First names in Hebrew

First name Kohath: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

קהת

Gematria value: 505

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Kohath is written קהת

Kohath is the English Bible form of Kehat, קהת in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Kohath mean?

Meaning: origin disputed; linked to "gathering"
Origin: Hebrew

Kehat is Levi's second son (Genesis 46:11) and the grandfather of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:18-20). Its meaning is disputed; it is linked to a rare word in Jacob's blessing, yikhat, understood as "gathering" or "the obedience of peoples" (Genesis 49:10).

Gematria

Kohath = 505

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. קהת has 3 letters:

• קthe letter Kuf100
• הthe letter He5
• תthe letter Tav400
• Total505

The verse of the name

From the letter Kuf to the letter Tav

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 Kohath, from ק to ת:

קָטֹנְתִּי מִכֹּל הַחֲסָדִים וּמִכׇּל־הָאֱמֶת אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ אֶת־עַבְדֶּךָ כִּי בְמַקְלִי עָבַרְתִּי אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה וְעַתָּה הָיִיתִי לִשְׁנֵי מַחֲנוֹת׃

“I am too small for all the kindness and all the faithfulness You have shown Your servant: with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.”

Genesis 32:11

The book of your first name

Kohath, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Kohath in three answers

How do you write Kohath in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Kohath is written קהת. Kohath is the English Bible form of Kehat, קהת in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Kohath?
Written קהת, Kohath is worth 505: the letter Kuf (100) + the letter He (5) + the letter Tav (400).

What does Kohath mean?
Origin disputed; linked to "gathering (origin: Hebrew). Kehat is Levi's second son (Genesis 46:11) and the grandfather of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:18-20). Its meaning is disputed; it is linked to a rare word in Jacob's blessing, yikhat, understood as "gathering" or "the obedience of peoples" (Genesis 49:10).