First names in Hebrew

First name Jose: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יוסף

Gematria value: 156

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jose is written יוסף

RecommendedיוסףThe original spellingJose is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Joseph, Yosef, יוסף in Hebrew.Value: 156

חוסהAs 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: 79

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 Jose mean?

Meaning: "He will add"
Origin: Hebrew

José is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Joseph, one of the most given names in the Spanish-speaking world. Joseph is the Hebrew Yosef, “He will add”: his mother Rachel names him praying, “May God add to me another son” (Genesis 30:24).

Gematria

Jose = 156

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

יthe letter Yod10
וthe letter Vav6
סthe letter Samekh60
ףthe letter final Pe80
Total156

Written חוסה (as it sounds in English), Jose is worth 79.

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter final Pe

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 Jose, from י to ף:

יֵעָזְבוּ יַחְדָּו לְעֵיט הָרִים וּלְבֶהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ וְקָץ עָלָיו הָעַיִט וְכׇל־בֶּהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ עָלָיו תֶּחֱרָף׃

“They will be left together for the birds of prey of the mountains and for the beasts of the earth; the birds will summer on them, and all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.”

Isaiah 18:6

The book of your first name

Jose, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Jose in three answers

How do you write Jose in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jose is written יוסף. Jose is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Joseph, Yosef, יוסף in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written חוסה.

What is the gematria value of Jose?
Written יוסף, Jose is worth 156: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Samekh (60) + the letter final Pe (80). Written חוסה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 79.

What does Jose mean?
He will add (origin: Hebrew). José is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Joseph, one of the most given names in the Spanish-speaking world. Joseph is the Hebrew Yosef, “He will add”: his mother Rachel names him praying, “May God add to me another son” (Genesis 30:24).

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