First names in Hebrew
First name Becca: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling
רבקה
Gematria value: 307
Its spelling
In Hebrew, Becca is written רבקה
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 Becca mean?
Meaning: pet form of Rebecca, Rivka (meaning debated)
Origin: Hebrew
Becca is a short form of Rebecca, which has become popular on its own since the 1980s. Rebecca is the Hebrew Rivka, the second of the mothers of the Jewish people, the wife of Isaac; the meaning of her name is debated, and it is most often linked to a root meaning “to bind, to tie”.
Gematria
Becca = 307
In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. רבקה has 4 letters:
- רthe letter Resh200
- בthe letter Bet2
- קthe letter Kuf100
- הthe letter He5
- Total307
Written בקה (as it sounds in English), Becca is worth 107.
The verse of the name
From the letter Resh to the letter He
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 Becca, from ר to ה:
רוּחַ־אִישׁ יְכַלְכֵּל מַחֲלֵהוּ וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה מִי יִשָּׂאֶנָּה׃
“A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear it?”
Proverbs 18:14
The book of your first name
Becca, in nine pages
- Becca, in Hebrew
- Letter by letter
- The number of your name
- The verse of your name
- The portrait of Becca
- Becca, day to day
- What tradition says about names
- The sources
Frequently asked
Becca in three answers
How do you write Becca in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Becca is written רבקה. Becca is a pet form of Rebecca, Rivka, רבקה in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written בקה.
What is the gematria value of Becca?
Written רבקה, Becca is worth 307: the letter Resh (200) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter He (5). Written בקה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 107.
What does Becca mean?
Pet form of Rebecca, Rivka (meaning debated) (origin: Hebrew). Becca is a short form of Rebecca, which has become popular on its own since the 1980s. Rebecca is the Hebrew Rivka, the second of the mothers of the Jewish people, the wife of Isaac; the meaning of her name is debated, and it is most often linked to a root meaning “to bind, to tie”.
A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).