Alphanumerics: the Alphabet and Cardinal Numbers

Gematria and Numerological Values

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The ancients used the same symbols for both numerals and words, and so each word form in Paleo-Hebrew can also be read as a mathematical expression. The numerical value of a Hebrew word is its gematria, and word forms sharing the same numerical value also have correlations in meaning. The letter arrangement and meaning of words having the same value can be considered as octaves of the numerical expression.

This system was discarded, eventually, as numbers became utilized more in commerce. Roman numerals were an invention to deal with the increased use of numbers, but the Roman system was not useful with regards to mathematics; and so it gave way to the Indo-Arabian numerals, which are universally in use today. The number symbols we now use answer to the logic discovered by the ancients: like the alphabets of mankind, modern numerals are fruit of the Tree of Life.

The numerological values of words is based on logic that differs from the logic of gematria: the number of each letter is derived purely from its sequential position in the parent alphabet. Remarkably, however, there is a perfect harmony between the two systems of numbering, as demonstrated in the second table. Not all alphabets have gematria, but all share numerology. The essence of the mathematical dimensions of the original alefbet and its Greek successor are therefore preserved in the numerology of the Latinate alphabets.

The Alefbet and the Cardinal Numbers



Result	expansion	development	birth process	opportunity	enlightenment	balance	deliverance	ascension	safety

Action	explosion	interiorization	facilitation	insight	discrimination	adjudication	thrust	labor	concealment

Object	seed	house, body	hoe	door, heart	rake	scales	wing	ladder	basket

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

A Parsing of the Gematria and Numerological Values of the Nine Cardinal Numbers:

Concepts (1/Alef/a) interiorized within the soul (2/Bet/b) are an avenue (3/Gimel/g) to the door (4/Dalet/d)
of enlightenment (5/He/h) and bind (6/Waw/w) the will (7/Zayin/z)
to ascensions (8/Chet/j) via the resolution of opposing forces (9/Tet/f).

Alphanumerics of Yod through Taw

Paleo-Hebrew Gematria Value	Gematria Meaning	Alefbet Position	Numerological Values and Interpretations	Reduction Value
y (Yod) 10	to give/receive	10	10 = y = the hand	1 = a = initiations
k (Kaf) 20	to branch	11	11 = ay = the hand initiates	2 = b = formulation
l (Lamed) 30	to guide	12	12 = by = the hand builds	3 = g = process
m (Mem) 40	to release	13	13 = gy = the hand transfers	4 = d = the door
n (Nun) 50	to display	14	14 = dy = the hand accesses	5 = h = enlightenment
s (Samek) 60	to establish	15	15 = hy = the hand separates	6 = w = evaluation
[ (Ayin) 70	to comprehend	16	16 = wy = the hand weighs	7 = z = conclusions
p (Pe) 80	to open	17	17 = zy = the hand frees	8 = j = the window
x (Tsade) 90	to transform	18	18 = jy = the hand serves	9 = f = resolution
q (Qof) 100	to sanctify	19	19 = fy = the hand collects	1 = a = conceptualization
r (Resh) 200	to regulate	20	20 = k = a branching out	2 = b = formulation
c (Shin) 300	to stimulate	21	21 = ak = evidence of principle	3 = g = birth process
t (Taw) 400	to renew	22	22 = bk = productivity within the house	4 = d = opportunity