Since Pythagoras, individuals have attributed meaning to numbers – which is known as numerology. Since their development, numbers have held an almost magical place in our mind. They hold no less secret in our dreams.
In the ancient Hebrew tradition of Gematria (or Gimatria) a word or phrase is assigned a numeric value. The conviction was/is that words or phrases with the same values bear some relation to each other, or to the number itself. To decide a word's numeric value, each letter of the alphabet was assigned an individual value (see table underneath) based on the occasions each letter appeared in the Scriptures.
In the medieval mystical content called Sefer Yitzirah - The Book of Creation-the letters of the alphabet are depicted as "the stones used to construct a house." This fundamental features the confidence in the essential relationship between letters, words and creation.
Gematria Values Table
In non-Jewish traditions, less emphasis is placed on the spiritual or biblical meaning of a number/letter than in the Hebrew framework, and many distinctive frameworks have developed throughout the years with their very own strategies for deciding a letter/number value and meaning.
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