Aviv — the number of the name, the Torah page and the verse
The name Aviv in Hebrew letters is אביב. Below: how its number adds up, which page of the Torah it falls on and what verse stands there. Everything is computed, nothing is guessed.
אביב
In short
Your name in Hebrew letters is אביב. “Spring, ear of grain.” The Torah calls the month of the Exodus “the month of Aviv” (Exodus 13:4). Adding up the numbers of its letters gives 15 — the same as the Torah word זוב, “to flow freely”. That number points to Torah page 15 of 354 — in the portion Noach. What that portion is about: The flood and the ark; the rainbow as a sign of the covenant; the tower of Babel; ten generations from Noah to Abraham. The verse that begins with the first letter of your name and ends with the last is Leviticus 11:31. Each of these steps is laid out below with its sources. There are no predictions or judgments here — only the text of the Torah and arithmetic you can check.
Adding up the letters of the name אביב gives 15.
15
The number 15 is the Torah word זוב — «to flow freely» (Exodus 3:8).
Fifteen steps of the Temple and fifteen “Songs of Ascents” (Psalms 120–134); the full moon on the 15th of the month.
The number 15, as the remainder modulo 354, points to Torah page 15 in the book of Bereshit (Genesis). These are its opening words:
אשר יצאו משם פלשתים ואת כפתרים וכנען ילד …
The verse this place falls on is Bereshit (Genesis) 10:14:
וְאֶת־פַּתְרֻסִים וְאֶת־כַּסְלֻחִים אֲשֶׁר יָצְאוּ מִשָּׁם פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְאֶת־כַּפְתֹּרִים ס
and Pathrusim, and Casluhim--whence went forth the Philistines--and Caphtorim.
This is from the portion Noach. What it is about: The flood and the ark; the rainbow as a sign of the covenant; the tower of Babel; ten generations from Noah to Abraham.
The same number, 15, is given by these biblical names:
בוז · הדו · אביב · גבי
Nine ways of counting
The tradition counts the same name in several ways. The main one is above: each letter is its number. The other eight are old and checkable too; each gives its own number, and many of them have a Torah word with the same number.
Final letters as 500–900 (mispar gadol) — 15. A Torah word with the same number is זוב — “to flow freely” (Exodus 3:8).
Reduced, each letter to one digit (mispar katan) — 6. A Torah word with the same number is בד — “separation” (Genesis 2:18).
Ordinal: alef 1, bet 2 … tav 22 (mispar siduri) — 15. A Torah word with the same number is זוב — “to flow freely” (Exodus 3:8).
Cumulative: a letter plus all letters before it (mispar kidmi) — 62. A Torah word with the same number is בין — “between” (Genesis 1:4).
Squares of the letter values (mispar perati) — 109. A Torah word with the same number is צידה — “food” (Genesis 27:3).
Building: the sum grows with each letter (mispar bone’eh) — 32. A Torah word with the same number is לב — “the heart” (Genesis 6:5).
The word that comes out is תשמש. Atbash: letters mirrored, alef for tav, bet for shin, and the number of the resulting word — 1040.
Filling: the names of the letters are counted — alef, bet, gimel… (milui) — 955.
The number 15 appears in the classical books 45 times across 25 works. The earliest mention is ספר קרניים (~1400).
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The name אביב appears in the Torah as a word 2 times. The first time is Exodus 9:31. Another 6 times it stands with prefixes — “and”, “in”, “the”.
The verse of your name
There is a custom: at the end of the prayer one says a Torah verse that begins with the first letter of one's name and ends with its last. For אביב these are א and ב. The Pentateuch has 4 such verses. The first of them is Leviticus 11:31:
אלה הטמאים לכם בכל השרץ כל הנגע בהם במתם יטמא עד הערב
This is from the portion Shmini. What it is about: The eighth day: Aaron's first service; fire from heaven; the death of Nadab and Abihu; clean and unclean animals.
Nine ways of counting
The tradition counts the same name in several ways. The main one is above: each letter is its number. The other eight are old and checkable too; each gives its own number, and many of them have a Torah word with the same number.
Final letters as 500–900 (mispar gadol) — 15. A Torah word with the same number is זוב — “to flow freely” (Exodus 3:8).
Reduced, each letter to one digit (mispar katan) — 6. A Torah word with the same number is בד — “separation” (Genesis 2:18).
Ordinal: alef 1, bet 2 … tav 22 (mispar siduri) — 15. A Torah word with the same number is זוב — “to flow freely” (Exodus 3:8).
Cumulative: a letter plus all letters before it (mispar kidmi) — 62. A Torah word with the same number is בין — “between” (Genesis 1:4).
Squares of the letter values (mispar perati) — 109. A Torah word with the same number is צידה — “food” (Genesis 27:3).
Building: the sum grows with each letter (mispar bone’eh) — 32. A Torah word with the same number is לב — “the heart” (Genesis 6:5).
The word that comes out is תשמש. Atbash: letters mirrored, alef for tav, bet for shin, and the number of the resulting word — 1040.
Filling: the names of the letters are counted — alef, bet, gimel… (milui) — 955.
Add a date of birth and the verse of meeting from that week's portion is added to the reading.
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Other names
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How it is counted
Each Hebrew letter has a number; a word's number is their sum (alef 1 … tav 400). The page is the remainder modulo 354: the Torah divided into 354 pages of 861 letters, as the lunar year has 354 days. Everything can be checked by hand.
Биньямин Пичхадзе, «Хумаш 354» (חומש 354), Бней-Брак, 2002 / התשס״ג · A calculation, not a prediction.
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