Gematria 388 שפ״ח
125 words and 667 phrases in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 388 under the standard method — 792 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 792
- Words
- 125
- Phrases
- 667
- Whole verses
- 0
- Distinct spellings
- 49
Where 388 stands in the text
בראשית ג:א · phrase
דברי הימים ב לו:יג · phrase
The words that carry 388
The 10 most frequent of 49 distinct spellings.
The first 5 matches
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?’
וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים לְאָדָם וּלְאִשְׁתּוֹ כָּתְנוֹת עוֹר וַיַּלְבִּשֵֽׁם
And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.
וּלְשֵׁת גַּם־הוּא יֻלַּד־בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ אֱנוֹשׁ אָז הוּחַל לִקְרֹא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh; then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
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.
וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הָֽעֹרֵב וַיֵּצֵא יָצוֹא וָשׁוֹב עַד־יְבֹשֶׁת הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָֽרֶץ
And he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
388 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 388.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 388?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 125 words and 667 phrases of the Tanakh add up to 388 — 792 matches in all. The most frequent word is וישבע, found 26 times.
How is 388 written in Hebrew letters?
שפ״ח — ש (300) + פ (80) + ח (8) = 388.
Where does 388 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 3:1, as the phrase כי אמר אלהים לא.
Nearby values
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