Number 88 — פ״ח
In words: eighty-eight
In Hebrew letters
פ״ח
Attestation database
Attested 9 times · in sources: 5
8 exact · 1 im hakolel (±1)
Earliest: בעל הטורים על התורה (~1300) — פרשת משפטים
ועבדו = לא הבן
Torah page
Number 88 falls on page 88 of 354
Page begins: Bereshit (Genesis) 48 · Vayechi · וַיְחִי
ויאמר יוסף אל אביו לא כן…
The verse the page opens in · Bereshit (Genesis) 48:17
וַיַּרְא יוֹסֵף כִּי־יָשִׁית אָבִיו יַד־יְמִינוֹ עַל־רֹאשׁ אֶפְרַיִם וַיֵּרַע בְּעֵינָיו וַיִּתְמֹךְ יַד־אָבִיו לְהָסִיר אֹתָהּ מֵעַל רֹאשׁ־אֶפְרַיִם עַל־רֹאשׁ מְנַשֶּׁה
And when Joseph saw that his father was laying his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
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 88
Torah words with this gematria (14)
נַ֣חַל (Gen.26.17, 29)
יְבוּסִֽי (Gen.10.16, 11)
יִלָּחֵ֣ם (Exod.14.14, 5)
חֵלֹֽן (Num.1.9, 4)
יַּחֲלֹ֗ם (Gen.28.12, 4)
מַחְלִ֣י (Exod.6.19, 4)
כִבְּס֖וּ (Exod.19.10, 3)
זַעֲוָ֔ה (Deut.28.25)
יְבוּסִֽי (Gen.10.16, 11)
יִלָּחֵ֣ם (Exod.14.14, 5)
חֵלֹֽן (Num.1.9, 4)
יַּחֲלֹ֗ם (Gen.28.12, 4)
מַחְלִ֣י (Exod.6.19, 4)
כִבְּס֖וּ (Exod.19.10, 3)
זַעֲוָ֔ה (Deut.28.25)
and 4
Tanakh names with this gematria (8)
מַחְלִ֣י (Exod.6.19, 12)
חֵלֹֽן (Num.1.9, 6)
מַגְדִּיאֵ֖ל (Gen.36.43, 2)
חֵילָ֑ם (2Sam.10.16)
יבוּסִֽי (Zech.9.7)
יזַנְיָ֨הוּ֙ (Jer.40.8)
לַחְמִי֙ (1Chr.20.5)
עֻזִיָּ֖א (1Chr.11.44)
חֵלֹֽן (Num.1.9, 6)
מַגְדִּיאֵ֖ל (Gen.36.43, 2)
חֵילָ֑ם (2Sam.10.16)
יבוּסִֽי (Zech.9.7)
יזַנְיָ֨הוּ֙ (Jer.40.8)
לַחְמִי֙ (1Chr.20.5)
עֻזִיָּ֖א (1Chr.11.44)
The number 88 appears in the Torah
92 times — in 38 portions
Most often — in:
Devarim (11), Vayetzei (7), Metzora (7), Noach (4), Nasso (4)
Nearby numbers with Torah words
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