Gematria 40 מ׳
963 words and 99 phrases in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 40 under the standard method — 1,062 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 1,062
- Words
- 963
- Phrases
- 99
- Whole verses
- 0
- Distinct spellings
- 46
Where 40 stands in the text
בראשית ג:יב · word
דברי הימים ב לו:כג · word
The words that carry 40
The 10 most frequent of 46 distinct spellings.
The first 5 matches
וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם הָֽאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתָּה עִמָּדִי הִוא נָֽתְנָה־לִּי מִן־הָעֵץ וָאֹכֵֽל
And the man said: ‘The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.’
וַיֵּדַע אָדָם עוֹד אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שֵׁת כִּי שָֽׁת־לִי אֱלֹהִים זֶרַע אַחֵר תַּחַת הֶבֶל כִּי הֲרָגוֹ קָֽיִן
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ‘for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.’
שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם בָּאוּ אֶל־נֹחַ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה כַּֽאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־נֹֽחַ
there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
וַתְּהִי שָׂרַי עֲקָרָה אֵין לָהּ וָלָֽד
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
אִמְרִי־נָא אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ לְמַעַן יִֽיטַב־לִי בַעֲבוּרֵךְ וְחָיְתָה נַפְשִׁי בִּגְלָלֵֽךְ
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.’
40 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 40.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 40?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 963 words and 99 phrases of the Tanakh add up to 40 — 1,062 matches in all. The most frequent word is לי, found 749 times.
How is 40 written in Hebrew letters?
מ׳ — מ (40) = 40.
Where does 40 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 3:12, as the word לי.
Nearby values
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