First names in Hebrew

First name Rivky: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

רבקה

Gematria value: 307

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Rivky is written רבקה

RecommendedרבקהThe original spellingRivky is a pet form of Rebecca, Rivka, רבקה in Hebrew.Value: 307

ריבקיAs 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: 322

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 Rivky mean?

Meaning: pet form of Rebecca, Rivka (meaning debated)
Origin: Hebrew

Rivky is the pet form of Rivka used every day in Orthodox families. Rivka, Rebecca in English, is the second of the mothers of the Jewish people, the wife of Isaac; the meaning of her name is debated, and it is most often linked to a root meaning “to bind, to tie”.

Gematria

Rivky = 307

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

רthe letter Resh200
בthe letter Bet2
קthe letter Kuf100
הthe letter He5
Total307

Written ריבקי (as it sounds in English), Rivky is worth 322.

The verse of the name

From the letter Resh 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 Rivky, from ר to ה:

רוּחַ־אִישׁ יְכַלְכֵּל מַחֲלֵהוּ וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה מִי יִשָּׂאֶנָּה׃

“A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear it?”

Proverbs 18:14

The book of your first name

Rivky, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Rivky in three answers

How do you write Rivky in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Rivky is written רבקה. Rivky is a pet form of Rebecca, Rivka, רבקה in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written ריבקי.

What is the gematria value of Rivky?
Written רבקה, Rivky is worth 307: the letter Resh (200) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter He (5). Written ריבקי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 322.

What does Rivky mean?
Pet form of Rebecca, Rivka (meaning debated) (origin: Hebrew). Rivky is the pet form of Rivka used every day in Orthodox families. Rivka, Rebecca in English, is the second of the mothers of the Jewish people, the wife of Isaac; the meaning of her name is debated, and it is most often linked to a root meaning “to bind, to tie”.

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