Gematria 1,557
704 phrases and 6 whole verses in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 1,557 under the standard method — 704 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 704
- Words
- 0
- Phrases
- 704
- Whole verses
- 6
Where 1,557 stands in the text
בראשית א:כו · phrase
דברי הימים ב לה:ב · phrase
The first 5 matches
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים נַֽעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ וְיִרְדּוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל־הָאָרֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָֽרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And God said: ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמֽוּת
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’
אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁה אָמַר הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה עִצְּבוֹנֵךְ וְהֵֽרֹנֵךְ בְּעֶצֶב תֵּֽלְדִי בָנִים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ וְהוּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּֽךְ
Unto the woman He said: ‘I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.’
וַיִּֽהְיוּ יְמֵי־אָדָם אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־שֵׁת שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
וַֽיְחִי מְתוּשֶׁלַח אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־לֶמֶךְ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Methuselah lived after he begot Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begot sons and daughters.
1,557 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 1,557.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 1,557?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 704 phrases and 6 whole verses of the Tanakh add up to 1,557 — 704 matches in all.
Where does 1,557 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 1:26, as the phrase ויאמר אלהים נעשה אדם בצלמנו כדמותנו.
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