Gematria 2,397
462 phrases and 3 whole verses in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 2,397 under the standard method — 462 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 462
- Words
- 0
- Phrases
- 462
- Whole verses
- 3
Where 2,397 stands in the text
בראשית א:ב · phrase
דברי הימים ב לה:כא · phrase
The first 5 matches
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
וַיִּטַּע יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים גַּן־בְעֵדֶן מִקֶּדֶם וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁם אֶת־הָֽאָדָם אֲשֶׁר יָצָֽר
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.
וַֽיְהִי הַמַּבּוּל אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיִּרְבּוּ הַמַּיִם וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת־הַתֵּבָה וַתָּרָם מֵעַל הָאָֽרֶץ
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
וְאַךְ אֶת־דִּמְכֶם לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם אֶדְרֹשׁ מִיַּד כָּל־חַיָּה אֶדְרְשֶׁנּוּ וּמִיַּד הָֽאָדָם מִיַּד אִישׁ אָחִיו אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ הָֽאָדָֽם
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it; and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.
וְֽאֶת־פַּתְרֻסִים וְאֶת־כַּסְלֻחִים אֲשֶׁר יָצְאוּ מִשָּׁם פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְאֶת־כַּפְתֹּרִֽים
and Pathrusim, and Casluhim—whence went forth the Philistines—and Caphtorim.
2,397 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 2,397.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 2,397?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 462 phrases and 3 whole verses of the Tanakh add up to 2,397 — 462 matches in all.
Where does 2,397 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 1:2, as the phrase והארץ היתה תהו ובהו וחשך על פני תהום ורוח.
Nearby values
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