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The Letters

Gimel גימל

Gimel (ג) is the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It stands 10,080 times in the twenty-four books — 8.4 of every 1,000 letters, the 19th most written of the twenty-two — out of 1,197,042 letters in all.

Occurrences
10,080
Per 1,000 letters
8.42
Rank of 22
19
Share of the Tanakh
0.84%

Across the books of the Tanakh

Per 1,000 letters of each book, so a long book and a short one compare honestly. Tap a bar — or drag along the chart — and that book stands in the panel, with its door. The filled dot marks the highest column, the hollow ring the lowest.

The Twelve is one of the twenty-four books, and every total on this site still counts it as one. On this axis its twelve prophets stand as their own columns, because Hosea is eight times the length of Obadiah and one column for both hides what each of them does.

0.05.010.015.020.0Genesis — 7.39 per 1,000 letters (577 in 78,069 letters, 0.88× the Tanakh rate)Exodus — 5.79 per 1,000 letters (368 in 63,531 letters, 0.69× the Tanakh rate)Leviticus — 8.64 per 1,000 letters (387 in 44,795 letters, 1.03× the Tanakh rate)Numbers — 6.20 per 1,000 letters (394 in 63,545 letters, 0.74× the Tanakh rate)Deuteronomy — 6.97 per 1,000 letters (383 in 54,910 letters, 0.83× the Tanakh rate)Joshua — 13.3 per 1,000 letters (531 in 39,807 letters, 1.58× the Tanakh rate)Judges — 9.73 per 1,000 letters (379 in 38,944 letters, 1.16× the Tanakh rate)Samuel — 9.39 per 1,000 letters (878 in 93,532 letters, 1.11× the Tanakh rate)Kings — 6.02 per 1,000 letters (593 in 98,460 letters, 0.71× the Tanakh rate)Isaiah — 10.9 per 1,000 letters (727 in 66,888 letters, 1.29× the Tanakh rate)Jeremiah — 7.44 per 1,000 letters (632 in 84,912 letters, 0.88× the Tanakh rate)Ezekiel — 9.13 per 1,000 letters (680 in 74,499 letters, 1.08× the Tanakh rate)Hosea — 10.3 per 1,000 letters (97 in 9,385 letters, 1.23× the Tanakh rate)Joel — 17.0 per 1,000 letters (66 in 3,872 letters, 2.02× the Tanakh rate)Amos — 11.1 per 1,000 letters (89 in 8,033 letters, 1.32× the Tanakh rate)Obadiah — 19.7 per 1,000 letters (22 in 1,119 letters, 2.33× the Tanakh rate)Jonah — 10.4 per 1,000 letters (28 in 2,700 letters, 1.23× the Tanakh rate)Micah — 9.87 per 1,000 letters (55 in 5,570 letters, 1.17× the Tanakh rate)Nahum — 15.5 per 1,000 letters (35 in 2,252 letters, 1.85× the Tanakh rate)Habakkuk — 13.1 per 1,000 letters (34 in 2,598 letters, 1.55× the Tanakh rate)Zephaniah — 13.7 per 1,000 letters (41 in 2,996 letters, 1.63× the Tanakh rate)Haggai — 11.1 per 1,000 letters (26 in 2,336 letters, 1.32× the Tanakh rate)Zechariah — 9.49 per 1,000 letters (118 in 12,432 letters, 1.13× the Tanakh rate)Malachi — 12.5 per 1,000 letters (43 in 3,450 letters, 1.48× the Tanakh rate)Psalms — 9.23 per 1,000 letters (728 in 78,833 letters, 1.10× the Tanakh rate)Proverbs — 8.87 per 1,000 letters (235 in 26,507 letters, 1.05× the Tanakh rate)Job — 9.98 per 1,000 letters (318 in 31,862 letters, 1.19× the Tanakh rate)Song of Songs — 12.6 per 1,000 letters (65 in 5,151 letters, 1.50× the Tanakh rate)Ruth — 12.1 per 1,000 letters (60 in 4,947 letters, 1.44× the Tanakh rate)Lamentations — 12.7 per 1,000 letters (76 in 5,980 letters, 1.51× the Tanakh rate)Ecclesiastes — 10.3 per 1,000 letters (113 in 10,969 letters, 1.22× the Tanakh rate)Esther — 8.75 per 1,000 letters (106 in 12,112 letters, 1.04× the Tanakh rate)Daniel — 9.80 per 1,000 letters (238 in 24,291 letters, 1.16× the Tanakh rate)Ezra–Nehemiah — 7.45 per 1,000 letters (285 in 38,277 letters, 0.88× the Tanakh rate)Chronicles — 6.76 per 1,000 letters (673 in 99,478 letters, 0.80× the Tanakh rate)highestlowestGeneDeutKingsHoseaJonahZephPsalRuthChro

