First names in Hebrew

First name Jake: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יעקב

Gematria value: 182

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jake is written יעקב

RecommendedיעקבThe original spellingJake is a short form of Jacob, Yaakov, יעקב in Hebrew.Value: 182

ג׳ייקAs 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: 123

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 Jake mean?

Meaning: short form of Jacob, "he holds the heel"
Origin: Hebrew

Jake is the English short form of Jacob, used since the Middle Ages and given on its own today. Jacob is the Hebrew Yaakov: at his birth he holds his twin brother's heel, akev in Hebrew (Genesis 25:26).

Gematria

Jake = 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׳ייק (as it sounds in English), Jake is worth 123.

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 Jake, 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

Jake, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Jake in three answers

How do you write Jake in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jake is written יעקב. Jake is a short form of Jacob, Yaakov, יעקב in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳ייק.

What is the gematria value of Jake?
Written יעקב, Jake is worth 182: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Bet (2). Written ג׳ייק (as it sounds in English), it is worth 123.

What does Jake mean?
Short form of Jacob, "he holds the heel (origin: Hebrew). Jake is the English short form of Jacob, used since the Middle Ages and given on its own today. Jacob is the Hebrew Yaakov: at his birth he holds his twin brother's heel, akev in Hebrew (Genesis 25:26).

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