Gematria 8,987
2 phrases and 1 whole verse in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 8,987 under the standard method — 2 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 2
- Words
- 0
- Phrases
- 2
- Whole verses
- 1
Where 8,987 stands in the text
ישעיהו לח:ח · phrase, verse
אסתר ד:יא · phrase
All 2 matches
הִנְנִי מֵשִׁיב אֶת־צֵל הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת אֲשֶׁר יָרְדָה בְמַעֲלוֹת אָחָז בַּשֶּׁמֶשׁ אֲחֹרַנִּית עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלוֹת וַתָּשָׁב הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלוֹת בַּֽמַּעֲלוֹת אֲשֶׁר יָרָֽדָה
behold, I will cause the shadow of the dial, which is gone down on the sun-dial of Ahaz, to return backward ten degrees.’ So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
כָּל־עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְעַם־מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ יֽוֹדְעִים אֲשֶׁר כָּל־אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר יָבֽוֹא־אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־הֶחָצֵר הַפְּנִימִית אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵא אַחַת דָּתוֹ לְהָמִית לְבַד מֵאֲשֶׁר יֽוֹשִׁיט־לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־שַׁרְבִיט הַזָּהָב וְחָיָה וַאֲנִי לֹא נִקְרֵאתי לָבוֹא אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ זֶה שְׁלוֹשִׁים יֽוֹם
’All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live; but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.’
8,987 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 8,987.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 8,987?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 2 phrases and 1 whole verse of the Tanakh add up to 8,987 — 2 matches in all.
Where does 8,987 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Isaiah 38:8, as the phrase הנני משיב את צל המעלות אשר ירדה במעלות אחז בשמש אחרנית עשר מעלות ותשב השמש עשר מעלות במעלות אשר ירדה.
8,987 in the library
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