First names in Hebrew

First name Jamie: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יעקב

Gematria value: 182

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jamie is written יעקב

RecommendedיעקבThe original spellingJamie is a Scottish pet form of James, the English form of Jacob, יעקב in Hebrew.Value: 182

ג׳יימיAs 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: 73

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 Jamie 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

Jamie = 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׳יימי (as it sounds in English), Jamie is worth 73.

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 Jamie, 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

Jamie, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Jamie in three answers

How do you write Jamie in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jamie is written יעקב. Jamie is a Scottish pet form of James, the English form of Jacob, יעקב in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳יימי.

What is the gematria value of Jamie?
Written יעקב, Jamie is worth 182: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Bet (2). Written ג׳יימי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 73.

What does Jamie 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.

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