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נֶגֶב Negeb

Every verse in which this name stands — 1 place, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 55×1 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Ezekiel 21:2.

Ezekiel 21:2יחזקאל כא:ב

בֶּן־אָדָם שִׂים פָּנֶיךָ דֶּרֶךְ תֵּימָנָה וְהַטֵּף אֶל־דָּרוֹם וְהִנָּבֵא אֶל־יַעַר הַשָּׂדֶה נֶֽגֶב

’Son of man, set thy face toward the South, and preach toward the South, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;

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What is the gematria of Negeb?

Negeb — נגב in Hebrew — has a gematria of 55 in the standard method.

How many times is Negeb named in the Tanakh?

1 time, first at Ezekiel 21:2.

A spelling is not a name. The written word נגב stands 28 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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