First names in Hebrew

First name Yom-Tov: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יום טוב

Gematria value: 73

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Yom-Tov is written יום טוב

Meaning and origin

What does Yom-Tov mean?

Meaning: "good day, festival"
Origin: Hebrew

Yom Tov is a Hebrew expression: “good day”, the word Jews use for a festival. As a name, it was given to boys born on a festival day, and it is still given in Orthodox families. Great rabbis bore it, such as Rabbi Yom Tov Lipmann Heller (1579-1654), author of the Tosafot Yom Tov on the Mishnah.

Gematria

Yom-Tov = 73

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. יום טוב has 6 letters:

• יthe letter Yod10
• וthe letter Vav6
• מthe letter Mem40
• טthe letter Tet9
• וthe letter Vav6
• בthe letter Bet2
• Total73

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter Bet

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 Yom-Tov, from י to ב:

יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר לִקְחִי תִּזַּל כַּטַּל אִמְרָתִי כִּשְׂעִירִם עֲלֵי־דֶשֶׁא וְכִרְבִיבִים עֲלֵי־עֵשֶׂב׃

“May my teaching fall like rain, may my word come down like dew, like showers on young grass, like droplets on green plants.”

Deuteronomy 32:2

The book of your first name

Yom-Tov, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Yom-Tov in three answers

How do you write Yom-Tov in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Yom-Tov is written יום טוב.

What is the gematria value of Yom-Tov?
Written יום טוב, Yom-Tov is worth 73: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter Tet (9) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Bet (2).

What does Yom-Tov mean?
Good day, festival (origin: Hebrew). Yom Tov is a Hebrew expression: “good day”, the word Jews use for a festival. As a name, it was given to boys born on a festival day, and it is still given in Orthodox families. Great rabbis bore it, such as Rabbi Yom Tov Lipmann Heller (1579-1654), author of the Tosafot Yom Tov on the Mishnah.