700 |
Word | Translation & Meaning | Transliteration | Strong's Number |
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בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית + אֱלֹהִ֑ים + הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם + הָאָֽרֶץ | In the beginning + Elohim + The Heavens + The Earth = 700. From Genesis 1:1 | BRAShITh ALHIM HShMIM HARTs | 0 |
Had + Manifestation + Nuit + 220 | From the Book of the Law 1:1; 'Had! The manifestation of Nuit!' 220 is the sub figura number of the Book of the Law. See 480 for more... | האד מאניפהסטאטיען נויט | 0 |
ברוך שם שלמה המלך לעולם ועד | Blessed be the name of King Solomon ~ submitted by Reuben Levi | BRVK ShM ShLMH HMLK LOVLM VOD | 0 |
מַלְאָכִֽי וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ חֵֽרֶם | Meaning: Malachi and strike the earth with a curse. From the last verse of the Tanakh. | MLAKI VHKIThI HARTs ChRM | 0 |
ויטע אשל בבאר שבע שם בשם יהוה אל עולם | From Genesis 21-33 meaning: And he planted a tamarisk in Beersheba there in the name of YHVH AL HaOlam. | VITO AShL BBAR ShBO ShM BShM IHVH AL OVLM | 0 |
מנסעף צק רשת אב | The letters between Lamed and Gimel. According to Rav Shmuel Baruch Ganot Shlita in the Gemara this is the reason why Lag Ba-omer is so named rather than being Gal Ba-omer | MNSOP TsQ RShTh AB | 0 |
השמים כבוד אל ומעשה ידיו הרקיע | Meaning: The heavens glory god and his handiwork the firmament. From Psalms 19:1. | HShMIM KBVD AL VMOShH IDIV HRQIO | 0 |
Nuit + Hadit + Ra Hoor Khuit | Meaning: Names of the Gods from the 3 chapters of Liber Al vel Legis. | נויט האדיט רא העער כהויט | 0 |
Scarlet + Woman + Heart | See Liber AL vel Legis III:43. | סחארלהט ועמאן ההארט | 0 |
I ever enterer | From 'The Cry of the Sixth Aethyr, The Vision & the Voice': 'Behold, I stand ever before the Eternal One in the sign of the Enterer.' | י הוהר הנטהרהר | 0 |
עהטחע עבע רז החזסקט | Calculated with the reversal cipher. Meaning: The virgin + child + son + Immanuel. From Isaiah 7:14. | העלמה הרה בן עמנואל | 0 |
אברהם יצחק ישראל | Meaning: Abraham Isaac Israel | ABRHM ITsChQ IShRAL | 0 |
יש ד ה עח - הגולה + נהר כבר השמים אלהים | From Ezekiel 1:1. Meaning: 13 + 4 + 5 + 78 - the captives + River Chebar + The Heavens Elohim. Note that words that are measuring words such as: 'year' or 'month' are not included in the sum even though they are nouns. The value of 78 comes from halving the value of the name 'Ezekiel'. This is indicated by the word 'בְתֽוֹךְ' and the value of 'captives' is subtracted as indicated by the word 'עַל'. | ISh D H OCh - HGVLH + NHR KBR HShMIM ALHIM | 0 |
יהוה אלהים + האדם + עפר - האדמה + ב נ חיים האדם נ חיה | From Genesis 2:7, meaning: YHVH Elohim + the Adam + dust - the ground + nostrils + neshamah + life + the Adam + the nephesh + living. Both words meaning 'neshamah' and 'nephesh' (which are understood as parts of the soul in Judaism) are mnemonics for the letter Nun. The word for 'nostrils' is a mnemonic for the letter Beth. | IHVH ALHIM + HADM + OPR - HADMH + B N ChIIM HADM N ChIH | 0 |
אר הפילגשים לאברהם אברהם - יצחק | From Genesis 25:6 which says 'And to the sons of his concubines which to Abraham gave Abraham gifts and sent them from Isaac his son in still living eastwards to the land east'. The letters aleph resh are gotten from the beginning of the word 'land' which is indicated according to common convention by the word 'east' that follows it. | AR HPILGShIM LABRHM ABRHM - ITsChQ | 0 |
trinc: the last oracle | This is the last line of the verses from 'Notes On the General characteristics of the Trumps' which concern the Chariot card, in the Book of Thoth and 'The Heart of the Master', by Aleister Crowley. | טרינח: תה לאסט עראחלה | 0 |
יהו משה אלהים ר ואהרן נביאך | From Exodus 7:1. Note the use of the short name of God; YHW. Using gematria, we are able to spot scribal interpolations such as the changing of the original name to the later 4 lettered name of YHWH. The verse says: So said YHW to Moses, “See I have made you God to Pharaoh and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet." | IHV MShH ALHIM R VAHRN NBIAK | 0 |
אברם עגלה ש ועז ש ואיל ש ותר | From Genesis 15:9 with the biblical gematria cipher. With the reversal cipher it is 1200. It reads "And he said unto him Take me an heifer of three years old and a she goat of three years old and a ram of three years old and a turtledove and a young pigeon." A second calculation is derived from this verse following the directions from Genesis 15:10. See 800 for more. This calculation in supposed to prove that God will give the land of Canaan to the descendents of Abraham. HOWEVER, note that Abram may have been a Shedim! :-) | HTsTO Ts SHN Ts SQKT Ts VGVZL | 0 |
והארץ היתה תהו ובהו - וחשך + פני ב אלהים - אלהים + פני המים | From Genesis 1:2. Note, the word for the deep [תהום] has a set value of 0! | VHARTs HIThH ThHV VBHV - VChShK + PNI B ALHIM - ALHIM + PNI HMIM | 0 |
