Hope
tik-VAH
Meanings
About “Hope” in Hebrew
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Gematria of “Hope” (תקווה)
In Hebrew numerology (gematria), each letter has a numerical value. The word תקווה (tik-VAH) has a gematria value of 517.
“Hope” in the Bible
Verses from the Torah and Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) mentioning “hope”.
הוי השאננים בציון והבטחים בהר שמרון נקבי ראשית הגוים ובאו להם בית ישראל
Ah, you who are at ease in Zion And confident on the hill of Samaria, You notables of the leading nation On whom the House of Israel pin their hopes: as synonymous with baʼ ʻad ; see Isa. 45.24 and second note there.
ותרא כי נוחלה אבדה תקותה ותקח אחד מגריה כפיר שמתהו
When she saw herself frustrated, Her hope defeated, She took another of her cubs And set him up as a great beast.
ויאמר אלי בן אדם העצמות האלה כל בית ישראל המה הנה אמרים יבשו עצמותינו ואבדה תקותנו נגזרנו לנו
And I was told, “O mortal, these bones are the whole House of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone; we are doomed.’
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 tav.
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