Gematria 159 קנ״ט
167 words and 439 phrases in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 159 under the standard method — 606 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 606
- Words
- 167
- Phrases
- 439
- Whole verses
- 0
- Distinct spellings
- 44
Where 159 stands in the text
בראשית א:לא · phrase
דברי הימים ב לד:ל · word
The words that carry 159
The 10 most frequent of 44 distinct spellings.
The first 5 matches
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וְהִנֵּה־טוֹב מְאֹד וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּֽׁי
And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַֽיְהִי הָֽאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּֽה
Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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.’
עַל־כֵּן יַֽעֲזָב־אִישׁ אֶת־אָבִיו וְאֶת־אִמּוֹ וְדָבַק בְּאִשְׁתּוֹ וְהָיוּ לְבָשָׂר אֶחָֽד
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
עַל־כֵּן יַֽעֲזָב־אִישׁ אֶת־אָבִיו וְאֶת־אִמּוֹ וְדָבַק בְּאִשְׁתּוֹ וְהָיוּ לְבָשָׂר אֶחָֽד
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
159 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 159.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 159?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 167 words and 439 phrases of the Tanakh add up to 159 — 606 matches in all. The most frequent word is קטן, found 25 times.
How is 159 written in Hebrew letters?
קנ״ט — ק (100) + נ (50) + ט (9) = 159.
Where does 159 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 1:31, as the phrase והנה טוב מאד ויהי.
Nearby values
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