What Is Hebrew Gematria?
Gematria is a traditional system for finding numerical meaning in Hebrew text. Each of the 22 Hebrew letters carries a fixed value, and a word’s gematria is the sum of its letters. Talmudic scholars and Kabbalists have used it for centuries to reveal connections between words, phrases, and Torah passages that share the same total.
To use the calculator, enter Hebrew text with your keyboard or by clicking the Hebrew characters above, choose a method, and click Calculate.
What Are Final Forms (Sofit)?
Five Hebrew letters — Kaf, Mem, Nun, Pe, and Tsade — take a different shape when they appear at the end of a word. These are the sofit (final) forms: ך, ם, ן, ף, and ץ.
In most methods, final forms share the value of the regular letter. Mispar gadol is the exception: it assigns them higher values (500–900), a practice some scholars trace to an older system in which the alphabet extended to represent numbers up to 1,000.
Available Ciphers
The calculator supports five traditional methods. Each reveals different relationships. Consider each method a different lens on the text.
Mispar Hechrachi
The standard method, and the most widely recognized: each letter carries its traditional value, from Aleph (א) = 1 to Tav (ת) = 400.
Mispar Gadol
Extends the standard values by assigning the five final forms their own: from final Kaf (ך) = 500 up to final Tsade (ץ) = 900.
Mispar Katan
Reduces each letter to a single digit by dropping zeros, exposing patterns that larger numbers obscure: Yud (י) becomes 1 instead of 10, and Kuf (ק) becomes 1 instead of 100.
Mispar Siduri
An ordinal system: letters are numbered by their place in the alphabet, from Aleph (א) = 1 through Tav (ת) = 22, ignoring the traditional value gaps.
Mispar Bone’eh
The building method: each letter adds its standard value to a running total, and the totals are summed. For אב (Aleph = 1, Bet = 2) the running totals are 1 and 3, so the word’s value is 1 + 3 = 4. Letter order matters here.
Example Connections in Hebrew Gematria
The word חי (chai), meaning “life,” has a value of 18, which gives this number special significance in Jewish tradition: it’s commonly associated with vitality and blessing.
The word ashir (עשיר), “wealthy person”, has a standard value of 580, and ani (עני), “poor person”, has 130. Interestingly, the difference between them, 450, is the value of tein (תן), which means “to give”.
Another example is ahavah (אהבה), “love”, and echad (אחד), “one”: both share the value 13, a pairing traditionally noted as a symbolic link between love and unity.
Other Gematria Calculators
- For Greek: Try our Greek isopsephy calculator to explore gematria values based on the Greek alphabet.
- For English: Our English gematria calculator supports different systems for English including the ALW cipher, which is historically associated with the works of Aleister Crowley.