Gematria 4,257
121 phrases and 2 whole verses in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 4,257 under the standard method — 121 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 121
- Words
- 0
- Phrases
- 121
- Whole verses
- 2
Where 4,257 stands in the text
בראשית ו:יד · phrase
דברי הימים ב לד:י · phrase
The first 5 matches
עֲשֵׂה לְךָ תֵּבַת עֲצֵי־גֹפֶר קִנִּים תַּֽעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הַתֵּבָה וְכָֽפַרְתָּ אֹתָהּ מִבַּיִת וּמִחוּץ בַּכֹּֽפֶר
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
וַאֲנִי הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אֶת־הַמַּבּוּל מַיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ לְשַׁחֵת כָּל־בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ רוּחַ חַיִּים מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָרֶץ יִגְוָֽע
And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall perish.
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם וְנָחוֹר לָהֶם נָשִׁים שֵׁם אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָם שָׂרָי וְשֵׁם אֵֽשֶׁת־נָחוֹר מִלְכָּה בַּת־הָרָן אֲבִֽי־מִלְכָּה וַֽאֲבִי יִסְכָּֽה
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
וַיֹּאמֶר בִּי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי נְאֻם־יְהוָה כִּי יַעַן אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וְלֹא חָשַׂכְתָּ אֶת־בִּנְךָ אֶת־יְחִידֶֽךָ
and said: ‘By Myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
וַיַּרְא עֵשָׂו כִּֽי־בֵרַךְ יִצְחָק אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹב וְשִׁלַּח אֹתוֹ פַּדֶּנָֽה אֲרָם לָקַֽחַת־לוֹ מִשָּׁם אִשָּׁה בְּבָרֲכוֹ אֹתוֹ וַיְצַו עָלָיו לֵאמֹר לֹֽא־תִקַּח אִשָּׁה מִבְּנוֹת כְּנָֽעַן
Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying: ‘Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan’;
4,257 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 4,257.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 4,257?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 121 phrases and 2 whole verses of the Tanakh add up to 4,257 — 121 matches in all.
Where does 4,257 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 6:14, as the phrase עצי גפר קנים תעשה את התבה וכפרת אתה מבית ומחוץ בכפר.
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