How to use this calculator
- Type a word in the box. Hebrew letters give you the four traditional methods; English letters switch the calculator to the Hebrew/Jewish cipher.
- The value appears straight away in every method.
- Tap any method card to feature it as the large number, with the value of each letter shown below.
The calculator ignores spaces and punctuation, and it is not case-sensitive. When you type digits, a Numbers control appears so you can choose how they count.
What is Hebrew gematria?
Hebrew gematria is the original form of the practice. In Hebrew, the letters of the alphabet already stand for numbers: א (aleph) is 1, ב (bet) is 2, on up to ת (tav) at 400. To find a word's value, you add the value of each letter. The word שלום (shalom, "peace") comes to 376.
Jewish scholars have used this for centuries to study the Torah, comparing words that share a value to draw out links in the text. One well-known case sits in Genesis: Abraham sets out with 318 men, and because the name of his servant Eliezer also adds up to 318, some read the verse as Eliezer alone.
The four Hebrew methods
There is no single Hebrew gematria. Several methods, each called a מספר (mispar), assign the values in different ways:
- Standard (Mispar Hechrachi) is the absolute value, א 1 through ת 400. This is the one most people mean.
- Large (Mispar Gadol) is the same, but the five final letters (ך ם ן ף ץ) take higher values, from 500 to 900.
- Ordinal (Mispar Siduri) counts each letter by its position, 1 to 22.
- Reduced (Mispar Katan) reduces each value to a single digit, so kaf (20) becomes 2 and qof (100) becomes 1.
The calculator above shows all four at once. Tap any method to feature it.
Understanding the calculations
The large number is the total for the highlighted method. Under it, every letter shows the value that method gives it, and those values add up to the total. For example, in the Standard method the word שלום works out as ש 300 + ל 30 + ו 6 + ם 40 = 376. If you type more than one word, the line below shows what each word comes to on its own.
Each method assigns numbers to letters in its own way, so the same word lands on a different total in each one. Switch שלום to the Ordinal method (Mispar Siduri) and it becomes 52 instead. Tap any method in the grid to feature it. None of them is the one right answer; you use whichever your tradition or method calls for. To read where these methods come from and which are old or modern, see the guide to the gematria ciphers.
Tap the large total to open its number properties: whether the number is prime, what it factors into, which sequences it belongs to, and how it reads in binary, hexadecimal and other bases. The same panel sits on the Numbers page, where you can look up any number on its own.
If your text includes digits, like a year or an age, the Numbers buttons set how they are counted. Take the number 2024:
- Smart keeps a short number whole (so 11 stays 11) but splits a long one into single digits, so 2024 becomes 2 + 0 + 2 + 4 = 8.
- Full always uses the whole number, so 2024 stays 2024.
- Reduced adds up the digits, so 2024 becomes 8.
- Off leaves numbers out of the total, the same as not typing them.
For every Hebrew letter and its value in each method, see the full Hebrew gematria chart.
Frequently asked questions
How do you calculate Hebrew gematria?
Give each Hebrew letter its value, then add them up. For שלום (shalom): ש 300 + ל 30 + ו 6 + ם 40 = 376. The calculator does this for any Hebrew word and shows the other methods alongside it.
What are the Hebrew gematria methods?
The four common ones are Standard (Mispar Hechrachi), Large (Mispar Gadol), Ordinal (Mispar Siduri), and Reduced (Mispar Katan). Standard is the absolute letter value and the one most people mean by "Hebrew gematria." The others reposition or reduce those values.
What is Mispar Hechrachi?
Mispar Hechrachi is the standard, absolute method: aleph 1 through tav 400, with the final letters keeping their normal values. It is the default in most Hebrew gematria work.
What values do the final Hebrew letters have?
In the Standard method they keep their base value (final kaf ך is 20, the same as regular kaf). In the Large method, Mispar Gadol, they take higher values: ך 500, ם 600, ן 700, ף 800, ץ 900.
Is Hebrew gematria in the Torah?
The Torah does not set out gematria as a method, but the tradition rests on how Hebrew letters double as numbers, and Jewish commentators have long applied it to the text. The Genesis link between 318 and Eliezer is a classic example.
Can I calculate Hebrew gematria with English letters?
Type Hebrew letters for the traditional methods. If you type English, the calculator switches to the Hebrew/Jewish (Agrippa) cipher, which maps English letters to Hebrew-style values, so you still get a result.
What happens when I tap the total?
Tapping the large number opens its properties, such as whether it is prime, how it factors, and how it reads in other bases. So שלום at 376 opens its full breakdown. You can also look up any number on the Numbers page.