What is standard gematria, or mispar hechrechi?

It is the most common method: each letter takes its traditional value, aleph 1 to tav 400, and the word's value is the sum. In this method the five final letters score the same as their ordinary forms.

How are final (sofit) letters handled?

By default a final kaf scores 20 like a normal kaf, and so on, which is standard mispar hechrechi. The optional large-finals mode gives the five sofit letters their extended values 500 to 900, a method called mispar gadol.

Does it ignore vowel points and cantillation?

Yes. Niqqud vowel points, cantillation marks, spaces and punctuation carry no numeric value and are skipped. Only the 22 base letters and the 5 final forms contribute to the total.

What is the value of a well-known word?

The word chai, chet plus yod, sums to 8 plus 10 equals 18, which is why 18 is a meaningful number in Jewish tradition. You can verify any total from the per-letter breakdown shown.

Can I paste a whole verse?

Yes. Paste any length of Hebrew text. All letters across all words are summed into one total, and each scored letter is listed so you can check the arithmetic.

What is the Hebrew Gematria Calculator?

Compute the standard (mispar hechrechi) gematria value of any Hebrew text, with an optional large-final mode where the five sofit letters take their 500 to 900 values, plus a per-letter breakdown. Runs in your browser. It runs free in your browser on Gera Tools, with nothing uploaded.

Hebrew Gematria Calculator

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Hebrew gematria assigns a numeric value to each letter and sums them for a word or phrase. This calculator uses the standard mispar hechrechi values and offers an optional mode where the five final letters take their large 500–900 values.

Background: gematria in Jewish tradition

Gematria has been used in Jewish textual interpretation for over two thousand years. The practice draws on the fact that Hebrew has no separate numeral symbols — in ancient manuscripts, letters served as numbers (aleph = 1, bet = 2, and so on). Rabbis and kabbalists noticed that words and phrases with the same numerical total could be seen as connected in meaning, a method of interpretation called notarikon when applied to whole phrases.

Classic examples cited in traditional literature include:

חי (chai, “life”) = chet (8) + yod (10) = 18. This is why gifts in Jewish custom are often given in multiples of 18.
אהבה (ahavah, “love”) = aleph (1) + heh (5) + bet (2) + heh (5) = 13, which equals the value of אחד (echad, “one”) — a connection cited in kabbalistic texts.

The calculator makes it easy to verify these and explore others from primary sources.

How it works

Each Hebrew letter has a fixed value; the tool sums them across the input:

א1 ב2 ג3 ד4 ה5 ו6 ז7 ח8 ט9
י10 כ20 ל30 מ40 נ50 ס60 ע70 פ80 צ90
ק100 ר200 ש300 ת400

By default the final forms ך ם ן ף ץ score the same as their normal kaf, mem, nun, pe and tsadi (20, 40, 50, 80, 90) — this is mispar hechrechi. In the large-finals mode (mispar gadol) they instead score 500, 600, 700, 800 and 900. Vowel points, marks, spaces and punctuation are ignored.

The two modes explained

Standard (mispar hechrechi): The five letters that have a final form — kaf, mem, nun, pe, tsadi — score the same whether they appear at the end of a word (their sofit form) or in the middle. Most published gematria references and traditional commentaries use this mode.

Large finals (mispar gadol): The five sofit forms are treated as an extension of the alphabet, continuing the tens-to-hundreds pattern. Final kaf = 500, final mem = 600, final nun = 700, final pe = 800, final tsadi = 900. This allows totals above 400 using single letters. Use this mode only when you are working from a source that explicitly specifies mispar gadol, as the two methods give different results and mixing them produces errors.

Worked examples

שלום (shalom, “peace”): shin (300) + lamed (30) + vav (6) + mem (40) = 376. In standard mode the final mem scores 40; in large-finals mode it scores 600, giving 936.
תורה (Torah): tav (400) + vav (6) + resh (200) + heh (5) = 611.
ישראל (Yisrael, “Israel”): yod (10) + shin (300) + resh (200) + aleph (1) + lamed (30) = 541.

Paste any Hebrew text and the per-letter breakdown lets you verify the arithmetic directly.