Gematria 2,998
291 phrases and 8 whole verses in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 2,998 under the standard method — 291 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 291
- Words
- 0
- Phrases
- 291
- Whole verses
- 8
Where 2,998 stands in the text
בראשית א:ט · phrase
דברי הימים ב לד:לא · phrase
The first 5 matches
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
בְּזֵעַת אַפֶּיךָ תֹּאכַל לֶחֶם עַד שֽׁוּבְךָ אֶל־הָאֲדָמָה כִּי מִמֶּנָּה לֻקָּחְתָּ כִּֽי־עָפָר אַתָּה וְאֶל־עָפָר תָּשֽׁוּב
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.’
וַיְחִי קֵינָן אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה לְנֹחַ בֹּֽא־אַתָּה וְכָל־בֵּיתְךָ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה כִּֽי־אֹתְךָ רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק לְפָנַי בַּדּוֹר הַזֶּֽה
And the LORD said unto Noah: ‘Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before Me in this generation.
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.
2,998 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 2,998.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 2,998?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 291 phrases and 8 whole verses of the Tanakh add up to 2,998 — 291 matches in all.
Where does 2,998 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 1:9, as the phrase ויאמר אלהים יקוו המים מתחת השמים אל מקום אחד ותראה היבשה ויהי.
2,998 in the library
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