First names in Hebrew
First name Briella: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling
גבריאלה
Gematria value: 251
Its spelling
In Hebrew, Briella is written גבריאלה
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 Briella mean?
Meaning: short form of Gabriella, "God is my strength"
Origin: Hebrew
Briella is a modern American short form of Gabriella, the feminine of Gabriel. Gabriel is the Hebrew Gavriel, “God is my strength”, the name of one of the two angels named in the Hebrew Bible.
Gematria
Briella = 251
In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. גבריאלה has 7 letters:
- גthe letter Gimel3
- בthe letter Bet2
- רthe letter Resh200
- יthe letter Yod10
- אthe letter Aleph1
- לthe letter Lamed30
- הthe letter He5
- Total251
Written בריאלה (as it sounds in English), Briella is worth 248.
The verse of the name
From the letter Gimel 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 Briella, from ג to ה:
גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹא־יַחְשִׁיךְ מִמֶּךָּ וְלַיְלָה כַּיּוֹם יָאִיר כַּחֲשֵׁיכָה כָּאוֹרָה׃
“Even darkness is not dark for You; the night shines like the day, darkness and light are alike.”
Psalms 139:12
The book of your first name
Briella, in nine pages
- Briella, in Hebrew
- Letter by letter
- The number of your name
- The verse of your name
- The portrait of Briella
- Briella, day to day
- What tradition says about names
- The sources
Frequently asked
Briella in three answers
How do you write Briella in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Briella is written גבריאלה. Briella is a short form of Gabriella, from Gavriel, גבריאל in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written בריאלה.
What is the gematria value of Briella?
Written גבריאלה, Briella is worth 251: the letter Gimel (3) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter He (5). Written בריאלה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 248.
What does Briella mean?
Short form of Gabriella, "God is my strength (origin: Hebrew). Briella is a modern American short form of Gabriella, the feminine of Gabriel. Gabriel is the Hebrew Gavriel, “God is my strength”, the name of one of the two angels named in the Hebrew Bible.
A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).