Number 247 — רמ״ז
In Hebrew letters
רמ״ז
Attestation database
Attested 5 times · in sources: 5
4 exact · 1 im hakolel (±1)
Earliest: שער מאמרי רז"ל (~1573) — מסכת ברכות
רמח = מורא
im hakolel (±1)
Torah page
Number 247 falls on page 247 of 354
Page begins: Bamidbar (Numbers) 14 · Shlach · שְׁלַח־לְךָ
אל הארץ אשר נשבע להם וישחטם…
The verse the page opens in · Bamidbar (Numbers) 14:16
מִבִּלְתִּי יְכֹלֶת ה׳ לְהָבִיא אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּע לָהֶם וַיִּשְׁחָטֵם בַּמִּדְבָּר
Because HaShem was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore unto them, therefore He hath slain them in the wilderness.
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.
Names with the number 247
Torah words with this gematria (8)
אָמְר֖וּ (Gen.12.12, 16)
מָּא֑וֹר (Gen.1.16, 11)
מוֹרַאֲ (Gen.9.2, 3)
מַּרְבֶּ֖ה (Exod.16.17, 3)
אוֹמָ֔ר (Gen.36.11, 2)
אמוֹר֒ (Gen.48.20, 2)
זָֽמֶר (Deut.14.5)
יַאֲרִ֣יכוּ (Deut.25.15)
מָּא֑וֹר (Gen.1.16, 11)
מוֹרַאֲ (Gen.9.2, 3)
מַּרְבֶּ֖ה (Exod.16.17, 3)
אוֹמָ֔ר (Gen.36.11, 2)
אמוֹר֒ (Gen.48.20, 2)
זָֽמֶר (Deut.14.5)
יַאֲרִ֣יכוּ (Deut.25.15)
Tanakh names with this gematria (3)
אוֹמָ֔ר (Gen.36.11, 3)
אֲחַרְחֵ֖ל (1Chr.4.8)
יְרוּאֵֽל (2Chr.20.16)
אֲחַרְחֵ֖ל (1Chr.4.8)
יְרוּאֵֽל (2Chr.20.16)
The number 247 appears in the Torah
53 times — in 29 portions
Most often — in:
Ki Tavo (11), Chayei Sara (4), Ki Teitzei (4), Nasso (3), Devarim (3)
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