First names in Hebrew

First name Yehoshua: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יהושע

Gematria value: 391

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Yehoshua is written יהושע

Meaning and origin

What does Yehoshua mean?

Meaning: "God saves"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name means "God saves". The man who bore it was first called Hoshea, "he saves", and it is Moses who gave him his full name before sending him to scout the land (Numbers 13:16). Rashi explains that Moses prayed for him: "may God save you from the scheme of the scouts".

Gematria

Yehoshua = 391

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

• יthe letter Yod10
• הthe letter He5
• וthe letter Vav6
• שthe letter Shin300
• עthe letter Ayin70
• Total391

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter Ayin

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 Yehoshua, from י to ע:

יָחֹס עַל־דַּל וְאֶבְיוֹן וְנַפְשׁוֹת אֶבְיוֹנִים יוֹשִׁיעַ׃

“He will have pity on the poor and the needy, and he will save the lives of the needy.”

Psalms 72:13

The book of your first name

Yehoshua, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Yehoshua in three answers

How do you write Yehoshua in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Yehoshua is written יהושע.

What is the gematria value of Yehoshua?
Written יהושע, Yehoshua is worth 391: the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter Ayin (70).

What does Yehoshua mean?
God saves (origin: Hebrew). Your name means "God saves". The man who bore it was first called Hoshea, "he saves", and it is Moses who gave him his full name before sending him to scout the land (Numbers 13:16). Rashi explains that Moses prayed for him: "may God save you from the scheme of the scouts".