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Gematria of Bear

12 Hebrew words of the lexicon are rendered “bear” in our Hebrew lexicon, and they stand 4,411 times between them in the twenty-four books. Hebrew and English do not answer one another word for word, so every candidate is here and none of them is called the translation.

The bear in the Tanakh — every verse →

Hebrew equivalents
12
Occurrences
4,411
Distinct values
10

The 12 Hebrew words rendered “bear”

The count beside each word is every form of it the twenty-four books use — inflected, and with its prefixes — as the morphology tags them. The link under each row opens the search on the dictionary spelling alone, which is a different question and usually a smaller number, and it says so.

עָשָׂהʻâsâh×2,629 in the TanakhH6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

Standard 375 →Gadol 375Katan 15Siduri (ordinal) 42Atbash 99Perati 94,925Milui 496

First appearance ·Genesis 1:7בראשית א:זוַיַּעַשׂ

See all 530 occurrences of the spelling עשה →

יָלַךְyâlak×1,044 in the TanakhH3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

Standard 60 →Gadol 540Katan 6Siduri (ordinal) 33Atbash 90Perati 1,400Milui 194

First appearance ·Genesis 3:14בראשית ג:ידתֵלֵךְ

See all 27 occurrences of the spelling ילך →

יָלַדyâlad×497 in the TanakhH3205

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

Standard 44 →Gadol 44Katan 8Siduri (ordinal) 26Atbash 160Perati 1,016Milui 528

First appearance ·Genesis 3:16בראשית ג:טזתֵּֽלְדִי

See all 42 occurrences of the spelling ילד →

חוּלchûwl×60 in the TanakhH2342

properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert

Standard 44 →Gadol 44Katan 17Siduri (ordinal) 26Atbash 160Perati 1,000Milui 505

First appearance ·Genesis 8:10בראשית ח:יוַיָּחֶל

See all 4 occurrences of the spelling חול →

זָרַעzâraʻ×56 in the TanakhH2232

to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify

Standard 277 →Gadol 277Katan 16Siduri (ordinal) 43Atbash 80Perati 44,949Milui 707

First appearance ·Genesis 1:11בראשית א:יאמַזְרִיעַ

See all 75 occurrences of the spelling זרע →

כּוּלkûwl×37 in the TanakhH3557

properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)

Standard 56 →Gadol 56Katan 11Siduri (ordinal) 29Atbash 130Perati 1,336Milui 187

First appearance ·Genesis 45:11בראשית מה:יאוְכִלְכַּלְתִּי

צָמַחtsâmach×33 in the TanakhH6779

to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)

Standard 138 →Gadol 138Katan 21Siduri (ordinal) 39Atbash 75Perati 9,764Milui 602

First appearance ·Genesis 2:5בראשית ב:היִצְמָח

See all 8 occurrences of the spelling צמח →

פָּרָהpârâh×29 in the TanakhH6509

to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)

Standard 285 →Gadol 285Katan 15Siduri (ordinal) 42Atbash 99Perati 46,425Milui 597

First appearance ·Genesis 1:22בראשית א:כבפְּרוּ

See all 4 occurrences of the spelling פרה →

דֹּבdôb×12 in the TanakhH1677

the bear (as slow)

Standard 6 →Gadol 6Katan 6Siduri (ordinal) 6Atbash 400Perati 20Milui 846

First appearance ·1 Samuel 17:34שמואל א יז:לדהַדּוֹב

See all 2 occurrences of the spelling דב →

סָבַלçâbal×9 in the TanakhH5445

to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid

Standard 92 →Gadol 92Katan 11Siduri (ordinal) 29Atbash 328Perati 4,504Milui 606

First appearance ·Genesis 49:15בראשית מט:טולִסְבֹּל

See all 4 occurrences of the spelling סבל →

נָטַלnâṭal×4 in the TanakhH5190

to lift; by implication, to impose

Standard 89 →Gadol 89Katan 17Siduri (ordinal) 35Atbash 79Perati 3,481Milui 599

First appearance ·2 Samuel 24:12שמואל ב כד:יבנוֹטֵל

See the one occurrence of the spelling נטל →

דֹּבdôb×1 in the TanakhH1678

{the bear (as slow)}

Standard 6 →Gadol 6Katan 6Siduri (ordinal) 6Atbash 400Perati 20Milui 846

First appearance ·Daniel 7:5דניאל ז:הלְדֹב

See all 2 occurrences of the spelling דב →

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Quick answers

What is the gematria of bear?

The Tanakh renders “bear” with 12 Hebrew words, each with its own gematria in the standard method: עשה = 375, ילך = 60, ילד = 44, and 9 more.

How do you say bear in Hebrew?

The Tanakh uses 12 Hebrew words for “bear”; the most frequent are עשה (ʻâsâh), 2,629 times; ילך (yâlak), 1,044 times; ילד (yâlad), 497 times. Every one is listed on this page.

The Hebrew words on this page and their English senses come from our Hebrew lexicon, credited on the About page. Every value, every count and every reference is computed from the Westminster Leningrad Codex at the moment this page is served — the consonantal written text, vowel points and cantillation stripped, exactly as the search engine computes it.