First names in Hebrew

First name James: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יעקב

Gematria value: 182

Its spelling

In Hebrew, James is written יעקב

James is an English form of Jacob, Yaakov, יעקב in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does James mean?

Meaning: "heel", "the one who follows" (English form of Jacob)
Origin: Hebrew

James is an English form of Jacob. It comes from the Latin Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus, which is the Hebrew name Yaakov, Jacob. Genesis explains this name by Jacob's birth: he was holding in his hand the heel of his twin brother, akev in Hebrew (Genesis 25:26).

Gematria

James = 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

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 James, 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

James, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

James in three answers

How do you write James in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, James is written יעקב. James is an English form of Jacob, Yaakov, יעקב in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of James?
Written יעקב, James is worth 182: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Bet (2).

What does James mean?
Heel", "the one who follows" (English form of Jacob) (origin: Hebrew). James is an English form of Jacob. It comes from the Latin Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus, which is the Hebrew name Yaakov, Jacob. Genesis explains this name by Jacob's birth: he was holding in his hand the heel of his twin brother, akev in Hebrew (Genesis 25:26).