Gematria 1,988
543 phrases and 4 whole verses in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 1,988 under the standard method — 543 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 543
- Words
- 0
- Phrases
- 543
- Whole verses
- 4
Where 1,988 stands in the text
בראשית ב:כג · phrase
דברי הימים ב לב:כד · phrase
The first 5 matches
וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה־זֹּֽאת
And the man said: ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶֽל־הַנָּחָשׁ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת אָרוּר אַתָּה מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה וּמִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ תֵלֵךְ וְעָפָר תֹּאכַל כָּל־יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ
And the LORD God said unto the serpent: ‘Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
וְאֵיבָה אָשִׁית בֵּֽינְךָ וּבֵין הָֽאִשָּׁה וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ וּבֵין זַרְעָהּ הוּא יְשׁוּפְךָ רֹאשׁ וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵֽב
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.’
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־קַיִן אֵי הֶבֶל אָחִיךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא יָדַעְתִּי הֲשֹׁמֵר אָחִי אָנֹֽכִי
And the LORD said unto Cain: ‘Where is Abel thy brother?’ And he said: ‘I know not; am I my brother’s keeper?’
וַֽיְחִי־לֶמֶךְ אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־נֹחַ חָמֵשׁ וְתִשְׁעִים שָׁנָה וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Lamech lived after he begot Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begot sons and daughters.
1,988 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 1,988.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 1,988?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 543 phrases and 4 whole verses of the Tanakh add up to 1,988 — 543 matches in all.
Where does 1,988 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 2:23, as the phrase מבשרי לזאת יקרא אשה כי מאיש.
Nearby values
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