First names in Hebrew

First name Pesach: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

פסח

Gematria value: 148

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Pesach is written פסח

Meaning and origin

What does Pesach mean?

Meaning: "Passover", from pasach, "to pass over, to spare"
Origin: Hebrew

Pesach is the Hebrew name of Passover, the festival of the going out of Egypt, and it has been given as a boy's name for centuries, often to a child born during the festival. The word comes from pasach, “to pass over, to spare”.

Gematria

Pesach = 148

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

• פthe letter Pe80
• סthe letter Samekh60
• חthe letter Chet8
• Total148

The verse of the name

From the letter Pe to the letter Chet

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. No verse without a divine Name runs exactly from פ to ח: we then take the closest letter by sound, here from פ to כ.

פָּנֶיךָ הָאֵר בְּעַבְדֶּךָ וְלַמְּדֵנִי אֶת־חֻקֶּיךָ׃

“Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.”

Psalms 119:135

The book of your first name

Pesach, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Pesach in three answers

How do you write Pesach in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Pesach is written פסח.

What is the gematria value of Pesach?
Written פסח, Pesach is worth 148: the letter Pe (80) + the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Chet (8).

What does Pesach mean?
Passover", from pasach, "to pass over, to spare (origin: Hebrew). Pesach is the Hebrew name of Passover, the festival of the going out of Egypt, and it has been given as a boy's name for centuries, often to a child born during the festival. The word comes from pasach, “to pass over, to spare”.