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Gematria (/ɡəˈmeɪtriə/; Hebrew: גמטריא‎ or gimatria גימטריה, plural גמטראות or גימטריאות, gimatriot) is an alphanumeric code of assigning a numerical value to a name, word or phrase according to its letters. A single word can yield several values depending on the cipher used.

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What is the significance of the gematria of יצחק, יעקב, יוסף all being multiples of the gematria of הוי״ה?

The gematria of יצחק is 208, which is 8 x 26. The gematria of יעקב is 182, which is 7 x 26. The gematria of יוסף is 156, which is 6 x 26. Is there are significance to the relationship of all of them being multiples of הוי״ה?
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How to know when a Gematria match is meaningful or not

I have been interested in the subject of Gematria for some time, and have found many very interesting matches. For example.... Yaakov ben Rivka = Yisrael (both 541) Shlomo ben Dovid Hamelech = Kohelet (535 and 536, deemed equal). Hashem God of…
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Numerology and binary

In the tradition of gematria, are there any methods for taking binary values and generating words out of them? I'm working on a story that involves a character obsessing over a particular chunk of binary numbers, and if there's an opportunity to…
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Gematria Matching

Using Gemtria for the purpose of determining whether two items have a relationship, are you allowed to match one method with another. For example, Absolute Value with Mispar Katan? Or AtBash with an AlBam? And so forth.
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Gematria of Person's Name

Kol Hator states that a person has multiple gematrios that are important to him, such as one's name, one's name plus father's name, name plus father's and mother's name, etc, etc. My question is, when doing the main name, that simple. However, when…
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Numerical values of Torah words

After watching a Darren Aronofsky film entitled Pi, I've come to presume that some of the Jewish community study the numerical transliterations of the Torah. I ask whether or not the movie's claims are accurate to follow because I'm am highly…
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Gematriot that differ by 1

We read in Bnei Yissaschar: “From where do we know that gematriot that differ by 1 are considered equal? We learn this from Yaakov's statement that Ephraim and Menashe (gematria of 726) are equivalent in his eyes to Reuven and Shimon (gematria of…
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Significance of Gematria

Do any of the mepharshim write about the nature and validity of Gematria and deriving ideas from it. Some people I know are skeptical of Gematria and I'm wondering if one of the chachomim have addressed this issue. I'm really not sure where to…
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Gematria Methods - Levels of Importance

Does anyone know of a "priority list" for gematria significance? In other words, aside from the standard absolute value, which method would have the next level of importance/significance (i.e., Mispar Katan, Mispar Katan Mispari, AtBash, AlBam, and…
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Seeking examples of various gematria methods

Wikipedia lists various methods of calculating gematrias. Mispar Hechrachi (absolute value) that uses full numerical value of the twenty-two letters. Sometimes its also called Mispar ha-Panim (face number), as opposed to the more complicated…
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Gematria seforim and look up

Are there any seforim, or sites, that explain a specific gematria-value and you can look up with what it is associated with? How would one find the meaning behind it? I found this website, but it not seems legit in my eyes though.
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What are pesukim or phrases from pesukim with the gematria of either 5781 or 781

I'm publishing a sefer and in place of the date i want to write a pasuk or phrase that represents this year 5781.
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Using Gematria (גמטריא) to analyze Deuteronomy 6:4, could the value of "Echad" (אֶחָֽד) be synonymous with 13 attributes of God?

Using Gematria (גמטריא), the word Echad (אֶחָֽד) equals 13. Why would "One" be valued as 13? Deuteronomy 6:4 [MT] "Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God; the Lord is one." (שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יְהֹוָ֥ה | אֶחָֽד). Finding Gematria…
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