Its two ends

Highest
Obadiah 19.7
Lowest
Exodus 5.79

Every column's numbers are in the table below.

All the numbers 35 books
Gimel in each of the 35 books, in canonical order.
PlaceOccurrencesOf lettersPer 1,000× usualRank
Genesis בראשית57778,0697.390.88×30
Exodus שמות36863,5315.790.69×35
Leviticus ויקרא38744,7958.641.03×27
Numbers במדבר39463,5456.200.74×33
Deuteronomy דברים38354,9106.970.83×31
Joshua יהושע53139,80713.341.58×5
Judges שופטים37938,9449.731.16×20
Samuel שמואל87893,5329.391.11×22
Kings מלכים59398,4606.020.71×34
Isaiah ישעיהו72766,88810.871.29×13
Jeremiah ירמיהו63284,9127.440.88×29
Ezekiel יחזקאל68074,4999.131.08×24
Hosea הושע979,38510.341.23×15
Joel יואל663,87217.052.02×2
Amos עמוס898,03311.081.32×12
Obadiah עובדיה221,11919.662.33×1
Jonah יונה282,70010.371.23×14
Micah מיכה555,5709.871.17×18
Nahum נחום352,25215.541.85×3
Habakkuk חבקוק342,59813.091.55×6
Zephaniah צפניה412,99613.691.63×4
Haggai חגי262,33611.131.32×11
Zechariah זכריה11812,4329.491.13×21
Malachi מלאכי433,45012.461.48×9
Psalms תהלים72878,8339.231.10×23
Proverbs משלי23526,5078.871.05×25
Job איוב31831,8629.981.19×17
Song of Songs שיר השירים655,15112.621.50×8
Ruth רות604,94712.131.44×10
Lamentations איכה765,98012.711.51×7
Ecclesiastes קהלת11310,96910.301.22×16
Esther אסתר10612,1128.751.04×26
Daniel דניאל23824,2919.801.16×19
Ezra–Nehemiah עזרא־נחמיה28538,2777.450.88×28
Chronicles דברי הימים67399,4786.760.80×32

Across the fifty-four portions

The Torah alone, portion by portion, on the same measure. Fifty-four names will not fit along one axis, so most of them are not printed — but every column names itself the moment you touch it.

