First names in Hebrew

First name Mechel: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

מיכאל

Gematria value: 101

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Mechel is written מיכאל

RecommendedמיכאלThe original spellingMechel is the Yiddish form of Michael, מיכאל in Hebrew.Value: 101

מעכלAs 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: 160

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 Mechel mean?

Meaning: "Who is like God?"
Origin: Hebrew

Mechel is the Yiddish form of Michael, as it was pronounced among the Jews of Eastern Europe, and it is still given in Hasidic families. Michael is a Hebrew name that is not a statement but a question: “Who is like God?”

Gematria

Mechel = 101

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. מיכאל has 5 letters:

מthe letter Mem40
יthe letter Yod10
כthe letter Kaf20
אthe letter Aleph1
לthe letter Lamed30
Total101

Written מעכל (as it sounds in English), Mechel is worth 160.

The verse of the name

From the letter Mem to the letter Lamed

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 Mechel, from מ to ל:

מַה־טֹּבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

“How good are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel!”

Numbers 24:5

The book of your first name

Mechel, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Mechel in three answers

How do you write Mechel in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Mechel is written מיכאל. Mechel is the Yiddish form of Michael, מיכאל in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written מעכל.

What is the gematria value of Mechel?
Written מיכאל, Mechel is worth 101: the letter Mem (40) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Kaf (20) + the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30). Written מעכל (as it sounds in English), it is worth 160.

What does Mechel mean?
Who is like God? (origin: Hebrew). Mechel is the Yiddish form of Michael, as it was pronounced among the Jews of Eastern Europe, and it is still given in Hasidic families. Michael is a Hebrew name that is not a statement but a question: “Who is like God?”

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