Gematria 1,247
755 phrases and 8 whole verses in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 1,247 under the standard method — 755 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 755
- Words
- 0
- Phrases
- 755
- Whole verses
- 8
Where 1,247 stands in the text
בראשית א:ז · phrase
דברי הימים ב לו:כג · phrase
The first 5 matches
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
וַיַּצְמַח יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִן־הָאֲדָמָה כָּל־עֵץ נֶחְמָד לְמַרְאֶה וְטוֹב לְמַאֲכָל וְעֵץ הַֽחַיִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַגָּן וְעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָֽע
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
וּמִפְּרִי הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹךְ־הַגָּן אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹֽאכְלוּ מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא תִגְּעוּ בּוֹ פֶּן־תְּמֻתֽוּן
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said: Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.’
וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְתָּ לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָֽאֲדָמָה בַּֽעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּֽאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ
And unto Adam He said: ‘Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
זֶה סֵפֶר תּוֹלְדֹת אָדָם בְּיוֹם בְּרֹא אֱלֹהִים אָדָם בִּדְמוּת אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה אֹתֽוֹ
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him;
1,247 under the other methods
The same number, computed a different way, lands on a different set of words. These are the matches each method finds for 1,247.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 1,247?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 755 phrases and 8 whole verses of the Tanakh add up to 1,247 — 755 matches in all.
Where does 1,247 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 1:7, as the phrase המים אשר מעל לרקיע ויהי כן.
Nearby values
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