0102030Bereshit — 5.94 per 1,000 letters (43 in 7,234 letters, 0.71× the Tanakh rate)Noach — 7.24 per 1,000 letters (50 in 6,907 letters, 0.86× the Tanakh rate)Lech Lecha — 8.99 per 1,000 letters (57 in 6,338 letters, 1.07× the Tanakh rate)Vayera — 7.89 per 1,000 letters (62 in 7,861 letters, 0.94× the Tanakh rate)Chayei Sara — 8.47 per 1,000 letters (45 in 5,315 letters, 1.00× the Tanakh rate)Toldot — 8.29 per 1,000 letters (45 in 5,427 letters, 0.98× the Tanakh rate)Vayetzei — 8.92 per 1,000 letters (67 in 7,512 letters, 1.06× the Tanakh rate)Vayishlach — 5.63 per 1,000 letters (42 in 7,457 letters, 0.67× the Tanakh rate)Vayeshev — 7.03 per 1,000 letters (42 in 5,972 letters, 0.83× the Tanakh rate)Miketz — 5.18 per 1,000 letters (41 in 7,913 letters, 0.61× the Tanakh rate)Vayigash — 8.45 per 1,000 letters (48 in 5,684 letters, 1.00× the Tanakh rate)Vayechi — 7.87 per 1,000 letters (35 in 4,449 letters, 0.93× the Tanakh rate)Shemot — 6.65 per 1,000 letters (45 in 6,763 letters, 0.79× the Tanakh rate)Vaera — 4.03 per 1,000 letters (27 in 6,703 letters, 0.48× the Tanakh rate)Bo — 8.46 per 1,000 letters (52 in 6,149 letters, 1.00× the Tanakh rate)Beshalach — 3.74 per 1,000 letters (24 in 6,424 letters, 0.44× the Tanakh rate)Yitro — 6.46 per 1,000 letters (26 in 4,024 letters, 0.77× the Tanakh rate)Mishpatim — 10.9 per 1,000 letters (58 in 5,312 letters, 1.30× the Tanakh rate)Terumah — 3.41 per 1,000 letters (16 in 4,691 letters, 0.41× the Tanakh rate)Tetzaveh — 4.79 per 1,000 letters (26 in 5,427 letters, 0.57× the Tanakh rate)Ki Tisa — 6.19 per 1,000 letters (46 in 7,426 letters, 0.74× the Tanakh rate)Vayakhel — 4.21 per 1,000 letters (26 in 6,180 letters, 0.50× the Tanakh rate)Pekudei — 4.96 per 1,000 letters (22 in 4,432 letters, 0.59× the Tanakh rate)Vayikra — 3.86 per 1,000 letters (24 in 6,222 letters, 0.46× the Tanakh rate)Tzav — 3.92 per 1,000 letters (20 in 5,096 letters, 0.47× the Tanakh rate)Shmini — 6.64 per 1,000 letters (31 in 4,669 letters, 0.79× the Tanakh rate)Tazria — 21.5 per 1,000 letters (79 in 3,667 letters, 2.56× the Tanakh rate)Metzora — 13.0 per 1,000 letters (61 in 4,698 letters, 1.54× the Tanakh rate)Achrei Mot — 11.2 per 1,000 letters (48 in 4,296 letters, 1.33× the Tanakh rate)Kedoshim — 7.74 per 1,000 letters (25 in 3,231 letters, 0.92× the Tanakh rate)Emor — 5.57 per 1,000 letters (34 in 6,108 letters, 0.66× the Tanakh rate)Behar — 11.4 per 1,000 letters (32 in 2,817 letters, 1.35× the Tanakh rate)Bechukotai — 8.27 per 1,000 letters (33 in 3,991 letters, 0.98× the Tanakh rate)Bamidbar — 6.76 per 1,000 letters (50 in 7,394 letters, 0.80× the Tanakh rate)Nasso — 3.36 per 1,000 letters (29 in 8,632 letters, 0.40× the Tanakh rate)Beha'alotcha — 4.39 per 1,000 letters (31 in 7,058 letters, 0.52× the Tanakh rate)Sh'lach — 10.1 per 1,000 letters (59 in 5,820 letters, 1.20× the Tanakh rate)Korach — 4.13 per 1,000 letters (22 in 5,325 letters, 0.49× the Tanakh rate)Chukat — 7.70 per 1,000 letters (36 in 4,674 letters, 0.92× the Tanakh rate)Balak — 7.65 per 1,000 letters (41 in 5,359 letters, 0.91× the Tanakh rate)Pinchas — 3.06 per 1,000 letters (24 in 7,854 letters, 0.36× the Tanakh rate)Matot — 5.66 per 1,000 letters (32 in 5,653 letters, 0.67× the Tanakh rate)Masei — 12.1 per 1,000 letters (70 in 5,776 letters, 1.44× the Tanakh rate)Devarim — 9.88 per 1,000 letters (59 in 5,973 letters, 1.17× the Tanakh rate)Vaetchanan — 5.85 per 1,000 letters (43 in 7,346 letters, 0.69× the Tanakh rate)Eikev — 7.00 per 1,000 letters (48 in 6,861 letters, 0.83× the Tanakh rate)Re'eh — 6.05 per 1,000 letters (45 in 7,443 letters, 0.72× the Tanakh rate)Shoftim — 6.44 per 1,000 letters (36 in 5,592 letters, 0.77× the Tanakh rate)Ki Teitzei — 4.95 per 1,000 letters (29 in 5,858 letters, 0.59× the Tanakh rate)Ki Tavo — 9.83 per 1,000 letters (67 in 6,816 letters, 1.17× the Tanakh rate)Nitzavim — 4.27 per 1,000 letters (11 in 2,576 letters, 0.51× the Tanakh rate)Vayeilech — 2.35 per 1,000 letters (5 in 2,123 letters, 0.28× the Tanakh rate)Ha'Azinu — 7.30 per 1,000 letters (17 in 2,329 letters, 0.87× the Tanakh rate)V'Zot HaBerachah — 11.5 per 1,000 letters (23 in 1,993 letters, 1.37× the Tanakh rate)highestlowestBereChayVayeShemYitroKi TTzavAchrBechSh'lPincVaetKi TV'Zo

