About Gematria

Learn about the different gematria methods and how each one calculates its value.

Core / Standard Values

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Mispar Hechrachi

מספר הכרחי

Value376

Formula

Sum of each letter's standard value.

Adds the standard value of every letter (א=1 … י=10 … ק=100 … ת=400); final-form letters count as their base value. This is the default, most common method.

Example

שלום = 300 + 30 + 6 + 40 = 376.

Mispar Gadol

מספר גדול

Value936

Formula

Standard sum, but final letters take 500–900.

Like Mispar Hechrachi, except the five final forms get their large values: ך=500, ם=600, ן=700, ף=800, ץ=900.

Example

שלום (final mem) = 300 + 30 + 6 + 600 = 936.

Mispar Siduri

מספר סידורי

Value52

Formula

Sum of each letter's position (1–22).

Each letter is valued by its place in the alphabet (א=1, ב=2 … ת=22) rather than its standard value; final forms equal their base letter.

Example

ק is the 19th letter, ר the 20th: קר = 19 + 20 = 39.

Mispar Katan

מספר קטן

Value16

Formula

Sum of standard values with trailing zeros dropped.

Each letter's standard value is reduced to a single significant digit (10→1, 20→2, 100→1, 400→4), then summed.

Example

תר = 400→4, 200→2 → 4 + 2 = 6.

Katan Mispari

קטן מספרי

Value7

Formula

Digital root of the standard total.

Take the Mispar Hechrachi total and repeatedly sum its digits until one digit (1–9) remains.

Example

שלום = 376 → 3+7+6 = 16 → 1+6 = 7.

Mathematical Transforms

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Mispar Perati

מספר פרטי

Value92,536

Formula

Sum of each letter's standard value squared.

Square every letter's standard value, then add them up.

Example

אבג = 1² + 2² + 3² = 1 + 4 + 9 = 14.

Mispar Meshulash

מספר משולש

Value27,091,216

Formula

Sum of each letter's standard value cubed.

Cube every letter's standard value, then add them up.

Example

אבג = 1³ + 2³ + 3³ = 1 + 8 + 27 = 36.

HaMerubah HaKlali

המרובע הכללי

Value141,376

Formula

The whole standard total, squared.

Compute the Mispar Hechrachi total of the word, then square that single number.

Example

אבג: total 6 → 6² = 36.

Mispar Musafi

מספר מוספי

Value380

Formula

Standard total + number of letters.

Add the count of letters in the word to its Mispar Hechrachi total.

Example

אבג = 6 + 3 letters = 9.

Mispar Kolel

מספר כולל

Value377

Formula

Standard total + number of words.

Add the number of words in the phrase to its Mispar Hechrachi total (adds 1 for a single word).

Example

A two-word phrase adds 2 to the standard total.

Mispar Bone'eh

מספר בונה

Value1,342

Formula

Sum of the running cumulative totals.

Read left to right keeping a running sum; after each letter add the running sum so far. Earlier letters are effectively counted more times.

Example

אבג → running sums 1, 3, 6 → 1 + 3 + 6 = 10.

Mispar Kidmi

מספר קדמי

Value1,366

Formula

Each letter → sum of all standard values up to it; then sum.

Replace each letter with the triangular total of every alphabet value up to and including it, then add those up.

Example

ג → 1 + 2 + 3 = 6.

Mispar Ha'achor

מספר האחור

Value538

Formula

Each letter's value × its position; then sum.

Multiply every letter's standard value by its position in the word (1st, 2nd, …), then sum.

Example

דג = (4×1) + (3×2) = 4 + 6 = 10.

Name-Based (Letter Spellings)

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Mispar Shemi

מספר שמי

Value526

Formula

Sum of the gematria of each letter's full name.

Spell out each letter's name in full and take its standard gematria, then sum across letters.

Example

א spelled אלף = 1 + 30 + 80 = 111.

Mispar Ne'elam

מספר נעלם

Value150

Formula

Letter-name value minus the letter itself (the 'hidden' part).

Like Mispar Shemi, but drop the letter's own value from its spelled name — only the hidden remainder of the name counts.

Example

א = אלף; hidden part לף = 30 + 80 = 110.

Mispar Mispari

מספר מספרי

Value2,685

Formula

Sum of the gematria of each letter-value's spelled-out number.

For each letter, spell out the Hebrew word for its standard number and take that word's gematria, then sum.

Example

א = 1 → אחד = 1 + 8 + 4 = 13.

Ofanim

אופנים

Value100

Formula

Each letter → the last letter of its name; then sum.

Replace each letter with the final letter of its spelled-out name and sum the standard values.

Example

ב is spelled בית, ending in ת → 400.

Substitution Ciphers

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AtBash

אתב"ש

Value112

Formula

Reverse the alphabet (א↔ת, ב↔ש …), then sum.

Swap each letter with its mirror from the opposite end of the alphabet, then take standard values.

Example

אב → ת + ש = 400 + 300 = 700.

AlBam

אלב"ם

Value93

Formula

Split into two halves of 11; pair across (א↔ל …), then sum.

Divide the 22 letters into two groups of 11 and pair each letter with the one 11 places away.

Example

א → ל = 30.

AchBi

אחב"י

Value746

Formula

Mirror within each half of the alphabet (א↔כ …), then sum.

Within each 11-letter half, pair the outermost letters inward, then take standard values.

Example

א → כ = 20.

AtBach

אטב"ח

Value524

Formula

Pair letters that sum to 10 / 100 / 1000, then sum.

Swap letters within units, tens and hundreds so each pair completes a power of ten (א↔ט, ב↔ח … י↔צ …).

Example

א → ט = 9.

Ayak Bachar

אי"ק בכ"ר

Value369

Formula

Rotate within nine same-digit-place triads, then sum.

Group the letters into nine triads sharing a digit place (א-י-ק, ב-כ-ר …) and rotate each letter to the next in its triad.

Example

א → י = 10.

Achas Beta

אח"ס בט"ע

Value157

Formula

Cyclic shift within three groups; ת stays fixed.

Three letter groups (א–ז, ח–נ, ס–ש) each shift one place cyclically; ת is unchanged.

Example

א → ב = 2.

Avgad

אבג"ד

Value497

Formula

Each letter → the next in the alphabet, then sum.

Shift every letter forward one place (א→ב … ת→א), then take standard values.

Example

א → ב = 2.

Reverse Avgad

אבג"ד הפוך

Value255

Formula

Each letter → the previous in the alphabet, then sum.

Shift every letter back one place (ב→א … א→ת), then take standard values.

Example

ב → א = 1.