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BA-yit
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About “Home” in Hebrew
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Gematria of “Home” (בית)
In Hebrew numerology (gematria), each letter has a numerical value. The word בית (BA-yit) has a gematria value of 412.
“Home” in the Bible
Verses from the Torah and Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) mentioning “home”.
עד אשר יניח יהוה לאחיכם ככם וירשו גם הם את הארץ אשר יהוה אלהיכם נתן להם בעבר הירדן ושבתם איש לירשתו אשר נתתי לכם
Until GOD has granted your kindred a haven such as you have, and they too have taken possession of the land that the ETERNAL your God is assigning them, beyond the Jordan. Then you may return each to the homestead that I have assigned to him.”
ושננתם לבניך ודברת בם בשבתך בביתך ובלכתך בדרך ובשכבך ובקומך
Impress them upon your children. Recite them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up.
ולמדתם אתם את בניכם לדבר בם בשבתך בביתך ובלכתך בדרך ובשכבך ובקומך
And teach them to your children—reciting them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up;
English translation: THE JPS TANAKH, Revised Edition (2023) © Jewish Publication Society, via Sefaria. CC BY-NC 4.0
This word starts with the Hebrew letter bet.
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