ליהוה אלהים השמים ושמי השמים הארץ בה | Translation & Meaning?This is from Devarim (Deutronomy) 10:14: "Behold, to Yahweh Elohim the heavens, the sky, the heavens, the earth and all that is in it." This verse demonstrates how gematria can be used to identify and correct for scribal interpolation. The gematria of this verse is called attention to by the flagword "Behold" so we know the gematria of this verse is going to be significant to the lore of the Merkabah. The final letter Mem of אלהים (Elohim) was changed to a Kaph (Elohik) by a copyist. Such instances of scribal interpolation with אלהים / אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ are common and should always be checked for by the gematraist. | LIHVH ALHIM HShMIM VShMI HShMIM HARTs BH | 0 |
ειρηνοποιοι ειρηνοποιοι ειρηνοποιοι αλ | This is from Matthew 5:9 which says "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they [the peacemakers] sons of God will be called." In the formal system of biblical mathematics, a blessing is to multiply by two, and the word for "they" αὐτοὶ indicates to use the name or word to which it refers to. The αλ is just a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew word אל which means 'God'. This gematria uses the reversal cipher. See 1480 for the total with the Greek biblical gematria cipher. | EIRHNOPOIOI EIRHNOPOIOI EIRHNOPOIOI AL | 0 |
Chariot is a comprehensive exploration of the biblical text found in Genesis 1-2, focusing on their linear arrangement and uncovering the intricate mathematics embedded within these chapters. Ashe delves into the deeper meanings and connections within the text, providing insightful analysis and interpretations of Bereshit and the Merkabah, and fresh insight into the origin of the alphabet. This book offers readers a profound perspective on the ancient narratives, bridging the realms of theology and mathematics in a thought-provoking manner.
“Ein kabbalistisches Meisterwerk. Für den modernen Kabbalisten (der versucht sein könnte, die biblischen Wurzeln und Anwendungen der Qabalah abzulehnen) ist Seht Her! Die Kunst und Praxis der Gematria der vielleicht wertvollste Beitrag zum Studium der modernen Qabalah seit über einem Jahrhundert.”
– Lon Milo DuQuette, Autor von Die Hühner-Qabalah des Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford
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In the late bronze age¹ and throughout the biblical period, the practice of Gematria was a formal system of mathematics. Gematria had strict rules and conventions that regulated how calculations were composed and read, just as our formal system of math does today.
You may ask how the ancient Hebrew speaking peoples accomplished this with only the alphabet? That's a great question because at that time there was no notation for arithmetic like +, -, ×, ÷ and this happened before the Arabic numbering system (0, 1, 2, 3, 4 etc) was invented².
In those ancient times all the letters of the alphabet represented numbers, and parts of speech were used to separate calculating values from calculating indicators. Nouns were used for their values, and some verbs and prepositions were reserved to indicate types of arithmetic. For example, to bless ברוך indicated a multiplication by 2, while to curse ארור meant to divide by 2.
“See for YHVH has given you the Sabbath upon that he gives you in the day the sixth bread for two days.” Exodus 16:29
Some nouns were restricted from the count, and these were called middot (measures). These were words like: day, week, year, name, word, shekel, and all types of weights and measures. Middot included some unusual words that we wouldn't think of as measures today, such as: sons, and daughters.
Another feature of the formal system was that some nouns had set values by convention, rather than representing the sum of their letters. These were usually words that were related to the pictorial origins and themes of the alphabet. For example, the letter Beth came from the pictogram of a house, and so the word בית meaning house has the set value of 2 like the Beth. Nun came from the pictogram of a snake, and so the word נחש (nachash) meaning snake has the set value of 50 like the letter. עיניים meaning eyes has the set value of 70 like the letter Ayin which came from the pictogram of an eye.
All these features meant that gematria in the Bible was a formal system of math that readers of the time knew how to decipher so that the exact calculations of biblical writers were understood by biblical readers.
In all ancient societies the practice of numeracy is acquired before literacy, often by a significant margin³, and before Hebrew letters were corresponded to phonetic sounds that could be recorded, they were numbers. The numbers of the alphabet were assigned to specific yet broad themes which corresponded to how the ancients perceived the ancient world. These themes were matters that were thought to be in the experience of all human beings like day, night, the sky, birth, death, etc. These were all arranged into a diagram, alternatively called the Seven Palaces or the Merkabah (Chariot), and this was used for correspondences. The Merkabah was made a restricted study by the Sages, so little mention of it was made in the Talmud. This restriction also covered the main ciphers used in the Bible, with the exception of the Standard Cipher (Mispar Hechrechi).
