Gematria 3,987
137 phrases and 2 whole verses in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 3,987 under the standard method — 137 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 137
- Words
- 0
- Phrases
- 137
- Whole verses
- 2
Where 3,987 stands in the text
בראשית יז:כג · phrase
דברי הימים ב לא:ו · phrase
The first 5 matches
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָהָם אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־מִקְנַת כַּסְפּוֹ כָּל־זָכָר בְּאַנְשֵׁי בֵּית אַבְרָהָם וַיָּמָל אֶת־בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתָם בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתּוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ אַנְשֵׁי הַמָּקוֹם לְאִשְׁתּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֲחֹתִי הִוא כִּי יָרֵא לֵאמֹר אִשְׁתִּי פֶּן־יַֽהַרְגֻנִי אַנְשֵׁי הַמָּקוֹם עַל־רִבְקָה כִּֽי־טוֹבַת מַרְאֶה הִֽיא
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said: ‘She is my sister’; for he feared to say: ‘My wife’; ‘lest the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is fair to look upon.’
וַיֵּלֶךְ עֵשָׂו אֶל־יִשְׁמָעֵאל וַיִּקַּח אֶֽת־מָחֲלַת בַּת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן־אַבְרָהָם אֲחוֹת נְבָיוֹת עַל־נָשָׁיו לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
so Esau went unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives that he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
וַיָּקָם בַּלַּיְלָה הוּא וַיִּקַּח אֶת־שְׁתֵּי נָשָׁיו וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי שִׁפְחֹתָיו וְאֶת־אַחַד עָשָׂר יְלָדָיו וַֽיַּעֲבֹר אֵת מַעֲבַר יַבֹּֽק
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
וַיֹּאמֶר מָה הָֽעֵרָבוֹן אֲשֶׁר אֶתֶּן־לָּךְ וַתֹּאמֶר חֹתָֽמְךָ וּפְתִילֶךָ וּמַטְּךָ אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדֶךָ וַיִּתֶּן־לָּהּ וַיָּבֹא אֵלֶיהָ וַתַּהַר לֽוֹ
And he said: ‘What pledge shall I give thee?’ And she said: ‘Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand.’ And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
3,987 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 3,987.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 3,987?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 137 phrases and 2 whole verses of the Tanakh add up to 3,987 — 137 matches in all.
Where does 3,987 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 17:23, as the phrase מקנת כספו כל זכר באנשי בית אברהם וימל את בשר ערלתם בעצם.
3,987 in the library
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