Although I know how many letters there are in the five books of the Torah, 304,805, I do not know how many letters there are in Neviim and Kesuvim.
So, my question is, "How many letters are there in Tanach?"
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1Is this in a Temani Torah or a Sefardi Torah? – Double AA Jun 05 '15 at 14:05
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, חסרות ויתרות? – Shoel U'Meishiv Jun 07 '15 at 11:55
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This is a difficult question to answer, because even different Masoretic codices may have different numbers of characters. – Argon Jan 01 '18 at 01:20
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4Possible duplicate of How many words are there in Tanach? While the title asks just about the words, the body clearly specifies letters as well. – DonielF Mar 01 '19 at 02:51
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@DonielF Fair cop – Joshua Pearl Mar 12 '19 at 17:05
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@JoshuaPearl ?? – DonielF Mar 12 '19 at 18:48
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I have found an answer to my question after a long time of copying and pasting.
In Tanach, there are 1,196,824 letters. This does not include Kri, but only the Ksiv. It includes the 9 inverted nuns.
Al Berko
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Joshua Pearl
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