Letter |
Value |
Final |
Value |
Name |
Transliteration |
|
1 |
|
|
aleph |
A |
|
2 |
|
|
beth |
B |
|
3 |
|
|
gimel |
G |
|
4 |
|
|
daleth |
D |
|
5 |
|
|
he |
H |
|
6 |
|
|
vau |
V |
|
7 |
|
|
zayin |
Z |
|
8 |
|
|
cheth |
Ch |
|
9 |
|
|
teth |
T |
|
10 |
|
|
yod |
I |
|
20 |
|
500 |
kaph |
K |
|
30 |
|
|
lamed |
L |
|
40 |
|
600 |
mem |
M |
|
50 |
|
700 |
nun |
N |
|
60 |
|
|
samekh |
S |
|
70 |
|
|
ayin |
Aa |
|
80 |
|
800 |
pe |
Ph |
|
90 |
|
900 |
tzaddi |
Tz |
|
100 |
|
|
qoph |
Q |
|
200 |
|
|
resh |
R |
|
300 |
|
|
shin |
Sh |
|
400 |
|
|
tau |
Th |
|
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These gematria values
are very well established. A standard reference for them during the Renaissance
was Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy (1532), Book II:
chapter xix.
The 'Final' figures
for Kaph, Mem, Nun, Pe and Tzaddi are counted as such when these letters
come at the end of a word. The gematria value of the word may be taken
at this higher value, but it can also be counted low.
The rule of Colel
allows for the addition or subtraction of one digit to or from a computed
total.
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