First names in Hebrew

First name Hope: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

תקווה

Gematria value: 517

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Hope is written תקווה

תקווהThe Hebrew name with the same meaningTikva, "hope", is a Hebrew first name (Jeremiah 29:11).Value: 517

הוףAs 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: 91

Meaning and origin

What does Hope mean?

Meaning: "hope"
Origin: English

Hope is an English virtue name, first given in seventeenth-century England, where parents liked to name their children after qualities. It has remained a gentle and popular name.

Gematria

Hope = 517

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

תthe letter Tav400
קthe letter Kuf100
וthe letter Vav6
וthe letter Vav6
הthe letter He5
Total517

Written הוף (as it sounds in English), Hope is worth 91.

The verse of the name

From the letter Tav to the letter He

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 Hope, from ת to ה:

תַּעֲרֹךְ לְפָנַי שֻׁלְחָן נֶגֶד צֹרְרָי דִּשַּׁנְתָּ בַשֶּׁמֶן רֹאשִׁי כּוֹסִי רְוָיָה׃

“You set a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.”

Psalms 23:5

The book of your first name

Hope, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Hope in three answers

How do you write Hope in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Hope is written תקווה. As it sounds in English, it is written הוף.

What is the gematria value of Hope?
Written תקווה, Hope is worth 517: the letter Tav (400) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter He (5). Written הוף (as it sounds in English), it is worth 91.

What does Hope mean?
Hope (origin: English). Hope is an English virtue name, first given in seventeenth-century England, where parents liked to name their children after qualities. It has remained a gentle and popular name.

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