The number 32 in gematria
Significance in the sources
לב (lev, “heart”) is ל 30 + ב 2 = 32. Sefer Yetzirah opens by saying the world was created with “thirty-two wondrous paths of wisdom” (Sefer Yetzirah 1:1), which the next passage explains as the ten sefirot and the 22 letters (1:2). That lev has the same value is a fact of arithmetic; we cite no source that draws a lesson from it.
Hebrew words with the value 32
| Word | Strong’s gloss | Strong’s no. |
|---|---|---|
| בְּכִי בכי | weeping, dripping | H1065 |
| בַּל בל | failure, nothing, not; anxiety, heart (Aramaic) | H1077, H1079 |
| זָכָה זכה | be translucent, be innocent | H2135 |
| חֲזִיז חזיז | flash of lightning | H2385 |
| יָחִיד יחיד | united, sole, beloved | H3173 |
| כָּבוֹד כבוד | weight, splendor, copiousness | H3519 |
| כָּחַד כחד | secrete, destroy | H3582 |
| לֵב לב | heart, feelings, will; heart (Aramaic) | H3820, H3821 |
Names with the value 32
- אלא Ela H414
- בל Bel H1078
- טוביה Tobijah H2900
- יואחז Joachaz H3099
- יזיה Jizzijah H3150
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 בכי, בל, זכה.
About the number 32
- 32 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2.
- Its digit sum reduces to 5 (Mispar Katan Mispari).
- As a Hebrew numeral, 32 is written ל״ב. See Hebrew numerals.
English words with Ordinal value 32
academe, addend, adder, again, agenda, ages, amide, arcade, arid, arm, baffle, bait, ballad, barbed, bark, bated, beagle, beanbag, beet, bench, berg, bey, bloc, bomb, boo, bye, cell, chat, cheek, clap, coma, con, crib, dabber, damn, dash, debacle, deer, dew, dido, dine, dis, dread, dug, elan, eve, facial, fate, fay, feat, feta, file, gall, get, gild, hare, haw, hear, high, ilk and 29 more.
English Ordinal (A = 1 … Z = 26) is a modern cipher with no link to Hebrew gematria; see the English gematria calculator.