First names in Hebrew

First name Jacoby: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יעקב

Gematria value: 182

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jacoby is written יעקב

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 Jacoby mean?

Meaning: from Jacob, "he holds the heel"
Origin: Hebrew

Jacoby is a family name formed on Jacob, common among German and Jewish families, and given in America as a first name since the 1990s. Jacob is the Hebrew Yaakov: at his birth he holds his brother's heel, akev in Hebrew (Genesis 25:26).

Gematria

Jacoby = 182

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

• יthe letter Yod10
• עthe letter Ayin70
• קthe letter Kuf100
• בthe letter Bet2
• Total182

Written ג׳קובי (as it sounds in English), Jacoby is worth 121.

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter Bet

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 Jacoby, from י to ב:

יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר לִקְחִי תִּזַּל כַּטַּל אִמְרָתִי כִּשְׂעִירִם עֲלֵי־דֶשֶׁא וְכִרְבִיבִים עֲלֵי־עֵשֶׂב׃

“May my teaching fall like rain, may my word come down like dew, like showers on young grass, like droplets on green plants.”

Deuteronomy 32:2

The book of your first name

Jacoby, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Jacoby in three answers

How do you write Jacoby in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jacoby is written יעקב. Jacoby is a surname formed on Jacob, Yaakov, יעקב in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳קובי.

What is the gematria value of Jacoby?
Written יעקב, Jacoby is worth 182: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Bet (2). Written ג׳קובי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 121.

What does Jacoby mean?
From Jacob, "he holds the heel (origin: Hebrew). Jacoby is a family name formed on Jacob, common among German and Jewish families, and given in America as a first name since the 1990s. Jacob is the Hebrew Yaakov: at his birth he holds his brother's heel, akev in Hebrew (Genesis 25:26).