Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hebrew term or phrase:
Hebrew alphabet in legal docs
English translation:
gematria
Added to glossary by
judithyf
Jul 7, 2005 01:34
18 yrs ago
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Hebrew alphabet in legal docs
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Silly question! What is the best way to translate Hebrew letters of the alphabet into English letters in a legal document? for example:
"(3)נגד מדינת ישראל, פסק דין נד XXX". How would I translate the letters נד? would it be ND or numbers or how would I figure out the equivalent in English?
Thanks!
"(3)נגד מדינת ישראל, פסק דין נד XXX". How would I translate the letters נד? would it be ND or numbers or how would I figure out the equivalent in English?
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | 54 |
judithyf
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| 5 | Roman numerals |
Jonathan Spector
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| 5 | 54 |
Eric Isaacson
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| 4 | Common numbers: 54 |
Rutie Eckdish
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Proposed translations
+1
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Selected
54
This is based on a system (called gematria) whereby each letter of the Hebrew alphabet denotes a number. In your present case, the nun represents 50 and the dalet represents 4.
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Note added at 3 hrs 28 mins (2005-07-07 05:02:24 GMT)
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You could try this site:
www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_Frame.asp
Or you can find plenty of other sites on the subject
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Note added at 3 hrs 28 mins (2005-07-07 05:02:24 GMT)
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You could try this site:
www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_Frame.asp
Or you can find plenty of other sites on the subject
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Judith!
Thanks everyone! "
3 hrs
Roman numerals
Assuming this is a number and not an abbreviation
3 hrs
54
In this example,נד, it represents 54 - The first ten letters in the Hebrew alphabet have the equivalent numerical value of 1 - 10; from כ - צ, the letters represent the numbers from 20 - 90 and the last four letters represent the numbers from 100 - 400.
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Rutie Eckdish
United States
United States
Native in Hebrew
Specializes in field
United States
Linguist, Editor and Teacher
Native in: Hebrew (Variant: Modern / Israeli) 
Works in: Hebrew to English, English to Hebrew, English
Common numbers: 54
Example: "- - - she/he/they is/are subject to the criminal penalties for perjury set forth in Minnesota Statutes 609.48 as if this document had been executed under oath."
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