GEMARA: The Gemara poses a question: You said in the first
clause of the mishna: Nor may one expound the Design of the
Divine Chariot by oneself, which indicates that the topic may not
be learned at all, and yet you subsequently said: Unless he is wise
and understands most things on his own, which indicates that an
individual is permitted to study the Design of the Divine Chariot.
The Gemara explains: This is what the mishna is saying: One may
not expound the topic of forbidden sexual relations before three
students, nor the act of Creation before two, nor may one teach the
Divine Chariot to one, unless that student was wise and understands on his own.
- Chagigah 11b:8–9, The William Davidson Talmud.
The ancients would have just called their system of math מנה (manah) which means to count. The word Gematria was borrowed from the Greek word meaning geometry, as in practical terms this meant land measurement and it was probably intended to refer to mathematics.
"The ancient rabbis were well aware of this use of geometry. It is to it that, in Pirkei Avot or “The Ethics of the Fathers,” Rabbi Eliezer Hisma was referring when he said, “Tekufot [calendrical reckoning] and gimatriya’ot [geometrical algebra] are side dishes to wisdom.” Gematria thus came to mean the algebraic solution of mathematical problems, and eventually, simple arithmetic and the calculation of the numerical values of Hebrew words. This is the sense in which it entered Jewish tradition, in which both it and the technique it designates are still widely encountered today." - Philologos (The Forward, 2013).
The Gematria ciphers for the Hebrew Bible were transposed to the Greek alphabet by Jewish converts to Christianity and they were used in the New Testament. Soon afterwards, the New Testament cipher was lost by Christian Churches, to the detriment of general biblical exegesis.
In 1900 the Biblical Ciphers were re-discovered by Aleister Crowley, who transliterated them to our modern alphabet and used them in Liber Al vel Legis and other of his Class A texts. Aleister used his knowledge of the Merkabah and the biblical ciphers as the architecture behind the Qabalah of Thelema.
In 2015 the biblical ciphers were rediscovered by the Noachide and Thelemite cryptographer Bethsheba Ashe, the creator of this calculator, and she spent the years following deciphering the ancient hebrew formal system using scientific method. She has presented the results of several years of biblical decipherment in her guide to the study of gematria throughout the ages: 'Behold! The Art and Practice of Gematria.'
[1.] The oldest example of gematria is in the Mt. Ebal Curse tablet.
ASHE, B. (2023). Behold: The art and practice of gematria. pg 21-22.
[2.] The History of Mathematical Symbols: https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Mathematical_symbols
[3.] Overmann, K. A. (2023). The materiality of numbers: Emergence and elaboration from prehistory to present. Cambridge University Press.
Shematria is a Gematria Calculator for people engaged in the study of Hebrew and Greek Biblical Scripture.
Shematria converts words to numbers. It makes working out formal gematria calculations easier and faster to do. Shematria accepts calculations in Hebrew, Greek, Arabic & Roman scripts. The calculator only carries ciphers that have been proven to have been used in the Tanakh, the New Testament, the Talmud, or the Book of the Law*.
The Genesis Order cipher is generally used in conjunction with alphabetic acrostics in the Bible (see 777 for the gematria of the 'virtuous wife'). The first two chapters of Genesis are keyed to this cipher.
The Biblical Gematria cipher is the most widely employed gematria cipher in the Bible.
The Reversal Cipher applies the Biblical Gematria cipher values to the letters in the reverse order.
The Standard Hebrew cipher is Mispar Hekhreḥi, and it is chiefly used in Talmudic and Kabbalistic texts.
The name 'Shematria' is a contraction of the words 'Shem' and 'Gematria'. in Hebrew the word 'Shem' means 'name'. The word 'Shematria' has the same gematria value as the word 'Gematria'. A common title for God in Judaism is 'HaShem', meaning 'The Name' (of God). This calculator allows you to add + and subtract - as well as do simple division / and multiplication * (with single letters).
The Gematria Calculator will not count any numbers that you enter if they accompany letters. If you enter numbers only, it will check our database for other examples of words and calculations that match that number.
The Shematria database is curated. Please see our guidelines for submission to our database. The Gematria Bible includes the standard gematria of each word, and it can speak the verses in Hebrew or Greek for you to reveal poetic meter, rhyme, and other features of the text.
To learn more about the formal system of Gematria used in the Bible, please see Behold! The Art and Practice of Gematria by Bethsheba Ashe, on Amazon, Lulu or Barnes & Noble. Also by Bethsheba Ashe — To learn more about Aleister Crowley's gematria, please see 'The Hermeneutics of Aleister Crowley', freely available as a PDF (see above for link).
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* With the exception of the experimental Arabic cipher.
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