First names in Hebrew

First name Elisa: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אלישבע

Gematria value: 413

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Elisa is written אלישבע

Elisa is a short form of Elizabeth, from Elisheva, אלישבע in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Elisa mean?

Meaning: "God is my oath"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name is a short form of Elizabeth that became a name in its own right in the nineteenth century. And Elizabeth comes from the Hebrew Elisheva, "God is my oath": a name that rests on a promise. Beethoven gave it an unexpected fame with his piece Für Elise.

Gematria

Elisa = 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

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 Elisa, 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

Elisa, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Elisa in three answers

How do you write Elisa in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Elisa is written אלישבע. Elisa is a short form of Elizabeth, from Elisheva, אלישבע in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Elisa?
Written אלישבע, Elisa 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).

What does Elisa mean?
God is my oath (origin: Hebrew). Your name is a short form of Elizabeth that became a name in its own right in the nineteenth century. And Elizabeth comes from the Hebrew Elisheva, "God is my oath": a name that rests on a promise. Beethoven gave it an unexpected fame with his piece Für Elise.