Number 638 — תרל״ח
In Hebrew letters
תרל״ח
Attestation database
Attested 8 times · in sources: 6
6 exact · 2 im hakolel (±1)
Earliest: בעל הטורים על התורה (~1300) — פרשת תרומה
שני כרובים = אברהם יצחק יעקב
Torah page
Number 638 falls on page 284 of 354
Page begins: Bamidbar (Numbers) 32 · Matot · מַּטּוֹת
אחזת נחלתנו מעבר לירדן ויתן להם…
The verse the page opens in · Bamidbar (Numbers) 32:32
נַחְנוּ נַעֲבֹר חֲלוּצִים לִפְנֵי ה׳ אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וְאִתָּנוּ אֲחֻזַּת נַחֲלָתֵנוּ מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן
We will pass over armed before HaShem into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.'
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.
The number 638 appears in the Torah
3 times — in 3 portions
Most often — in:
Lech-Lecha (1), Balak (1), Vezot Haberakhah (1)
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (WLC), CC BY 4.0