גִּימַטְרְיָא, גְּמַטְרְיָא f. (a transpos. of γραμματεῖον, … άτια, pl.) 1) accounts. Y. Ter. V, 43ᶜ bot. חשבון ג׳ arithmetical calculation. —2) the use of letters for their numerical value; homiletic interpretation based on the numerical value of letters. Ber. 8ᵃ ת̇ו̇צ̇א̇ו̇ת̇ בגי׳ וכ׳ the word totsaoth (Ps. LXVIII, 21) intimates 903 (causes of death). Lev. R. s. 21 השטן גי׳ וכ׳; Midr. Till. to Ps. XXVII השט"ן בגי׳ וכ׳ hassatan (the accuser) counts 364; a. fr. —3) learned writing, cifer. Snh. 22ᵃ בגי׳ איכתיב (Ms. M. איתחזי) the inscription of the wall was in cifers (א"ת ב"ש).—Pl. גִּימַטְרְיָאוֹת arithmetic. Ab. III, 18.
גִּימַטְרְיָא
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גִּימַטְרְיָא , גְּמַטְרְיָא f. (a transpos. of γραμματεῖον, … άτια, pl.) 1) accounts . Y. Ter. V, 43ᶜ bot. חשבון ג׳ arithmetical calculation. —2)…
References
- Jerusalem Talmud Terumot 5:1:11
- Berakhot 8a:13
- Psalms 68:21
- Vayikra Rabbah 21:4
- Midrash Tehillim 27:3
- Sanhedrin 22a:12
- Jastrow, חֲזִי 1
- Jastrow, א
- Pirkei Avot 3:18