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Gematria of Observe

5 Hebrew words of the lexicon are rendered “observe” in our Hebrew lexicon, and they stand 3,231 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.

Hebrew equivalents
5
Occurrences
3,231
Distinct values
5

The 5 Hebrew words rendered “observe”

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 →

שָׁמַרshâmar×468 in the TanakhH8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

Standard 540 →Gadol 540Katan 9Siduri (ordinal) 54Atbash 15Perati 131,600Milui 950

First appearance ·Genesis 2:15בראשית ב:טווּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ

See all 67 occurrences of the spelling שמר →

נָצַרnâtsar×61 in the TanakhH5341

to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)

Standard 340 →Gadol 340Katan 16Siduri (ordinal) 52Atbash 17Perati 50,600Milui 720

First appearance ·Exodus 34:7שמות לד:זנֹצֵר

See all 12 occurrences of the spelling נצר →

רָצָהrâtsâh×57 in the TanakhH7521

to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt

Standard 295 →Gadol 295Katan 16Siduri (ordinal) 43Atbash 98Perati 48,125Milui 620

First appearance ·Genesis 33:10בראשית לג:יוַתִּרְצֵֽנִי

See all 4 occurrences of the spelling רצה →

שׁוּרshûwr×16 in the TanakhH7789

to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for

Standard 506 →Gadol 506Katan 11Siduri (ordinal) 47Atbash 85Perati 130,036Milui 883

First appearance ·Numbers 23:9במדבר כג:טאֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ

See all 45 occurrences of the spelling שור →

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What is the gematria of observe?

The Tanakh renders “observe” with 5 Hebrew words, each with its own gematria in the standard method: עשה = 375, שמר = 540, נצר = 340, and 2 more.

How do you say observe in Hebrew?

The Tanakh uses 5 Hebrew words for “observe”; the most frequent are עשה (ʻâsâh), 2,629 times; שמר (shâmar), 468 times; נצר (nâtsar), 61 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.