Gematria 1,998
507 phrases and 6 whole verses in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 1,998 under the standard method — 507 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 507
- Words
- 0
- Phrases
- 507
- Whole verses
- 6
Where 1,998 stands in the text
בראשית א:א · phrase
דברי הימים ב לו:ח · phrase
The first 5 matches
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
וַתֹּסֶף לָלֶדֶת אֶת־אָחִיו אֶת־הָבֶל וַֽיְהִי־הֶבֶל רֹעֵה צֹאן וְקַיִן הָיָה עֹבֵד אֲדָמָֽה
And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
הֵן גֵּרַשְׁתָּ אֹתִי הַיּוֹם מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה וּמִפָּנֶיךָ אֶסָּתֵר וְהָיִיתִי נָע וָנָד בָּאָרֶץ וְהָיָה כָל־מֹצְאִי יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי
Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.’
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־לֶמֶךְ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בֵּֽן
And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begot a son.
1,998 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 1,998.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 1,998?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 507 phrases and 6 whole verses of the Tanakh add up to 1,998 — 507 matches in all.
Where does 1,998 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 1:1, as the phrase בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים.
Nearby values
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