A universal system was used where the letters of the arabic, hebrew, aramaic, and greek alphabets were used as numerals. Numerical values of words free hebrew and greek bible lessons. Gematria is the calculation of the numerical equivalence of letters, words, or phrases, and, on that basis, gaining, insight into interrelation of different concepts and exploring the interrelationship between words and ideas. You can view our gematria database statistics for english gematrica calculations, for jewish gematria calculation and for simple gematria calculations. The hebrew numeric system operates on the additive principle in which the numeric values of the letters are added together to form the total. The hebrew alphabet consists of 22 2x11 letters with 5 finals added to make up three series of 9. The bible starts in the hebrew text with 7 words from 2x14 28 4x7 letters, the sum of which gives 2701 37x732701. The first four words of verse 7 have a value of 251 plus 448 plus 49 plus 251. A worksheet that should take about 15 to 20 minutes in a hebrew school setting. Hebrew letters are sometimes used to express numbers. The mem has a value of 40, and beit has value of 2 adding up to the number forty two.
The number assigned to each letter is its gematrical value. There are 121 hebrew letters in the words of the two verses. On the screen are the words of these three verses in the original hebrew see pdf. Hebrew and greek alphabet and numerical values divisions. In the first verse the hebrew numeric value of the first and last letters of all seven words is 93 7 x 199. The numeric value of the first and last letters of the first and last words is 497, which is divisible by seven. When you have numbers over, you use the thousands letter as a digit. English, hebrew and simple gematria calculator values. In addition, the presence of a dagesh a dot placed within a letter to add emphasis can. The system of hebrew numerals is a quasidecimal alphabetic numeral system using the letters. This is another reference post to help with bible study, symbolism, dream interpretation, etc.
The number of letters in the second object is seven. Oct 18, 2015 in hebrew, each letter possesses a numerical value. It consists of 22 letters, all consonants, none of which are lowercase. Numerical values of words free hebrew and greek bible. For example 18 is the numerical value of chai meaning life so donations to jewish charities are routinely made in denominations of 18. As stated elsewhere, each letter of the hebrew alphabet contains three dimensions. Hebrew alphabet numerical values hebrew alphabet, learn. Letters of the hebrew alphabet are used to represent numbers in a few traditional. Pdf the genetic code of the hebrew alphabet researchgate. The meaning of the spiritual number 25 is forgiveness of sins.
In hebrew, each letter possesses a numerical value. In the first sentence of the bible, the 3 hebrew words god. Numeric patterns in the original hebrew and greek in the bible. The number 11 could be written as yodalef, alefyod, hehvav, daletdaletgimmel or many other combinations of letters. The first 10 letters aleph to yud each correspond to a number, one through ten. The rabbis picture qof as eye of needle and in the early hebrew pictograph it looks like thread pulling through the eye of a needle. The first 10 letters consonants actually have the values 110. Each letter is a symbol, full of many inner meanings, from literal straightforward meaning, to deeper spiritual meaning. Secrets of the hebrew letters accompanying notes the living word. In hebrew the character qof is used to represent the number 100.
In hebrew, however, 11 is indicated by the combination of the letters. If jesus said that even these small marks are significant, then every word in the holy scriptures is importantincluding biblical numbers. Blood was sprinkled on the mercy seat seven times on yom kippur. The gamatric values can give you the numerical value by the letters and can be the base for the numerology calculations for underdog projects 2010, just for fun. The letters of the hebrew alefbet have numerical values. Numeric values of hebrew letters hebrew for christians. For example, 1561 would start out with aleph which is 1. In hebrew, there are both cardinal and ordinal numbers.
If the hebrew letters only go to 400, how can you look for higher number in the bible code, like the year 1998 5758. The greek and hebrew alphabets with numeric equivalents. The greek word for jesus ihsouv has a mathematical. In the traditional form, the hebrew alphabet is an abjad consisting only of consonants, written from right to left. If the number were 3561, then the first letter would be gimel which is the 3. The numerical gematrical values of the arabic alphabet are shown in table below. A single word can yield multiple values depending on the cipher used gematria originated as an assyrobabyloniangreek system of alphanumeric code or. Since there were no special characters for numbers in hebrew and greek at that time, each letter of the alphabet was assigned a special numerical value nv. The first letter aleph aaaa was given numerical value 1, second letter beth bbbb given numerical value 2, the third letter gimel ggg given numerical value 3, etc and the last letter taw tttt has numerical value 400.
Numerology and the number seven 7 learn biblical hebrew. Then an example is given for a hebrew name and its value. These are integrated in this book together with a number. It has 22 letters, five of which use different forms at the end of a word. Gematria numerical values free hebrew and greek bible lessons. Cardinal numbers are used for counting one, two, three, etc.
