First names in Hebrew

First name Genesis: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

בראשית

Gematria value: 913

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Genesis is written בראשית

בראשיתThe Hebrew name of the bookBereshit, "in the beginning", is the Hebrew name of the book of Genesis (Genesis 1:1).Value: 913

ג׳נסיסAs 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: 183

Meaning and origin

What does Genesis mean?

Meaning: "origin, birth"
Origin: Greek

Genesis is a Greek word meaning "origin, birth, coming into being". It is the name of the first book of the Bible in Greek and Latin, and it became a first name in America in the 1990s, especially in Spanish-speaking families. Few names go back so far: to the very beginning.

Gematria

Genesis = 913

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

בthe letter Bet2
רthe letter Resh200
אthe letter Aleph1
שthe letter Shin300
יthe letter Yod10
תthe letter Tav400
Total913

Written ג׳נסיס (as it sounds in English), Genesis is worth 183.

The verse of the name

From the letter Bet to the letter Tav

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 Genesis, from ב to ת:

בִּקֵּשׁ קֹהֶלֶת לִמְצֹא דִּבְרֵי־חֵפֶץ וְכָתוּב יֹשֶׁר דִּבְרֵי אֱמֶת׃

“Kohelet sought to find pleasing words, and to write uprightly words of truth.”

Ecclesiastes 12:10

The book of your first name

Genesis, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Genesis in three answers

How do you write Genesis in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Genesis is written בראשית. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳נסיס.

What is the gematria value of Genesis?
Written בראשית, Genesis is worth 913: the letter Bet (2) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Tav (400). Written ג׳נסיס (as it sounds in English), it is worth 183.

What does Genesis mean?
Origin, birth (origin: Greek). Genesis is a Greek word meaning "origin, birth, coming into being". It is the name of the first book of the Bible in Greek and Latin, and it became a first name in America in the 1990s, especially in Spanish-speaking families. Few names go back so far: to the very beginning.

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).