First names in Hebrew

First name Pedaiah: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

פדיה

Gematria value: 99

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Pedaiah is written פדיה

Pedaiah is the English spelling of this Hebrew name, פדיה.

Meaning and origin

What does Pedaiah mean?

Meaning: "God has redeemed"
Origin: Hebrew

Pedaiah is a Hebrew name from the Bible. It comes from padah, “to redeem, to deliver”, the verb of pidyon haben, the redemption of the firstborn (Numbers 18:15-16), followed by a short form of the divine Name: “God has redeemed”.

Gematria

Pedaiah = 99

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

• פthe letter Pe80
• דthe letter Dalet4
• יthe letter Yod10
• הthe letter He5
• Total99

The verse of the name

From the letter Pe 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 Pedaiah, from פ to ה:

פָּרַשׂ עָנָן לְמָסָךְ וְאֵשׁ לְהָאִיר לָיְלָה׃

“He spread a cloud as a covering, and fire to give light by night.”

Psalms 105:39

The book of your first name

Pedaiah, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Pedaiah in three answers

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

What is the gematria value of Pedaiah?
Written פדיה, Pedaiah is worth 99: the letter Pe (80) + the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5).

What does Pedaiah mean?
God has redeemed (origin: Hebrew). Pedaiah is a Hebrew name from the Bible. It comes from padah, “to redeem, to deliver”, the verb of pidyon haben, the redemption of the firstborn (Numbers 18:15-16), followed by a short form of the divine Name: “God has redeemed”.