First names in Hebrew

First name Tzipporah: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

צפורה

Gematria value: 381

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Tzipporah is written צפורה

Meaning and origin

What does Tzipporah mean?

Meaning: "bird"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name means "bird": tzipor is a bird, and tzipporah is the bird in the feminine. It is pronounced "Tzi-po-rah", with the "ts" sound of the letter Tsadi, which English Bibles softened to "Zipporah".

Gematria

Tzipporah = 381

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

• צthe letter Tzadi90
• פthe letter Pe80
• וthe letter Vav6
• רthe letter Resh200
• הthe letter He5
• Total381

The verse of the name

From the letter Tzadi 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 Tzipporah, from צ to ה:

צַדִּיק כַּתָּמָר יִפְרָח כְּאֶרֶז בַּלְּבָנוֹן יִשְׂגֶּה׃

“The righteous will flourish like the palm tree; he will grow tall like a cedar in Lebanon.”

Psalms 92:13

The book of your first name

Tzipporah, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Tzipporah in three answers

How do you write Tzipporah in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Tzipporah is written צפורה.

What is the gematria value of Tzipporah?
Written צפורה, Tzipporah is worth 381: the letter Tzadi (90) + the letter Pe (80) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter He (5).

What does Tzipporah mean?
Bird (origin: Hebrew). Your name means "bird": tzipor is a bird, and tzipporah is the bird in the feminine. It is pronounced "Tzi-po-rah", with the "ts" sound of the letter Tsadi, which English Bibles softened to "Zipporah".