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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
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Subject: Re: BSD's Mascot
To: gclarkii@main.gbdata.com (Gary Clark II)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 03:40:42 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co, chat@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199704100626.BAA20409@main.gbdata.com> from "Gary Clark II" at Apr 10, 97 01:26:55 am
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Gary Clark II wrote:
> 
> 
> Jonathan M. Bresler wrote:
> > Pedro Giffuni wrote:
> > > 
> > > B,66; I,73; L,76; L,76; G,71; A,65; T,84; E,69; S,83 and a 3 (His
> > > complete second name is Gates III) it all adds 666 (the number of the
> > > beast). Other famous terms:
> > > MS DOS 6.21	77+83+45+68+79+83+32+54		= 666
> > > Windows 95	87+73+78+68+79+87+83+57+53+1	= 666
> 
> Where are you getting your number system from?  I've never seen a "standard"
> for english gematria.
>  
> > 
> > 	well i guess that confirms what i suspected all along. ;)
> > 	playing(?) with sums formed from letters is a very old
> > 	practice.  in hebrew every letter is also a number so no
> > 	translation table is required.  the sequence for the letters
> > 	runs 1, 2, 3, ... 9, 10, 20, ... 100, 200, 300, 400.  no
> > 	0.  400 is the last leter of the alphabet (alef bet, are
> > 	the first two letters of the alphabet[a])  numbers larger
> You are confusing Hebrew and Greek:) ^^^^^^^^^^^
	
		hebrew		greek
1st letter 	alef		alpha
2nd letter	bet		beta

		alefbet		alphabeta

confused?

> 
> > 	than 400 are fomed by  repeating 400, etc...well i guess
> > 	that i have rambled enough.
> 
> It is called gematria.
> I thought it started with Aleph at 1 and ended with Tzaddi(final) at 900.
> Yes all the numbers above 400 are final letters, so may not be used in
> all dialects (I only know one in a very limited way...).

	could be, but the most common form ends with Taf (400).
	this year is 5757 --> Taf Shin Nun Zayin (400 300 50 7)
	the leading 5000 is implicit ;)
jmb