How to use the hebrew gematria calculator
- Type or paste Hebrew text. Vowel points, spaces and other characters are skipped.
- Choose whether the final letters have the same value as the regular ones or the large values 500 to 900.
- Read the standard, ordinal and reduced values.
- Use the table to see the value of each letter.
Formula
Standard: aleph to yod are 1 to 10, kaf to qof are 20 to 100, resh and tav are 200 and 400
Ordinal: the position of the letter in the alphabet, 1 to 22
Reduced: the standard value with zeros dropped, so 300 becomes 3, 30 becomes 3 and 40 becomes 4
The sum of the letter values is the value of the word. Final letters can be counted as the regular ones or as 500 to 900.
The word shalom
The word has four letters: shin 300, lamed 30, vav 6 and final mem 40. The standard value is 376. The ordinal value is 21 + 12 + 6 + 13 = 52, and the reduced value is 3 + 3 + 6 + 4 = 16.
If final letters are counted with large values, the final mem is 600 and the total is 936. The word chai, spelled chet and yod, is 8 + 10 = 18.
What gematria is
Hebrew letters have been used as numbers for centuries, so every word has a numerical value. Gematria is the practice of adding up these values, and it appears in Jewish texts and tradition as a way to connect words with the same total. This tool does the arithmetic. It makes no claim about what any total means.
Several systems exist. The standard system uses the full values, the ordinal one counts position, and the reduced one removes the zeros. There are others that are not covered here, and choices differ between traditions, particularly for the final letters.
Input tips
Type with a Hebrew keyboard or paste from a document. Only the 22 base letters and the five final forms are counted, and the tool tells you how many letters it used. For dates in the Hebrew calendar see the Hebrew Date Converter, and the Unicode Code Point Converter shows the code of each character. The Word Counter and the Letter Frequency Counter work on any text.
Assumptions and limits
- Only the 22 Hebrew letters and their five final forms are counted.
- Vowel points and cantillation marks are ignored.
- The word shown is an example. Use your own text.
- Methods of counting differ between traditions, and this tool offers the common ones.
Frequently asked questions
What does it do with final letters?
You choose. They can count as the same as the regular form, or take the values 500 to 900 used in some traditions.
Does it handle vowel marks?
The marks are skipped, so the same word with or without vowels gives the same value.
What is the ordinal value?
The sum of the positions of the letters in the alphabet, where aleph is 1 and tav is 22.
Does a matching value mean anything?
The tool only adds numbers. Any meaning given to a match comes from tradition and not from this calculation.