First names in Hebrew

First name Kohelet: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

קהלת

Gematria value: 535

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Kohelet is written קהלת

Meaning and origin

What does Kohelet mean?

Meaning: "the one who gathers"
Origin: Hebrew

Kohelet is the Hebrew name of the author of Ecclesiastes, whom tradition identifies with King Solomon. It comes from kahal, "assembly": Kohelet is "the one who gathers", or the one who speaks before the assembly. The word has a feminine form, even though it refers to a man.

Gematria

Kohelet = 535

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

• קthe letter Kuf100
• הthe letter He5
• לthe letter Lamed30
• תthe letter Tav400
• Total535

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 Kohelet, 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

Kohelet, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Kohelet in three answers

How do you write Kohelet in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Kohelet is written קהלת.

What is the gematria value of Kohelet?
Written קהלת, Kohelet is worth 535: the letter Kuf (100) + the letter He (5) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Tav (400).

What does Kohelet mean?
The one who gathers (origin: Hebrew). Kohelet is the Hebrew name of the author of Ecclesiastes, whom tradition identifies with King Solomon. It comes from kahal, "assembly": Kohelet is "the one who gathers", or the one who speaks before the assembly. The word has a feminine form, even though it refers to a man.