First names in Hebrew

First name Raquel: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

רחל

Gematria value: 238

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Raquel is written רחל

RecommendedרחלThe original spellingRaquel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Rachel, רחל in Hebrew.Value: 238

רקלAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 330

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Raquel mean?

Meaning: "the ewe"
Origin: Hebrew

Raquel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Rachel, the beloved wife of Jacob and one of the four mothers of the Jewish people. The Hebrew name means “the ewe”: gentleness, and the flock that is gathered and kept.

Gematria

Raquel = 238

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

רthe letter Resh200
חthe letter Chet8
לthe letter Lamed30
Total238

Written רקל (as it sounds in English), Raquel is worth 330.

The verse of the name

From the letter Resh to the letter Lamed

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 Raquel, from ר to ל:

רִיבְךָ רִיב אֶת־רֵעֶךָ וְסוֹד אַחֵר אַל־תְּגָל׃

“Argue your case with your neighbor, but do not reveal another's secret.”

Proverbs 25:9

The book of your first name

Raquel, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Raquel in three answers

How do you write Raquel in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Raquel is written רחל. Raquel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Rachel, רחל in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written רקל.

What is the gematria value of Raquel?
Written רחל, Raquel is worth 238: the letter Resh (200) + the letter Chet (8) + the letter Lamed (30). Written רקל (as it sounds in English), it is worth 330.

What does Raquel mean?
The ewe (origin: Hebrew). Raquel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Rachel, the beloved wife of Jacob and one of the four mothers of the Jewish people. The Hebrew name means “the ewe”: gentleness, and the flock that is gathered and kept.

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).