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From: rao@utcsstat.UUCP (Eli Posner)
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Subject: Pi in the Tanach (Gematria)
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Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 14:10:45 EST
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One of my favourite Gematriot:


Kings I Chapt. 7 Verse 23:

"And he made a molten sea of TEN cubits from brim to brim, round in compass
 ..........., THIRTY cubits did compass it round about."

You and I know that the circumference was really 31.4159. But maybe it
really was........


Hebrew word for circumference is "Kav" (koof vav) , here it's written 
"Koof Vav Hay" (but still pronounced [kree] Kav).

Gematria of Kree:	Kav = koof + Vav = 100 + 6 = 106
        
         of Ktiv:	      Koof + vav + hay = 100 + 6 + 5 = 111



Now, divide "ktiv" by "kree" and multiply by value of circumference
written in text.

	111/106*30= 31.41509


Not bad, aye? I have a whole arsenal of gematriot, I'll type them in
if I'm bored one day.

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Eli Posner
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