Gematria Window

 

The Gematria window is opened by pressing F7, clicking on the "Gematria" icon, or selecting "Gematria" from the Search Menu.

 

In the "Words to search" window, you may type one or several words.

 

Search Method

 

·         "Gematria" - finds the simple Gematria

·         "Rashei teivot kesidran" = Beginning letters - searches for consecutive words in Tanach whose beginning letters form an acronym identical to the search word(s).

·         "Sofei teivot kesidran" =  Ending letters - searches for consecutive words in Tanach whose end letters form an acronym identical to the search word(s).

·         "Rashei teivot lo kesidran" = Beginning letters not in order – searches for consecutive words in Tanach whose beginning letters, in a different order,  form an acronym identical to the search word(s).

·         "Sofei teivot lo kesidran" = Ending letters not in order – searches for consecutive words in Tanach whose ending letters, in a different order,  form an acronym identical to the search word(s).

·         "First and last letter" - searches for verses that begin with first letter of the search word and ends with last letter of the search word.

·         "Skip letters" - Search for letter combinations at fixed intervals. Type the preferred number of intervals in the "From" and "To" boxes.

 

Search Conditions

·         "Without verse limit" - the Gematria will be composed of consecutive words even if they are not from the same verse.

·         "Verse limit" - the Gematria will be composed of consecutive words from within one verse.

·         "Entire verse" - the Gematria will be composed of all the words in a verse.

 

After pressing the Search button, the search word's Gematria value will appear in the "Gematria Sum" box and the number of words found which equal the Gematria value of the search word will appear in "Results."

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