B"H

 

A MOST PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF GEMATRIA

 

 

Let us consider the area of a square or rectangle.  The area of the square or rectangle is a x b where a denotes the length of two parallel sides of the square or rectangle and b denotes the length of the other two parallel sides of the square or rectangle.  We're in a box.

 

Now, if instead of plugging numbers as they are understood according to the Egyptian/Greek system of mathematics into the variables we plug in Hebrew letters and apply the rules of âéîèøéà we will arrive at some remarkable conclusions. You see unlike a, which can only have one value, à is 1 and 1000 concomitantly. á is 2, 1001 and 2000 concomitantly. â is 3, 1002, 2001 and 3000 concomitantly and so on.

 

So, if we plug any of the Hebrew values into the formula

Area =  à x á we have many possibilities of what the square or rectangle looks like and how large it is. In fact, if we choose* to reckon two of the parallel sides as first larger then smaller values for the Hebrew letters we no longer have a square or rectangle at all. The area has opened up.  We're out of the box.

 

*Since the values of the Hebrew letters all have more than one value, starting with à' that is equal to both one and to one thousand, we can never know a given value for the letter.  They are always this and that value.  However, we can choose to consider the letter as though it is this value or that for the sake of a given computation.

 

Let's take the familiar simple formula for a right triangle:

a2 + b2 = c2 and rewrite it as it would appear according to the laws of âéîèøéà:

 

à 2 = 1001 = 2000 + á 2 = 1001 = 2000  = â 2 = 1001 = 2000

 

That is:

 

1 = 1000 2 = 1001 = 2000 + 2 = 1001 = 2000 2 = 1001 = 2000 =

3 = 1002 = 2001 = 3000 2 = 1001 = 2000

 

Now what does that do to your formula? Think of all of the triangles and other possibilities that are going to be described if we substitute à and á and â for a, b and c. Bear in mind that the index (exponent) too should be understood to be 2 and 1001 and 2000 concomitantly.

 

Um, how many km2 were you told the Land of Israel is?

 

We are not only out of the boxes, we are out of the problem of disputed territories.

 

Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel

DoreenDotan@gmail.com