First names in Hebrew

First name Josh: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יהושע

Gematria value: 391

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Josh is written יהושע

RecommendedיהושעThe original spellingJosh is the short form of Joshua, יהושע in Hebrew.Value: 391

ג׳ושAs 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: 309

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 Josh mean?

Meaning: short form of Joshua, "God saves"
Origin: Hebrew

Josh is the short form of Joshua, the faithful student of Moses who brought the people into the land. Joshua is a Hebrew name meaning “God saves”; Moses gave it to him by adding a letter to his first name, Hoshea (Numbers 13:16).

Gematria

Josh = 391

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. יהושע has 5 letters:

יthe letter Yod10
הthe letter He5
וthe letter Vav6
שthe letter Shin300
עthe letter Ayin70
Total391

Written ג׳וש (as it sounds in English), Josh is worth 309.

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter Ayin

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 Josh, from י to ע:

יָחֹס עַל־דַּל וְאֶבְיוֹן וְנַפְשׁוֹת אֶבְיוֹנִים יוֹשִׁיעַ׃

“He will have pity on the poor and the needy, and he will save the lives of the needy.”

Psalms 72:13

The book of your first name

Josh, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Josh in three answers

How do you write Josh in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Josh is written יהושע. Josh is the short form of Joshua, יהושע in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ג׳וש.

What is the gematria value of Josh?
Written יהושע, Josh is worth 391: the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter Ayin (70). Written ג׳וש (as it sounds in English), it is worth 309.

What does Josh mean?
Short form of Joshua, "God saves (origin: Hebrew). Josh is the short form of Joshua, the faithful student of Moses who brought the people into the land. Joshua is a Hebrew name meaning “God saves”; Moses gave it to him by adding a letter to his first name, Hoshea (Numbers 13:16).

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