First names in Hebrew

First name Beth: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אלישבע

Gematria value: 413

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Beth is written אלישבע

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

בת׳As 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: 402

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 Beth mean?

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

Beth is the short form of Elizabeth, used on its own since the nineteenth century; Louisa May Alcott gave it to the gentlest of her four sisters in Little Women (1868). Elizabeth is the Hebrew Elisheva, “God is my oath”, the name of the wife of Aaron, the first High Priest.

Gematria

Beth = 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 בת׳ (as it sounds in English), Beth is worth 402.

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 Beth, 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

Beth, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Beth in three answers

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

What is the gematria value of Beth?
Written אלישבע, Beth 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 בת׳ (as it sounds in English), it is worth 402.

What does Beth mean?
Pet form of Elizabeth, "God is my oath (origin: Hebrew). Beth is the short form of Elizabeth, used on its own since the nineteenth century; Louisa May Alcott gave it to the gentlest of her four sisters in Little Women (1868). 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).