The method of interpreting the Bible by drawing inferences from the numerical value of the Hebrew letters. For example, the fact that the Bible begins with the letter bet, the second letter of the alphabet, indicated for the Zohar the idea that creation occured on two levels, the physical level of this world and higher divine realm.
A method of Torah interpretation which involves assigning numercal values to words and names, and looking for correspondences between words or passages which have the same value. This method was used in mystical interpretations of the Scripture. The techniques are a little dense and twisted, but they do result in a variety of interesting coincidences...or are they
Jewish numerology. There are many methods of reducing Hebrew words to numbers with the most common being to add up the numerical equivalences of each letter.
the Hebrew letters also serve as numerals; since G-d created the world through speech, the numerical equivalence between words indicates an intrinsic connection
Heb. (numerology) Numerical formulas for solving religious questions.
The science and art of numerology and esoteric mathematics in the Kabbalah based on the Hebrew language.
The Kabbalistic system for discovering the hidden meaning of words and letters ion a text using numbers and letters from the alphabet.
The equation of Hebrew letters to numbers and the derivation of meaning from these equations. For instance, Jacob, in Genesis 28, dreams of a ladder on which angels ascend and descend from heaven to earth. A ladder, in Hebrew sulam, has the numerical value of 130 – samech 60, lamed 30, mem 40 – which is equivalent to Sinai – samech 60, yud 10, nun 50, yud 10. This means, according to gematria, that the ladder in Jacobâ€(tm)s dream was in fact Sinai or that this revelation was a precursor to Godâ€(tm)s revelation to Moses at Sinai.
a method of contemplation utilized within Kabbalah, it falls within the scope of what is termed "Sacred Geometry
Kabbalist numerology which seeks out hidden meanings in words based on the numeric value of its letters.
Jewish work on numerology.
The numerical values of the letters of the alphabet prior to the invention of numerals.
A system of discovering truths and hidden meanings behind words, using numerical values for letters of the alphabet. Each letter corresponds to a number. The numerical values of words are totaled and interpreted in terms of other words with the same numerical value. Gematria dates back to the 8th century B.C. Babylon, and has been used by most mystics since that time including the Magi, Gnostics, and Quabbalists. Notarikon is a form of gematria in which the first and last letters of a word or phrase are put together to create a new word, or to turn a word into a phrase. Temurah is a form of gematria that creates anagrams through systematic letter substitutions. See also: Numerology.
A field of Jewish mysticism finding hidden meanings in the numerical value of words.
The system of numerology where each letter represents a number. The total value of the letters of a word if equal to the total of another word then the two are related in some way. Certain numbers are good like 18 (chai which means life) or multiples of it.
A part of the Literal Qabalah. It is the technique of converting names or words into numbers in order to find meaning in their mathematical relationships, working from the premise that words or phrases which add up to the same number are somehow related.
Gematria (Heb. גימטריה, ultimately from the Greek γεωμετÏία) is numerology of the Hebrew language and Hebrew alphabet, and is used by its proponents to derive meaning or relative relationship. Several forms can be identified: the "revealed" form and the "mystical form". The word itself comes from the Greek word 'geometry' and the concept or system is the same as the Greek isopsephy and the Islamic Hisab al-Jumal.