First names in Hebrew

First name Betsy: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אלישבע

Gematria value: 413

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Betsy is written אלישבע

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

בטסיAs 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: 81

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 Betsy mean?

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

Betsy is one of the oldest English pet forms of Elizabeth, familiar in America since the eighteenth century. Elizabeth is the Hebrew Elisheva, “God is my oath”, the name of the wife of Aaron, the first High Priest.

Gematria

Betsy = 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 בטסי (as it sounds in English), Betsy is worth 81.

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 Betsy, 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

Betsy, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Betsy in three answers

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

What is the gematria value of Betsy?
Written אלישבע, Betsy 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 בטסי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 81.

What does Betsy mean?
Pet form of Elizabeth, "God is my oath (origin: Hebrew). Betsy is one of the oldest English pet forms of Elizabeth, familiar in America since the eighteenth century. 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).