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Gematria
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- 2. What is it? Gematriais an alphanumeric code of assigning a numerical value to a name, word or phrase based on its letters. A single word can yield multiple values depending on the cipher used. https://www.gematrix.org/gematria.php#english_gematria for more english gematria information. Simple English Gematria Chart A = 1 H = 8 O = 15 V = 22 B = 2 I = 9 P = 16 W = 23 C = 3 J = 10 Q = 17 X = 24 D = 4 K = 11 R = 18 Y = 25 E = 5 L = 12 S = 19 Z = 26 F = 6 M = 13 T = 20 G = 7 N = 14 U = 21 Simple = 19+9+13+16+12+5=74 English = 5+14+7+12+9+19+8=74 Gematria = 7+5+13+1+20+18+9+1=74
- 3. Traditional fields ofuse In Hebrew, gematria is often used as an alternative to Arabic Numerals when recording numbers. Hebrew dates are generally written using gematria. In addition to its use as a number system, gematria can also be used as a form of bibliomancy in order to obtain a more spiritual understanding of Biblical texts.
- 4. Modern Belief inGematria Throughout history, some people have believed that the Torah contains secrets that can be revealed by gematria and used to predict historical events. This belief continues to this day. Skeptics, however, have noted that gematria can be employed as “proof” to support diametrically opposing positions, depending on the words and phrases one chooses to highlight and calculate. This involved an attempt to predict the 2016 United States presidential election through the gematria of the candidates’ names. The author of the article showed how this line of reasoning could be used just as easily to predict the victory of either candidate.
- 5. How to estimateit? The first ten letters are given number values that increase consecutively from 1 to 10. The next eight letters are given number values that increase by a factor of ten from 20 to 90. The final four letters are given number values that increase by a factor of one hundred from 100 to 400. Also, there is a website www.gematrix.org which helps you to calculate the value of a word or a phrase, but not only that, it also searches the database for more phrases and words that equals in the gematria value to the searched element.
- 6. As an example,we will take the word Apple As we can see on the picture, there are 3 different gematria calculations and the words with the same numerical value. https://www.gematrix.org/?word=apple provides more information about this word. Try your own word in Hebrew or English www.gematrix.org
- 7. Gematria database Also thereis a possibility to buy a whole database on gematria for personal use https://www.gematrix.org/gematria_database.php You will get a .csv file suitable for Microsoft Excel or any other suitable spreadsheet software with all the current words and phrases in the Gematria Database following by their gematronic values in Hebrew Gematria, Jewish Gematria, English Gematria and Simple Gematria (also known as Numerology system).
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