heard in Hasidic families. Avraham, Abraham in English, means “father of a multitude of nations” (Genesis 17:5).

Gematria

Avrum = 248

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אברהם has 5 letters:

אthe letter Aleph1
בthe letter Bet2
רthe letter Resh200
הthe letter He5
םthe letter final Mem40
Total248

Written אברום (as it sounds in English), Avrum is worth 249.

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter final Mem

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Avrum, from א to ם:

אָנֹכִי אֶעֶרְבֶנּוּ מִיָּדִי תְּבַקְשֶׁנּוּ אִם־לֹא הֲבִיאֹתִיו אֵלֶיךָ וְהִצַּגְתִּיו לְפָנֶיךָ וְחָטָאתִי לְךָ כׇּל־הַיָּמִים׃

“I myself will be his guarantee; you may hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, I will bear the blame before you all my days.”

Genesis 43:9

The book of your first name

Avrum, in nine pages

Avrum, in Hebrew
Letter by letter
The number of your name
The verse of your name
The portrait of Avrum
Avrum, day to day
What tradition says about names
The sources

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Frequently asked

Avrum in three answers

How do you write Avrum in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Avrum is written אברהם. Avrum is a Yiddish form of Avraham, Abraham, אברהם in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written אברום.

What is the gematria value of Avrum?
Written אברהם, Avrum is worth 248: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter He (5) + the letter final Mem (40). Written אברום (as it sounds in English), it is worth 249.

What does Avrum mean?
Form of Avraham, "father of a multitude (origin: Hebrew). Avrum is the way Avraham was pronounced in the Yiddish of Poland and Galicia, still heard in Hasidic families. Avraham, Abraham in English, means “father of a multitude of nations” (Genesis 17:5).

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).