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Gematria of Calf

5 Hebrew words of the lexicon are rendered “calf” in our Hebrew lexicon, and they stand 5,296 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 calf in the Tanakh — every verse →

Hebrew equivalents
5
Occurrences
5,296
Distinct values
5

The 5 Hebrew words rendered “calf”

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.

בֵּןbên×4,931 in the TanakhH1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

Standard 52 →Gadol 702Katan 7Siduri (ordinal) 16Atbash 309Perati 2,504Milui 518

First appearance ·Genesis 3:16בראשית ג:טזבָנִים

See all 1,634 occurrences of the spelling בן →

בָּקָרbâqâr×183 in the TanakhH1241

beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd

Standard 302 →Gadol 302Katan 5Siduri (ordinal) 41Atbash 307Perati 50,004Milui 1,108

First appearance ·Genesis 12:16בראשית יב:טזוּבָקָר

See all 119 occurrences of the spelling בקר →

פַּרpar×133 in the TanakhH6499

a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)

Standard 280 →Gadol 280Katan 10Siduri (ordinal) 37Atbash 9Perati 46,400Milui 591

First appearance ·Genesis 32:16בראשית לב:טזוּפָרִים

See all 40 occurrences of the spelling פר →

עֵגֶלʻêgel×35 in the TanakhH5695

a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)

Standard 103 →Gadol 103Katan 13Siduri (ordinal) 31Atbash 227Perati 5,809Milui 287

First appearance ·Exodus 32:4שמות לב:דעֵגֶל

See all 16 occurrences of the spelling עגל →

עֶגְלָהʻeglâh×14 in the TanakhH5697

a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)

Standard 108 →Gadol 108Katan 18Siduri (ordinal) 36Atbash 317Perati 5,834Milui 293

First appearance ·Genesis 15:9בראשית טו:טעֶגְלָה

See all 8 occurrences of the spelling עגלה →

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What is the gematria of calf?

The Tanakh renders “calf” with 5 Hebrew words, each with its own gematria in the standard method: בן = 52, בקר = 302, פר = 280, and 2 more.

How do you say calf in Hebrew?

The Tanakh uses 5 Hebrew words for “calf”; the most frequent are בן (bên), 4,931 times; בקר (bâqâr), 183 times; פר (par), 133 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.