Gematria 21 כ״א
616 words and 20 phrases in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 21 under the standard method — 636 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 636
- Words
- 616
- Phrases
- 20
- Whole verses
- 0
- Distinct spellings
- 41
Where 21 stands in the text
בראשית ו:ד · word
דברי הימים ב לה:יז · word
The words that carry 21
The 10 most frequent of 41 distinct spellings.
The first 5 matches
הַנְּפִלִים הָיוּ בָאָרֶץ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְגַם אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בְּנֵי הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶל־בְּנוֹת הָֽאָדָם וְיָלְדוּ לָהֶם הֵמָּה הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּֽׁם
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of nobles came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
וַֽיְהִי לְשִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים וּמֵי הַמַּבּוּל הָיוּ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
וַיִּמַח אֶֽת־כָּל־הַיְקוּם אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה מֵאָדָם עַד־בְּהֵמָה עַד־רֶמֶשׂ וְעַד־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיִּמָּחוּ מִן־הָאָרֶץ וַיִשָּׁאֶר אַךְ־נֹחַ וַֽאֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ בַּתֵּבָֽה
And He blotted out every living substance which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping thing, and fowl of the heaven; and they were blotted out from the earth; and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.
וְהַמַּיִם הָיוּ הָלוֹךְ וְחָסוֹר עַד הַחֹדֶשׁ הָֽעֲשִׂירִי בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ נִרְאוּ רָאשֵׁי הֶֽהָרִֽים
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
אַךְ־בָּשָׂר בְּנַפְשׁוֹ דָמוֹ לֹא תֹאכֵֽלוּ
Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
21 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 21.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 21?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 616 words and 20 phrases of the Tanakh add up to 21 — 636 matches in all. The most frequent word is היו, found 172 times.
How is 21 written in Hebrew letters?
כ״א — כ (20) + א (1) = 21.
Where does 21 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 6:4, as the word היו.
Nearby values
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