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Each letter of the Hebrew alef-bet (alphabet) has a numerical value, specified in the chart below. When specifying years of the Hebrew calendar in the present millennium, we omit the thousands (which is presently 5, ה). For example, the Hebrew year 5782 is written as 782 (תשפ״ב) rather than 5782 (ה׳תשפ״ב). Value. Name.
The Hebrew alphabet, the holy language of the Bible, is used for biblical Hebrew, Modern Hebrew, Jewish Aramaic, Yiddish, and Ladino. It consists of 22 letters, all consonants, none of which are lowercase.
The system of Hebrew numerals is a quasi-decimal alphabetic numeral system using the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The system was adapted from that of the Greek numerals sometime between 200 and 78 BCE, the latter being the date of the earliest archeological evidence.
Hebrew letters are sometimes used to express numbers. For example, Aleph stands for 1, Bet for 2, and so on. The following table lists numeric values for letters:
Each letter in the alefbet has a numerical value. These values can be used to write numbers, as the Romans used some of their letters (I, V, X, L, C, M) to represent numbers. Alef through Yod have the values 1 through 10. Yod through Qof have the values 10 through 100, counting by 10s.
The Hebrew Alphabet. The Hebrew alphabet has 22 characters, as shown in the following table. Each letter is considered to have a numerical value which is used in writing numbers and for numerological interpretations of words.
Letter charts showing the Hebrew consonants, vowels, and their literal and symbolic meanings and numerical (Gematria) values.
The Hebrew alphabet (Hebrew: אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי, Alefbet ivri), known variously by scholars as the Ktav Ashuri, Jewish script, square script and block script, is traditionally an abjad script used in the writing of the Hebrew language and other Jewish languages, most notably Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo-Persian ...
See illustrations of the letters and vowel points of the Hebrew alphabet in print, script and Rashi script. Learn the names and numerical values of the letters. Also discusses .htmon (writing Hebrew in English letters).
Hebrew numbers. How to count in Hebrew (עברית), a Semitic language spoken mainly in Israel. Hebrew letters are used to a limited extent to represent numbers, mainly on calendars. For other uses Western (Arabic) numerals (1, 2, 3, etc) are used.