Gematria 20 כ׳
738 words and 10 phrases in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 20 under the standard method — 748 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 748
- Words
- 738
- Phrases
- 10
- Whole verses
- 0
- Distinct spellings
- 43
Where 20 stands in the text
בראשית ב:יב · word
דברי הימים ב לב:לא · word
The words that carry 20
The 10 most frequent of 43 distinct spellings.
The first 5 matches
וּֽזֲהַב הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא טוֹב שָׁם הַבְּדֹלַח וְאֶבֶן הַשֹּֽׁהַם
and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה אַף כִּֽי־אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹֽאכְלוּ מִכֹּל עֵץ הַגָּֽן
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: ‘Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים הֵן הָֽאָדָם הָיָה כְּאַחַד מִמֶּנּוּ לָדַעַת טוֹב וָרָע וְעַתָּה פֶּן־יִשְׁלַח יָדוֹ וְלָקַח גַּם מֵעֵץ הַֽחַיִּים וְאָכַל וָחַי לְעֹלָֽם
And the LORD God said: ‘Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.’
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים הֵן הָֽאָדָם הָיָה כְּאַחַד מִמֶּנּוּ לָדַעַת טוֹב וָרָע וְעַתָּה פֶּן־יִשְׁלַח יָדוֹ וְלָקַח גַּם מֵעֵץ הַֽחַיִּים וְאָכַל וָחַי לְעֹלָֽם
And the LORD God said: ‘Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.’
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.
20 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 20.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 20?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 738 words and 10 phrases of the Tanakh add up to 20 — 748 matches in all. The most frequent word is היה, found 345 times.
How is 20 written in Hebrew letters?
כ׳ — כ (20) = 20.
Where does 20 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 2:12, as the word וזהב.
Nearby values
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