Its two ends

Highest
Tazria 21.5
Lowest
Vayeilech 2.35

Every column's numbers are in the table below.

All the numbers 54 portions
Gimel in each of the 54 portions, in canonical order.
PlaceOccurrencesOf lettersPer 1,000× usualRank
Bereshit בראשית437,2345.940.71×34
Noach נח506,9077.240.86×24
Lech Lecha לך לך576,3388.991.07×11
Vayera וירא627,8617.890.94×18
Chayei Sara חיי שרה455,3158.471.00×13
Toldot תולדות455,4278.290.98×16
Vayetzei ויצא677,5128.921.06×12
Vayishlach וישלח427,4575.630.67×37
Vayeshev וישב425,9727.030.83×25
Miketz מקץ417,9135.180.61×39
Vayigash ויגש485,6848.451.00×15
Vayechi ויחי354,4497.870.93×19
Shemot שמות456,7636.650.79×28
Vaera וארא276,7034.030.48×47
Bo בא526,1498.461.00×14
Beshalach בשלח246,4243.740.44×50
Yitro יתרו264,0246.460.77×30
Mishpatim משפטים585,31210.921.30×7
Terumah תרומה164,6913.410.41×51
Tetzaveh תצוה265,4274.790.57×42
Ki Tisa כי תשא467,4266.190.74×32
Vayakhel ויקהל266,1804.210.50×45
Pekudei פקודי224,4324.960.59×40
Vayikra ויקרא246,2223.860.46×49
Tzav צו205,0963.920.47×48
Shmini שמיני314,6696.640.79×29
Tazria תזריע793,66721.542.56×1
Metzora מצורע614,69812.981.54×2
Achrei Mot אחרי מות484,29611.171.33×6
Kedoshim קדושים253,2317.740.92×20
Emor אמור346,1085.570.66×38
Behar בהר322,81711.361.35×5
Bechukotai בחוקתי333,9918.270.98×17
Bamidbar במדבר507,3946.760.80×27
Nasso נשא298,6323.360.40×52
Beha'alotcha בהעלותך317,0584.390.52×43
Sh'lach שלח595,82010.141.20×8
Korach קרח225,3254.130.49×46
Chukat חקת364,6747.700.92×21
Balak בלק415,3597.650.91×22
Pinchas פנחס247,8543.060.36×53
Matot מטות325,6535.660.67×36
Masei מסעי705,77612.121.44×3
Devarim דברים595,9739.881.17×9
Vaetchanan ואתחנן437,3465.850.69×35
Eikev עקב486,8617.000.83×26
Re'eh ראה457,4436.050.72×33
Shoftim שופטים365,5926.440.77×31
Ki Teitzei כי תצא295,8584.950.59×41
Ki Tavo כי תבוא676,8169.831.17×10
Nitzavim נצבים112,5764.270.51×44
Vayeilech וילך52,1232.350.28×54
Ha'Azinu האזינו172,3297.300.87×23
V'Zot HaBerachah וזאת הברכה231,99311.541.37×4

