First names in Hebrew

First name Libby: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אלישבע

Gematria value: 413

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Libby is written אלישבע

RecommendedאלישבעThe original spellingLibby is an English pet form of Elizabeth, Elisheva, אלישבע in Hebrew.Value: 413

ליביAs 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: 52

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 Libby mean?

Meaning: pet form of Elizabeth, "God is my oath"
Origin: Hebrew

Libby is an English pet form of Elizabeth, taken from its middle syllable. In Jewish families it also echoes the Yiddish name Libe, “love”. Elizabeth is the Hebrew Elisheva, “God is my oath”, the name of the wife of Aaron, the first High Priest.

Gematria

Libby = 413

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

אthe letter Aleph1
לthe letter Lamed30
יthe letter Yod10
שthe letter Shin300
בthe letter Bet2
עthe letter Ayin70
Total413

Written ליבי (as it sounds in English), Libby is worth 52.

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph 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 Libby, from א to ע:

אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ אֵלֵךְ וַהֲדוּרִים אֲיַשֵּׁר דַּלְתוֹת נְחוּשָׁה אֲשַׁבֵּר וּבְרִיחֵי בַרְזֶל אֲגַדֵּעַ׃

“I will go before you and level the steep places; I will shatter doors of bronze and cut through bars of iron.”

Isaiah 45:2

The book of your first name

Libby, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Libby in three answers

How do you write Libby in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Libby is written אלישבע. Libby is an English pet form of Elizabeth, Elisheva, אלישבע in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ליבי.

What is the gematria value of Libby?
Written אלישבע, Libby is worth 413: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Ayin (70). Written ליבי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 52.

What does Libby mean?
Pet form of Elizabeth, "God is my oath (origin: Hebrew). Libby is an English pet form of Elizabeth, taken from its middle syllable. In Jewish families it also echoes the Yiddish name Libe, “love”. Elizabeth is the Hebrew Elisheva, “God is my oath”, the name of the wife of Aaron, the first High Priest.

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