First names in Hebrew

First name Nehemiah: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

נחמיה

Gematria value: 113

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Nehemiah is written נחמיה

Nehemiah is the English spelling of this Hebrew name, נחמיה.

Meaning and origin

What does Nehemiah mean?

Meaning: "God has comforted"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name is that of Nehemiah. It means “God has comforted”: the root of nechamah, “comfort”, followed by a short form of the divine Name.

Gematria

Nehemiah = 113

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

• נthe letter Nun50
• חthe letter Chet8
• מthe letter Mem40
• יthe letter Yod10
• הthe letter He5
• Total113

The verse of the name

From the letter Nun 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 Nehemiah, from נ to ה:

נְקִי כַפַּיִם וּבַר־לֵבָב אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נָשָׂא לַשָּׁוְא נַפְשִׁי וְלֹא נִשְׁבַּע לְמִרְמָה׃

“One who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.”

Psalms 24:4

The book of your first name

Nehemiah, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Nehemiah in three answers

How do you write Nehemiah in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Nehemiah is written נחמיה. Nehemiah is the English spelling of this Hebrew name, נחמיה.

What is the gematria value of Nehemiah?
Written נחמיה, Nehemiah is worth 113: the letter Nun (50) + the letter Chet (8) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5).

What does Nehemiah mean?
God has comforted (origin: Hebrew). Your name is that of Nehemiah. It means “God has comforted”: the root of nechamah, “comfort”, followed by a short form of the divine Name.