Where it runs hardest and thinnest

A place is listed when Gimel runs at least 1.25× its Tanakh-wide rate of 8.42 per 1,000, or at most 0.80× it. Two thresholds, applied to every letter alike — nothing here is picked by hand.

Books where it runs high

  • Obadiah2.33×19.7 per 1,000 · 22 of 1,119
  • Joel2.02×17.0 per 1,000 · 66 of 3,872
  • Nahum1.85×15.5 per 1,000 · 35 of 2,252
  • Zephaniah1.63×13.7 per 1,000 · 41 of 2,996
  • Joshua1.58×13.3 per 1,000 · 531 of 39,807
  • Habakkuk1.55×13.1 per 1,000 · 34 of 2,598
  • Lamentations1.51×12.7 per 1,000 · 76 of 5,980
  • Song of Songs1.50×12.6 per 1,000 · 65 of 5,151

Books where it runs low

  • Exodus0.69×5.8 per 1,000 · 368 of 63,531
  • Kings0.71×6.0 per 1,000 · 593 of 98,460
  • Numbers0.74×6.2 per 1,000 · 394 of 63,545

Portions where it runs high

  • Tazria2.56×21.5 per 1,000 · 79 of 3,667
  • Metzora1.54×13.0 per 1,000 · 61 of 4,698
  • Masei1.44×12.1 per 1,000 · 70 of 5,776
  • V'Zot HaBerachah1.37×11.5 per 1,000 · 23 of 1,993
  • Behar1.35×11.4 per 1,000 · 32 of 2,817
  • Achrei Mot1.33×11.2 per 1,000 · 48 of 4,296
  • Mishpatim1.30×10.9 per 1,000 · 58 of 5,312

Portions where it runs low

  • Vayeilech0.28×2.4 per 1,000 · 5 of 2,123
  • Pinchas0.36×3.1 per 1,000 · 24 of 7,854
  • Nasso0.40×3.4 per 1,000 · 29 of 8,632
  • Terumah0.41×3.4 per 1,000 · 16 of 4,691
  • Beshalach0.44×3.7 per 1,000 · 24 of 6,424
  • Vayikra0.46×3.9 per 1,000 · 24 of 6,222
  • Tzav0.47×3.9 per 1,000 · 20 of 5,096
  • Vaera0.48×4.0 per 1,000 · 27 of 6,703

The gematria of the letter

Standard3Gadol3Katan3Siduri (ordinal)3Atbash200Perati9Milui83

Milui values a letter at the standard gematria of its own name spelled in full: גימל = 83. Computed at render by the same engine that runs every search — nothing on this page is a stored number except the counts.

First standing

The first Gimel of the Tanakh, in canonical order from Bereshit 1:1 forward, is in הגדלים — Genesis 1:16, the 6th word of the verse.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Gimel?

Gimel (ג) is 3 in standard gematria; it is the 3rd letter of the alef-bet. Spelled out in full, גימל, it is 83.

How many times does Gimel appear in the Tanakh?

10,080 times in the twenty-four books — the 19th most written of the twenty-two letters.