Gematria: letters counted as numbers (Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet provenCode: a stated code
Year: 1906
SUMMARYGematria: letters counted as numbers (Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906) [Connections: Word coding & Masonic method, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDThe Jewish Encyclopedia defines gematria as "A cryptograph which gives, instead of the intended word, its numerical value." Its example: "the number 318 is the equivalent of 'Eliezer' (Ned. 32a)". The article also says "examples of permutative gemaṭria are found in Biblical literature." Authors: Solomon Schechter and Caspar Levias, vol. 5, pp. 589–592
CODEThis is a documented method with a stated rule: each letter has a fixed number value
PATTERNGematria links words whose letters add up to the same total. The rule is fixed and anyone can check the arithmetic
LENS (WW9)A gematria claim is checkable: show the letters and the sums. That is the standard for a "number code" receipt