First names in Hebrew

First name Elishama: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אלישמע

Gematria value: 451

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Elishama is written אלישמע

Meaning and origin

What does Elishama mean?

Meaning: "my God has heard"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name is Hebrew: it begins with a word meaning "my God", followed by shama, "he has heard". Elishama means "my God has heard".

Gematria

Elishama = 451

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

• אthe letter Aleph1
• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• שthe letter Shin300
• מthe letter Mem40
• עthe letter Ayin70
• Total451

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 Elishama, 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

Elishama, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Elishama in three answers

How do you write Elishama in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Elishama is written אלישמע.

What is the gematria value of Elishama?
Written אלישמע, Elishama is worth 451: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter Ayin (70).

What does Elishama mean?
My God has heard (origin: Hebrew). Your name is Hebrew: it begins with a word meaning "my God", followed by shama, "he has heard". Elishama means "my God has heard".