First names in Hebrew

First name Shmiel: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

שמואל

Gematria value: 377

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Shmiel is written שמואל

RecommendedשמואלThe original spellingShmiel is a Yiddish pronunciation of Shmuel, Samuel, שמואל in Hebrew.Value: 377

שמילAs 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: 380

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 Shmiel mean?

Meaning: pet form of Shmuel, "asked of God"
Origin: Hebrew

Shmiel is the way Shmuel was pronounced in the Yiddish of Poland and Galicia, still heard in Hasidic families. Shmuel, Samuel in English, is the prophet born of his mother Hannah's prayer: “For I asked him of God” (1 Samuel 1:20).

Gematria

Shmiel = 377

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. שמואל has 5 letters:

שthe letter Shin300
מthe letter Mem40
וthe letter Vav6
אthe letter Aleph1
לthe letter Lamed30
Total377

Written שמיל (as it sounds in English), Shmiel is worth 380.

The verse of the name

From the letter Shin 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 Shmiel, from ש to ל:

שָׁלוֹם רָב לְאֹהֲבֵי תוֹרָתֶךָ וְאֵין־לָמוֹ מִכְשׁוֹל׃

“Great peace to those who love Your teaching; for them there is no stumbling block.”

Psalms 119:165

The book of your first name

Shmiel, in nine pages

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

Read the book of your first name — $14.90

Frequently asked

Shmiel in three answers

How do you write Shmiel in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Shmiel is written שמואל. Shmiel is a Yiddish pronunciation of Shmuel, Samuel, שמואל in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written שמיל.

What is the gematria value of Shmiel?
Written שמואל, Shmiel is worth 377: the letter Shin (300) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30). Written שמיל (as it sounds in English), it is worth 380.

What does Shmiel mean?
Pet form of Shmuel, "asked of God (origin: Hebrew). Shmiel is the way Shmuel was pronounced in the Yiddish of Poland and Galicia, still heard in Hasidic families. Shmuel, Samuel in English, is the prophet born of his mother Hannah's prayer: “For I asked him of God” (1 Samuel 1:20).

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