Number 248 — רמ״ח
In Hebrew letters
רמ״ח
Attestation database
Attested 72 times · in sources: 38
59 exact · 13 im hakolel (±1)
Earliest: ספר חסידים (~1200)
במארה = חרם
Torah page
Number 248 falls on page 248 of 354
Page begins: Bamidbar (Numbers) 14 · Shlach · שְׁלַח־לְךָ
אשר תרתם את הארץ ארבעים יום…
The verse the page opens in · Bamidbar (Numbers) 14:34
בְּמִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר־תַּרְתֶּם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם יוֹם לַשָּׁנָה יוֹם לַשָּׁנָה תִּשְׂאוּ אֶת־עֲוֺנֹתֵיכֶם אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וִידַעְתֶּם אֶת־תְּנוּאָתִי
After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know My displeasure.
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.
Torah words with this gematria (9)
אַבְרָהָ֖ם (Gen.17.5, 151)
חֲמֹר֔ (Gen.11.3, 21)
מָחָ֑ר (Gen.30.33, 17)
רֶ֖חֶם (Gen.20.18, 16)
חֵ֑רֶם (Lev.21.18, 9)
מְחֹקֵ֖ק (Gen.49.10, 3)
מְחֻסְפָּ֔ס (Exod.16.14)
רְחֵלֶ֥י (Gen.31.38)
חֲמֹר֔ (Gen.11.3, 21)
מָחָ֑ר (Gen.30.33, 17)
רֶ֖חֶם (Gen.20.18, 16)
חֵ֑רֶם (Lev.21.18, 9)
מְחֹקֵ֖ק (Gen.49.10, 3)
מְחֻסְפָּ֔ס (Exod.16.14)
רְחֵלֶ֥י (Gen.31.38)
Tanakh names with this gematria (5)
אַבְרָהָ֖ם (Gen.17.5, 175)
זְכַרְיָ֖הוּ (2Kgs.15.8, 16)
חָרִ֔ם (Josh.19.38, 12)
אוּרִיאֵ֣ל (1Chr.6.9, 4)
רְחֻ֖ם (Neh.12.3, 2)
זְכַרְיָ֖הוּ (2Kgs.15.8, 16)
חָרִ֔ם (Josh.19.38, 12)
אוּרִיאֵ֣ל (1Chr.6.9, 4)
רְחֻ֖ם (Neh.12.3, 2)
The number 248 appears in the Torah
242 times — in 42 portions
Most often — in:
Vayera (51), Chayei Sara (32), Toldot (12), Lech-Lecha (11), Sh'lach (10)
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