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gematria

[ guh-mey-tree-uh ]

noun

  1. a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gematria1

1685–95; < Hebrew ²µÅ§³¾²¹á¹­r¾±²âÄå < Greek ²µ±ðų¾±ð³Ù°ùí²¹ geometry
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The Negative48 spinoff focuses on deciphering meaning using a takeoff of gematria, an ancient Hebrew tradition of assigning numeric values to letters.

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Elsewhere at the rally, Eileen McDermott said she’d only started to explore gematria, but she believed there were coded messages in Trump’s speeches, executive orders and musical selections.

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“We learned gematria from Michael in Dallas,†said Melissa Cole, who was at the rally in Wilmington with two 13-year-olds and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in a stroller.

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One centerpiece of kabbalistic thought is gematria—the search for coded messages within the text of the Bible.

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It’s the only literary form for which every letter and number is routinely scrutinized for esoteric messages, using methods ranging from gematria to theomatics to Koranic symmetry to Equidistant Letter Sequences.

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