The number 22 in gematria
Significance in the sources
The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters, from א to ת. The final forms are not counted separately. Mispar Siduri numbers the letters 1 to 22 by position.
Sefer Yetzirah, an early work of Jewish mysticism, speaks of “twenty-two letters of foundation” (Sefer Yetzirah 1:2). With the ten sefirot they make up the “thirty-two paths” of its opening line (see 32).
Hebrew words with the value 22
| Word | Strong’s gloss | Strong’s no. |
|---|---|---|
| אוֹיָה אויה | woe | H190 |
| גְּדוּדָה גדודה | incision | H1418 |
| גִּדְיָה גדיה | a river brink; young female goat | H1428, H1429 |
| דְּחִי דחי | push, fall | H1762 |
| חַדּוּד חדוד | point | H2303 |
| חֲדִי חדי | breast (Aramaic) | H2306 |
| חוֹחַ חוח | thorn, ring; dell, crevice | H2336, H2337 |
| חִטָּה חטה | wheat | H2406 |
| טָחָה טחה | stretch; kidneys, inmost thought | H2909, H2910 |
| יָחַד יחד | be, one; unit, unitedly | H3161, H3162 |
Names with the value 22
- יהוא Jehu H3058
Words and glosses: Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0). Values are for the consonants only; vowel points are ignored. Check any of them in the calculator, for example אויה, גדודה, גדיה.
About the number 22
- 22 = 2 × 11.
- Its digit sum reduces to 4 (Mispar Katan Mispari).
- As a Hebrew numeral, 22 is written כ״ב. See Hebrew numerals.
English words with Ordinal value 22
abeam, abs, acme, ail, ameba, ape, arc, babel, bane, bean, cabana, cabbie, calf, came, car, chef, coca, cod, dale, deal, decade, doc, eel, fig, go, ham, heed, hie, lade, lead, lee, mace, mi, nag, oaf, pea.
English Ordinal (A = 1 … Z = 26) is a modern cipher with no link to Hebrew gematria; see the English gematria calculator.