First names in Hebrew

First name Bessie: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אלישבע

Gematria value: 413

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Bessie is written אלישבע

RecommendedאלישבעThe original spellingBessie is an English pet form of Elizabeth, Elisheva, אלישבע in Hebrew.Value: 413

בסיAs 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: 72

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 Bessie mean?

Meaning: pet form of Elizabeth, "God is my oath"
Origin: Hebrew

Bessie is an old English pet form of Elizabeth, very common in America around 1900. Elizabeth is the Hebrew Elisheva, “God is my oath”, the name of the wife of Aaron, the first High Priest.

Gematria

Bessie = 413

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אלישבע has 6 letters:

אthe letter Aleph1
לthe letter Lamed30
יthe letter Yod10
שthe letter Shin300
בthe letter Bet2
עthe letter Ayin70
Total413

Written בסי (as it sounds in English), Bessie is worth 72.

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter Ayin

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 Bessie, from א to ע:

אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ אֵלֵךְ וַהֲדוּרִים אֲיַשֵּׁר דַּלְתוֹת נְחוּשָׁה אֲשַׁבֵּר וּבְרִיחֵי בַרְזֶל אֲגַדֵּעַ׃

“I will go before you and level the steep places; I will shatter doors of bronze and cut through bars of iron.”

Isaiah 45:2

The book of your first name

Bessie, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Bessie in three answers

How do you write Bessie in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Bessie is written אלישבע. Bessie is an English pet form of Elizabeth, Elisheva, אלישבע in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written בסי.

What is the gematria value of Bessie?
Written אלישבע, Bessie is worth 413: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Ayin (70). Written בסי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 72.

What does Bessie mean?
Pet form of Elizabeth, "God is my oath (origin: Hebrew). Bessie is an old English pet form of Elizabeth, very common in America around 1900. Elizabeth is the Hebrew Elisheva, “God is my oath”, the name of the wife of Aaron, the first High Priest.

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