First names in Hebrew

First name Josue: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יהושע

Gematria value: 391

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Josue is written יהושע

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 Josue mean?

Meaning: "God saves"
Origin: Hebrew

Josué is the Spanish and French form of Joshua, the servant of Moses who succeeded him and brought the people into the land. The Hebrew name means “God saves”; Moses gave it to him by changing his first name, Hoshea (Numbers 13:16). The Talmud explains: Moses prayed for him, “May God save you from the plan of the spies” (Sotah 34b).

Gematria

Josue = 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 חוסואה (as it sounds in English), Josue is worth 86.

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 Josue, 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

Josue, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Josue in three answers

How do you write Josue in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Josue is written יהושע. Josue is the Spanish and French form of Joshua, יהושע in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written חוסואה.

What is the gematria value of Josue?
Written יהושע, Josue is worth 391: the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter Ayin (70). Written חוסואה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 86.

What does Josue mean?
God saves (origin: Hebrew). Josué is the Spanish and French form of Joshua, the servant of Moses who succeeded him and brought the people into the land. The Hebrew name means “God saves”; Moses gave it to him by changing his first name, Hoshea (Numbers 13:16). The Talmud explains: Moses prayed for him, “May God save you from the plan of the spies” (Sotah 34b).