First names in Hebrew

First name Heshy: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

הערש

Gematria value: 575

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Heshy is written הערש

RecommendedהערשThe original spellingHeshy is a pet form of Hersh, הערש, "deer".Value: 575

העשיAs 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: 385

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 Heshy mean?

Meaning: pet form of Hersh, "deer"
Origin: Yiddish

Heshy is the pet form of Hersh, Hershel, used every day in Orthodox families. Hersh is the Yiddish word for “deer”, the companion of the Hebrew name Tzvi, which means the same.

Gematria

Heshy = 575

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. הערש has 4 letters:

הthe letter He5
עthe letter Ayin70
רthe letter Resh200
שthe letter Shin300
Total575

Written העשי (as it sounds in English), Heshy is worth 385.

The verse of the name

From the letter He to the letter Shin

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 Heshy, from ה to ש:

הַשְׁקִיפָה מִמְּעוֹן קׇדְשְׁךָ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבָרֵךְ אֶת־עַמְּךָ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֵת הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתָּה לָנוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ׃

“Look down from Your holy dwelling, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us, as You swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Deuteronomy 26:15

The book of your first name

Heshy, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Heshy in three answers

How do you write Heshy in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Heshy is written הערש. Heshy is a pet form of Hersh, הערש, "deer". As it sounds in English, it is written העשי.

What is the gematria value of Heshy?
Written הערש, Heshy is worth 575: the letter He (5) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Shin (300). Written העשי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 385.

What does Heshy mean?
Pet form of Hersh, "deer (origin: Yiddish). Heshy is the pet form of Hersh, Hershel, used every day in Orthodox families. Hersh is the Yiddish word for “deer”, the companion of the Hebrew name Tzvi, which means the same.

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