Hebrew gematria ยท approximated for Latin script
Name Decoder
In Jewish mystical tradition, every letter has a value. Names that share a total share something deeper โ that's how interpreters read connections between words and people. We map Latin letters to their nearest Hebrew equivalent here for an approximate reading; a sofer would use the real script.
The archetype table (15 traditional values)
- 1Aleph (1). The single breath. The first letter, silent. Beginning before language.
- 18Chai (ืื, 18). Life. The blessing said over wine, the number written on the necklaces of grandmothers.
- 216Gevurah (ืืืืจื, 216). Severity, strength. The discipline that holds the cosmos together.
- 72Chesed (ืืกื, 72). Loving-kindness. The 72 names of God in some traditions.
- 1081Tiphareth (ืชืคืืจืช, 1081). Beauty. The heart of the Tree of Life, between severity and mercy.
- 45Adam (ืืื, 45). The human. The earth-creature. The name shared with the first one.
- 13Echad (ืืื, 13). One โ the unity. Same value as love (ahavah).
- 376Shalom (ืฉืืื, 376). Peace, wholeness, completion.
- 596Yerushalayim (ืืจืืฉืืื, 596). Jerusalem. The city said to be at the center.
- 2Beth (2). The house. The second letter, first letter of the Torah. A roof and a floor.
- 207Or (ืืืจ, 207). Light. The first word God spoke: yehi or โ let there be light.
- 441Emet (ืืืช, 441). Truth. Built from the first, middle, and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 430Nefesh (ื ืคืฉ, 430). The breath-soul, the animal aspect of the soul. The first of the five soul-layers.
- 214Ruach (ืจืื, 214). Spirit, wind, breath. The middle layer of soul.
- 395Neshamah (ื ืฉืื, 395). The higher soul. The breath of God exhaled into the human.