First names in Hebrew

First name Nochum: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

נחום

Gematria value: 104

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Nochum is written נחום

Nochum is the Ashkenazi pronunciation of Nachum, נחום in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Nochum mean?

Meaning: "comforted"
Origin: Hebrew

Nochum is the way Nachum is pronounced in Ashkenazi and Orthodox families: the same name, the same letters. Nachum means “comforted”, from the same root as nechamah, “comfort”.

Gematria

Nochum = 104

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

• נthe letter Nun50
• חthe letter Chet8
• וthe letter Vav6
• םthe letter final Mem40
• Total104

The verse of the name

From the letter Nun to the letter final Mem

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 Nochum, from נ to ם:

נַעַר הָיִיתִי גַּם־זָקַנְתִּי וְלֹא־רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק נֶעֱזָב וְזַרְעוֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ־לָחֶם׃

“I was young, and now I have grown old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.”

Psalms 37:25

The book of your first name

Nochum, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Nochum in three answers

How do you write Nochum in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Nochum is written נחום. Nochum is the Ashkenazi pronunciation of Nachum, נחום in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Nochum?
Written נחום, Nochum is worth 104: the letter Nun (50) + the letter Chet (8) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter final Mem (40).

What does Nochum mean?
Comforted (origin: Hebrew). Nochum is the way Nachum is pronounced in Ashkenazi and Orthodox families: the same name, the same letters. Nachum means “comforted”, from the same root as nechamah, “comfort”.