First names in Hebrew

First name Leizer: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אליעזר

Gematria value: 318

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Leizer is written אליעזר

RecommendedאליעזרThe original spellingLeizer is a Yiddish short form of Eliezer, אליעזר in Hebrew.Value: 318

לייזערAs 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: 327

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 Leizer mean?

Meaning: short form of Eliezer, "my God is my help"
Origin: Hebrew

Leizer is the Yiddish short form of Eliezer, still heard in Hasidic families. Eliezer means “my God is my help”: Moses gave the name to his second son, “for the God of my father was my help” (Exodus 18:4).

Gematria

Leizer = 318

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אליעזר has 6 letters:

אthe letter Aleph1
לthe letter Lamed30
יthe letter Yod10
עthe letter Ayin70
זthe letter Zayin7
רthe letter Resh200
Total318

Written לייזער (as it sounds in English), Leizer is worth 327.

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter Resh

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 Leizer, from א to ר:

אָחִישָׁה מִפְלָט לִי מֵרוּחַ סֹעָה מִסָּעַר׃

“I would hurry to find myself a shelter from the raging wind and the storm.”

Psalms 55:9

The book of your first name

Leizer, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Leizer in three answers

How do you write Leizer in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Leizer is written אליעזר. Leizer is a Yiddish short form of Eliezer, אליעזר in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written לייזער.

What is the gematria value of Leizer?
Written אליעזר, Leizer is worth 318: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Zayin (7) + the letter Resh (200). Written לייזער (as it sounds in English), it is worth 327.

What does Leizer mean?
Short form of Eliezer, "my God is my help (origin: Hebrew). Leizer is the Yiddish short form of Eliezer, still heard in Hasidic families. Eliezer means “my God is my help”: Moses gave the name to his second son, “for the God of my father was my help” (Exodus 18:4).

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