First names in Hebrew

First name Isobel: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אלישבע

Gematria value: 413

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Isobel is written אלישבע

Isobel is the Scottish form of Isabel, from Elisheva, אלישבע in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Isobel mean?

Meaning: "my God is an oath"
Origin: Hebrew

Isabel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Elizabeth, long used in English too. It goes back to the Hebrew Elisheva, "my God is an oath", or "my God has sworn": a name of faithfulness and of a promise kept. Over the centuries, the name lost its first syllable and took on this shorter form in Spain.

Gematria

Isobel = 413

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

• אthe letter Aleph1
• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• שthe letter Shin300
• בthe letter Bet2
• עthe letter Ayin70
• Total413

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 Isobel, 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

Isobel, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Isobel in three answers

How do you write Isobel in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Isobel is written אלישבע. Isobel is the Scottish form of Isabel, from Elisheva, אלישבע in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Isobel?
Written אלישבע, Isobel is worth 413: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Ayin (70).

What does Isobel mean?
My God is an oath (origin: Hebrew). Isabel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Elizabeth, long used in English too. It goes back to the Hebrew Elisheva, "my God is an oath", or "my God has sworn": a name of faithfulness and of a promise kept. Over the centuries, the name lost its first syllable and took on this shorter form in Spain.