What is Gematria?
Gematria is an old cabbalistic method (Qabalah) of interpreting Scriptures by interchanging words whose letters have the same numerical value when added.
Gematria as a word comes from the Greek Word Geometria which means Geometry (Geo means earth and Metria means measurement). This method was very important in antiquity, especially as concerns the Classical Greece and Judaism. It seems that the Greeks invented the method and the Jews optimized it.
Implementing Gematria in Modern Languages
Greek and Hebrew are the only two languages with which gematria can be fully implemented as a method of reading words as numbers. Theoretically any other language can be used in the same way, including English.
Greek Alphabet Numerical Values
Here is a table with the value of each Greek Letter
|
Greek Letter |
Value |
|
Α α |
1 |
|
Β β |
2 |
|
Γ γ |
3 |
|
Δ δ |
4 |
|
Ε ε |
5 |
|
(ς' |
6 |
|
Ζ ζ |
7 |
|
Η η |
8 |
|
Θ θ |
9 |
|
Ι ι |
10 |
|
Κ κ |
20 |
|
Λ λ |
30 |
|
Μ μ |
40 |
|
Ν ν |
50 |
|
Ξ ξ |
60 |
|
Ο ο |
70 |
|
Π π |
80 |
|
Ρ ρ |
100 |
|
Σ σ ς |
200 |
|
Τ τ |
300 |
|
Υ υ |
400 |
|
Φ φ |
500 |
|
Χ χ |
600 |
|
Ψ ψ |
700 |
|
Ω ω |
800 |
Hebrew Letters Numerical Values
Here is a table with the value of each Hebrew Letter
|
Decimal |
Hebrew |
Glyph |
|
1 |
Aleph |
א |
|
2 |
Bet |
ב |
|
3 |
Gimel |
ג |
|
4 |
Daled |
ד |
|
5 |
He |
ה |
|
6 |
Vav |
ו |
|
7 |
Zayin |
ז |
|
8 |
Het |
ח |
|
9 |
Teth |
ט |
|
10 |
Yud |
י |
|
20 |
Kaph |
כ |
|
30 |
Lamed |
ל |
|
40 |
Mem |
מ |
|
50 |
Nun |
נ |
|
60 |
Samech |
ס |
|
70 |
Ayin |
ע |
|
80 |
Pe |
פ |
|
90 |
Tsade |
צ |
|
100 |
Qoph |
ק |
|
200 |
Reish |
ר |
|
300 |
Shin |
ש |
|
400 |
Taw |
ת |
|
500 |
Kaph |
ך |
|
600 |
Mem |
ם |
|
700 |
Nun |
ן |
|
800 |
Pe |
ף |
|
900 |
Tsade |
ץ |
Numerical Value of Important Hebrew Words
In Hebrew some popular numerical values include:
1) GOD, IHVH, numerical value = 26 (10+5+6+5)
2) Man, (Adam), numerical value of 45
3) The difference between God and Man is 19 (45-26)
4) The same value of 19 can be found by interpreting the word EVE (ChVH). That means that God = Man-Woman
Derivative Numerical Values
1) 2,701: 26 squared (676) plus 45 squared (2025)
2) 163 (the circumference of the circle created within)
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