Number 1497
Torah page
Number 1497 falls on page 81 of 354
Page begins: Bereshit (Genesis) 45 · Vayigash · וַיִּגַּשׁ
לענות אתו כי נבהלו מפניו ויאמר…
The verse the page opens in · Bereshit (Genesis) 45:3
וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל־אֶחָיו אֲנִי יוֹסֵף הַעוֹד אָבִי חָי וְלֹא־יָכְלוּ אֶחָיו לַעֲנוֹת אֹתוֹ כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ מִפָּנָיו
And Joseph said unto his brethren: 'I am Joseph; doth my father yet live?' And his brethren could not answer him; for they were affrighted at his presence.
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