First names in Hebrew

First name Marta: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

מרתא

Gematria value: 641

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Marta is written מרתא

RecommendedמרתאThe original spellingMarta is the Spanish, Italian and Slavic form of Martha, from the Aramaic marta, מרתא.Value: 641

מרטהAs 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: 254

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 Marta mean?

Meaning: "the lady, the mistress of the house" (Aramaic)
Origin: Aramaic

Marta is the form Martha takes in Spanish, Italian, Polish and the Scandinavian languages. It comes from the Aramaic marta, “the lady, the mistress of the house”, the feminine of mar, “master”, a word that every reader of the Talmud knows: the sages are called Mar, and the tractates are full of them.

Gematria

Marta = 641

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

מthe letter Mem40
רthe letter Resh200
תthe letter Tav400
אthe letter Aleph1
Total641

Written מרטה (as it sounds in English), Marta is worth 254.

The verse of the name

From the letter Mem to the letter Aleph

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 Marta, from מ to א:

מוֹנֶה מִסְפָּר לַכּוֹכָבִים לְכֻלָּם שֵׁמוֹת יִקְרָא׃

“He counts the number of the stars; He calls each of them by name.”

Psalms 147:4

The book of your first name

Marta, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Marta in three answers

How do you write Marta in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Marta is written מרתא. Marta is the Spanish, Italian and Slavic form of Martha, from the Aramaic marta, מרתא. As it sounds in English, it is written מרטה.

What is the gematria value of Marta?
Written מרתא, Marta is worth 641: the letter Mem (40) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Tav (400) + the letter Aleph (1). Written מרטה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 254.

What does Marta mean?
The lady, the mistress of the house" (Aramaic) (origin: Aramaic). Marta is the form Martha takes in Spanish, Italian, Polish and the Scandinavian languages. It comes from the Aramaic marta, “the lady, the mistress of the house”, the feminine of mar, “master”, a word that every reader of the Talmud knows: the sages are called Mar, and the tractates are full of them.

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