Star
ko-KHAV
About “Star” in Hebrew
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Gematria of “Star” (כוכב)
In Hebrew numerology (gematria), each letter has a numerical value. The word כוכב (ko-KHAV) has a gematria value of 48.
“Star” in the Bible
Verses from the Torah and Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) mentioning “star”.
ותגדל עד צבא השמים ותפל ארצה מן הצבא ומן הכוכבים ותרמסם
It grew as high as the host of heaven and it hurled some stars of the [heavenly] host to the ground and trampled them.
והמשכלים יזהרו כזהר הרקיע ומצדיקי הרבים ככוכבים לעולם ועד
And the knowledgeable will be radiant like the bright expanse of sky, and those who lead the many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.
פנו וסעו לכם ובאו הר האמרי ואל כל שכניו בערבה בהר ובשפלה ובנגב ובחוף הים ארץ הכנעני והלבנון עד הנהר הגדל נהר פרת
Start out and make your way to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, the hill country, the Shephelah, the Negeb, the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and the Lebanon, as far as the Great River, the river Euphrates.
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 kaf.
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