First names in Hebrew

First name Moses: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

משה

Gematria value: 345

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Moses is written משה

Moses is the English form of Moshe, משה in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Moses mean?

Meaning: "drawn from the water"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name is Moshe, Moses in English. It was given to him by Pharaoh's daughter, who found him in a basket on the Nile: “for I drew him out of the water” (Exodus 2:10). Your name comes from the verb mashah, “to draw out of the water”.

Gematria

Moses = 345

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. משה has 3 letters:

• מthe letter Mem40
• שthe letter Shin300
• הthe letter He5
• Total345

The verse of the name

From the letter Mem to the letter He

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 Moses, from מ to ה:

מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים דִּבְרֵי פִי־אִישׁ נַחַל נֹבֵעַ מְקוֹר חׇכְמָה׃

“The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the source of wisdom is a flowing stream.”

Proverbs 18:4

The book of your first name

Moses, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Moses in three answers

How do you write Moses in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Moses is written משה. Moses is the English form of Moshe, משה in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Moses?
Written משה, Moses is worth 345: the letter Mem (40) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter He (5).

What does Moses mean?
Drawn from the water (origin: Hebrew). Your name is Moshe, Moses in English. It was given to him by Pharaoh's daughter, who found him in a basket on the Nile: “for I drew him out of the water” (Exodus 2:10). Your name comes from the verb mashah, “to draw out of the water”.