Number 72 — ע״ב
In words: seventy-two
In Hebrew letters
ע״ב
Attestation database
Attested 110 times · in sources: 51
98 exact · 12 im hakolel (±1)
Earliest: ספר הפליאה (~1390) — דה ויכלו השמים והארץ וכל צבאם
ויכלו = עב
Torah page
Number 72 falls on page 72 of 354
Page begins: Bereshit (Genesis) 41 · Miketz · מִקֵּץ
שבלים עלת בקנה אחד מלאת וטבות…
The verse the page opens in · Bereshit (Genesis) 41:22
וָאֵרֶא בַּחֲלֹמִי וְהִנֵּה שֶׁבַע שִׁבֳּלִים עֹלֹת בְּקָנֶה אֶחָד מְלֵאֹת וְטֹבוֹת
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good.
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 72
Torah words with this gematria (11)
חֶ֖סֶד (Gen.19.19, 20)
נִזְבְּחָ֥ה (Exod.3.18, 4)
אֲמַלֵּֽא (Exod.23.26, 2)
הֵטַ֣בְנוּ (Num.10.29, 2)
יוּכְל֜וּ (Gen.43.32, 2)
יִּסֹּ֥ב (Gen.42.24, 2)
בָּזַ֣זְנוּ (Deut.2.35)
בֹכִ֔ים (Num.25.6)
נִזְבְּחָ֥ה (Exod.3.18, 4)
אֲמַלֵּֽא (Exod.23.26, 2)
הֵטַ֣בְנוּ (Num.10.29, 2)
יוּכְל֜וּ (Gen.43.32, 2)
יִּסֹּ֥ב (Gen.42.24, 2)
בָּזַ֣זְנוּ (Deut.2.35)
בֹכִ֔ים (Num.25.6)
and 1
Tanakh names with this gematria (8)
אֱלִיאֵ֖ל (1Chr.5.24, 10)
יָבִ֣ין (Josh.11.1, 8)
יֽוֹנָדָ֔ב (2Sam.13.3, 7)
דִּיב֑וֹן (Num.21.30, 5)
בֹּכִ֑ים (Judg.2.1, 2)
בֵסָֽי (Ezra.2.49, 2)
חֶ֖סֶד (1Kgs.4.10, 2)
נֵיבָֽי (Neh.10.20)
יָבִ֣ין (Josh.11.1, 8)
יֽוֹנָדָ֔ב (2Sam.13.3, 7)
דִּיב֑וֹן (Num.21.30, 5)
בֹּכִ֑ים (Judg.2.1, 2)
בֵסָֽי (Ezra.2.49, 2)
חֶ֖סֶד (1Kgs.4.10, 2)
נֵיבָֽי (Neh.10.20)
The number 72 appears in the Torah
103 times — in 35 portions
Most often — in:
Vayera (9), Lech-Lecha (8), Vayetzei (8), Noach (6), Bo (6)
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