First names in Hebrew

First name Feivel: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

פייבל

Gematria value: 132

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Feivel is written פייבל

Feivel goes together with the name Shraga, שרגא, "light".

Meaning and origin

What does Feivel mean?

Meaning: "bright, shining" (origin disputed)
Origin: Yiddish

Feivel is a Yiddish name. It is traced back to Phoebus, a Latin word taken from the Greek phoibos, "bright, shining", which the Jews of Italy and Germany used in the Middle Ages alongside Hebrew names of light; its origin remains disputed. It is the kinnui, the everyday companion name, of Shraga, an Aramaic word meaning "lamp, light": a man would be called Shraga Feivel, and sometimes Uri Feivish, from or, "light".

Gematria

Feivel = 132

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. פייבל has 5 letters:

• פthe letter Pe80
• יthe letter Yod10
• יthe letter Yod10
• בthe letter Bet2
• לthe letter Lamed30
• Total132

The verse of the name

From the letter Pe to the letter Lamed

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 Feivel, from פ to ל:

פֶּן־יִטְרֹף כְּאַרְיֵה נַפְשִׁי פֹּרֵק וְאֵין מַצִּיל׃

“Lest he tear me apart like a lion, dragging me off with no one to rescue me.”

Psalms 7:3

The book of your first name

Feivel, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Feivel in three answers

How do you write Feivel in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Feivel is written פייבל. Feivel goes together with the name Shraga, שרגא, "light".

What is the gematria value of Feivel?
Written פייבל, Feivel is worth 132: the letter Pe (80) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Lamed (30).

What does Feivel mean?
Bright, shining" (origin disputed) (origin: Yiddish). Feivel is a Yiddish name. It is traced back to Phoebus, a Latin word taken from the Greek phoibos, "bright, shining", which the Jews of Italy and Germany used in the Middle Ages alongside Hebrew names of light; its origin remains disputed. It is the kinnui, the everyday companion name, of Shraga, an Aramaic word meaning "lamp, light": a man would be called Shraga Feivel, and sometimes Uri Feivish, from or, "light".