First names in Hebrew
First name Benaiah: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling
בניהו
Gematria value: 73
Its spelling
In Hebrew, Benaiah is written בניהו
Benaiah is the English form of Benaya, בניהו in Hebrew.
Meaning and origin
What does Benaiah mean?
Meaning: "God has built"
Origin: Hebrew
Your name is Hebrew. It joins banah, "to build", and a short form of the Divine Name: "God has built". It is a biblical name, given in Hebrew today in this short form.
Gematria
Benaiah = 73
In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. בניהו has 5 letters:
- בthe letter Bet2
- נthe letter Nun50
- יthe letter Yod10
- הthe letter He5
- וthe letter Vav6
- Total73
The verse of the name
From the letter Bet to the letter Vav
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 Benaiah, from ב to ו:
בִּרְכֹת אָבִיךָ גָּבְרוּ עַל־בִּרְכֹת הוֹרַי עַד־תַּאֲוַת גִּבְעֹת עוֹלָם תִּהְיֶיןָ לְרֹאשׁ יוֹסֵף וּלְקׇדְקֹד נְזִיר אֶחָיו׃
“The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of my forebears, to the farthest bounds of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the one set apart among his brothers.”
Genesis 49:26
The book of your first name
Benaiah, in nine pages
- Benaiah, in Hebrew
- Letter by letter
- The number of your name
- The verse of your name
- The portrait of Benaiah
- Benaiah, day to day
- What tradition says about names
- The sources
Frequently asked
Benaiah in three answers
How do you write Benaiah in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Benaiah is written בניהו. Benaiah is the English form of Benaya, בניהו in Hebrew.
What is the gematria value of Benaiah?
Written בניהו, Benaiah is worth 73: the letter Bet (2) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5) + the letter Vav (6).
What does Benaiah mean?
God has built (origin: Hebrew). Your name is Hebrew. It joins banah, "to build", and a short form of the Divine Name: "God has built". It is a biblical name, given in Hebrew today in this short form.
A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).