Number 1 — א׳
In Hebrew letters
א׳
Attestation database
Attested 11 times · in sources: 11
8 exact · 3 im hakolel (±1)
Earliest: מדרש לפירושים (~1450?) — דרוש השנים עשר - אדם
א = אחד
Torah page
Number 1 falls on page 1 of 354
Page begins: Bereshit (Genesis) 1 · Bereshit · בְּרֵאשִׁית
בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת…
The verse the page opens in · Bereshit (Genesis) 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ
IN THE beginning G-d created the heaven and the earth.
Pages are counted as in “Chumash 354”: the last letter of the phrase at its extended value (ך500 ם600 ן700 ף800 ץ900), then mod 354. This is not the count used in the attestation database.
Structure 861×354: Binyamin Pichkhadze, “Chumash 354”, Bnei Brak, 2002. Torah text: Westminster Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0.
No Torah words carry this gematria — a rare number.
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (WLC), CC BY 4.0