Gematria 2,959
296 phrases and 6 whole verses in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 2,959 under the standard method — 296 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 296
- Words
- 0
- Phrases
- 296
- Whole verses
- 6
Where 2,959 stands in the text
בראשית ז:יז · phrase
דברי הימים ב לו:יז · phrase
The first 5 matches
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.
וַיִּקַּח חֶמְאָה וְחָלָב וּבֶן־הַבָּקָר אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיִּתֵּן לִפְנֵיהֶם וְהֽוּא־עֹמֵד עֲלֵיהֶם תַּחַת הָעֵץ וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ
And he took curd, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
וַיַּעַל לוֹט מִצּוֹעַר וַיֵּשֶׁב בָּהָר וּשְׁתֵּי בְנֹתָיו עִמּוֹ כִּי יָרֵא לָשֶׁבֶת בְּצוֹעַר וַיֵּשֶׁב בַּמְּעָרָה הוּא וּשְׁתֵּי בְנֹתָֽיו
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ יִצְחָק וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בָּנָיו אֶל־מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֶל־שְׂדֵה עֶפְרֹן בֶּן־צֹחַר הַֽחִתִּי אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי מַמְרֵֽא
And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
וַיְהִי כִּי אָֽרְכוּ־לוֹ שָׁם הַיָּמִים וַיַּשְׁקֵף אֲבִימֶלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ פְּלִשְׁתִּים בְּעַד הַֽחַלּוֹן וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה יִצְחָק מְצַחֵק אֵת רִבְקָה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
2,959 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 2,959.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 2,959?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 296 phrases and 6 whole verses of the Tanakh add up to 2,959 — 296 matches in all.
Where does 2,959 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 7:17, as the phrase המבול ארבעים יום על הארץ וירבו המים וישאו את התבה ותרם.
2,959 in the library
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