First names in Hebrew

First name Jameson: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יעקב

Gematria value: 182

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jameson 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 Jameson mean?

Meaning: "he holds the heel" (English form of Jacob)
Origin: Hebrew

James is the English form of Jacob. It comes from the Latin Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus, which is the Hebrew name Yaakov. The Torah explains the name by Jacob's birth: he came out holding the heel, akev in Hebrew, of his twin brother (Genesis 25:26). Kings of England and Scotland bore it, and it has been among the most given names in America for a century.

Gematria

Jameson = 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׳יימסון (as it sounds in English), Jameson is worth 179.

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 Jameson, 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

Jameson, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Jameson in three answers

How do you write Jameson in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jameson is written יעקב. Jameson means "son of James", and James is the English form of Jacob, יעקב in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳יימסון.

What is the gematria value of Jameson?
Written יעקב, Jameson is worth 182: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Bet (2). Written ג׳יימסון (as it sounds in English), it is worth 179.

What does Jameson mean?
He holds the heel" (English form of Jacob) (origin: Hebrew). James is the English form of Jacob. It comes from the Latin Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus, which is the Hebrew name Yaakov. The Torah explains the name by Jacob's birth: he came out holding the heel, akev in Hebrew, of his twin brother (Genesis 25:26). Kings of England and Scotland bore it, and it has been among the most given names in America for a century.