Did you know that the Hebrew alphabet also represents numbers and words? I’m just going to share the numbers in this post.

A note here on the spelling of the Hebrew letters: the correct way to spell these letters is not something that people agree upon, so you may see them spelled differently elsewhere.  I learned some of them one way and later discovered this.  So, I have decided to use the spelling that is in my Bible, since I am using the Bible for this blog.

א Aleph is the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet and means 1.
ב Beth is the 2nd letter and means 2.
ג Gimel is the 3rd and means 3.
ד Daleth is the 4th and means 4.
ה He is the 5th and means 5.
ו Waw is the 6th and means 6.
ז Zayin is the 7th and means 7.
ח Heth is the 8th and means 8.
ט Teth is the 9th and means 9.
י Yodh is the 10th and means 10.
כ Kaph means 20.
ל Lamedh means 30.
מ Mem means 40.
נ Nun means 50.
ס Samekh means 60.
ע Ayin means 70.
פ Pe means 80.
צ Tsadhe means 90.
ק Qoph means 100.
ר Resh means 200.
ש Shin means 300.
ת Taw means 400.

Then if you wanted to make the number 11, you would have to use aleph(1) and yodh(10).  There are some other rules, but let’s keep it simple for now.

In Revelation 22:13, Jesus says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”  In Hebrew you would say the Aleph and the Taw

Note: for anyone who doesn’t know, Hebrew is written (and read) from right to left.