Because the hebrew letters have numbers, each hebrew word has a numerical value. In the talmudic tradition, this means that words with the same numerical value have a common root, or association, and also that various calculations can be performed to understand more deeply the meanings of words and phrases. The value number of hebrew letters the hebrew counting system, each letter in the hebrew alphabet has a numerical value assigned to it. Gematria numerical values free hebrew and greek bible. Often the year is written with an implied addition of 5,000. Gematriahebrew math using hebrew letters to give numeric. In addition to having masculine and feminine forms, cardinal numbers occur in both the absolute and construct states. You can search your name or any other phrase and the online gematria calculator will calculate the gimatria value not only in english but also in hebrew gematria, jewish gematria and the simple gematria method. Because every letter of the alphabet has a numerical value, every word also has a numerical value. The full value of a hebrew or greek letter or word is the sum of its numeric and place values. Bet c c a 2 vet c c a 2 in modern times, the following letter is.
The three leading words in this verse of seven words are god, the subject, and heavens and earth, the objects. In hebrew, the combined letters in the names of the 3 patriarchs abraham, isaac, and jacob reduce to. For example, the roman numeral 11 is formed by combining 1 and 1 who together form a symbol for 11. To avoid confusion with words, letters meant as numbers are sometimes marked with geresh single quote mark if a single letter is used, or gerashayim double quote mark if more than. After the destruction of the first temple in ancient israel the use of. The promised land numeric patterns in the hebrew bible.
The number of letters in these three hebrew words is exactly fourteen or two sevens. When a word in greek, for example, is written out, it has a mathematical value. Each of the zz hebrew letters are multdimensional each letter is a word. Has a different form and numeric value same meaning though when it is the last letter of the word quoff sofeet 5 of the letters have a different form when used at the end of the word. This system dates back to temple times, when the rules for the hebrew calendar system were established, and when our sages used gematria or hebrew letter numerical values to glean important insights or.
If the numerical values of all 22 letters of the hebrew alphabet are added together, the total value is 1495. The hebrew meaning, the christian meaning, and the spiritual number meaning all agree. About 200 bc the letters of the hebrew alphabet were given numerical values. Ordinal numbers are used to indicate position in a series first, second, third, etc. The first verse of the bible has seven hebrew words with twentyeight 4. We get the name of jesus from the greek of the new testament. Jan 18, 20 the letters of the hebrew alefbet have numerical values. The number of letters in the first object is exactly seven. The order of the letters is irrelevant to their value. So, for example, the year 5763 is written as 763 rather than 5763. Mathematically, this type of system requires 27 letters 19, 1090, 100900. In fact, the greeks and romans used flat river pebbles marked with letters as calculating stones. And like these egyptian glyphs that has developed into hebrew.
There is an entire discipline of jewish mysticism known as gematria that is devoted to finding hidden meanings in the numerical values of words. Numerics in the new testament every passage in every book in the new testament, examined in the original language of greek, has multiple constructs of seven. The hebrew alphabet, the holy language of the bible, is used for biblical hebrew, modern hebrew, jewish aramaic, yiddish, and ladino. Even shoshans hebrew dictionary and a universal history of numbers by georges ifrah prescribe two dots above the letters to represent thousands, but i have never seen this usage in print and i doubt if it would be widely understood unless the context made it very clear. Related articles can be found on the misparim page. Hebrew alephbet and letter as numbers codes in the bible. There is a jewish discipline known as gematria devoted to finding hidden meanings in the numerical values of words. The bgad kfaht ztm cba letters name printed block script numeric value comment in modern times, the distinction in pronunciation between the two forms of this letter is retained. Numbers over 10 are formed by combining letters, whose numerical equivalents are added together, rather than used symbolically. Hebrew alphabet, 22 letters, numerical value, gematria, old testament bible ot. For example, aleph stands for 1, bet for 2, and so on. Each letter in the hebrew alphabet or alephbet has a numerical value. Understanding the letters provides essential insight into the deeper meanings of the torah or the bible. The number values for each character are shown in the table below.
Apply the numeric value of each letter and we come up with a value for each word. As is common knowledge amongst most scholars of the biblical. When a hebrew year is written using letters, you simply add the values of the letters. The cursive letters are used when people write letters or take notes in a class. You can check any number and see more parallel results for this number gematronic value. The next nine letters khaf to kuf represent 20 through 100, and the final three letters raysh, shin and tav are from 200 to 400. The meaning is message 4 of forgiveness of sins 25. Spiritual meanings of the hebrew alphabet letters walking. After studying the letters in depth it is not uncommon for many people to. Because of this system of assigning numerical values to letters, every word has a numerical value.
Please send me s weekly magazine and periodic emails. Then the yod has a value of 10 and the alef a value of 1, adding up to the eleven. Every letter of the hebrew alphabet has a numeric value. However, religious or biblical text, and calendars in hebrew will use the traditional form which uses hebrew letters as numeric values. The name of the antichrist and the number 666 structure. First a table to fill in the blank, either with a numeric number value or the letter that corresponds to that number. Gematria explanations english, hebrew and simple gematria. Learn about the hebrew alphabet and its rich history. Gematria numerical value in hebrew every letter has a numerical value. The hebrew letters and their numeric values the ties. Both greek and hebrew have only one set of characters used for both words and numbers. New testament greek verifying the original greek text of.
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