First names in Hebrew

First name Yemima: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ימימה

Gematria value: 105

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Yemima is written ימימה

Meaning and origin

What does Yemima mean?

Meaning: origin debated: "dove", or "like the day"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name is that of Job's eldest daughter. Its meaning is debated: it is most often linked to a word meaning "dove", close to the Arabic yamama; the Talmud reads in it yom, "day", and says she was called so because her face was as bright as the day (Bava Batra 16b).

Gematria

Yemima = 105

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

• יthe letter Yod10
• מthe letter Mem40
• יthe letter Yod10
• מthe letter Mem40
• הthe letter He5
• Total105

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod 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 Yemima, from י to ה:

יִשְׂאוּ הָרִים שָׁלוֹם לָעָם וּגְבָעוֹת בִּצְדָקָה׃

“May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills, righteousness.”

Psalms 72:3

The book of your first name

Yemima, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Yemima in three answers

How do you write Yemima in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Yemima is written ימימה.

What is the gematria value of Yemima?
Written ימימה, Yemima is worth 105: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter He (5).

What does Yemima mean?
Origin debated: "dove", or "like the day (origin: Hebrew). Your name is that of Job's eldest daughter. Its meaning is debated: it is most often linked to a word meaning "dove", close to the Arabic yamama; the Talmud reads in it yom, "day", and says she was called so because her face was as bright as the day (Bava Batra 16b).