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terriblecanyons · 08.18.2009, 08:15 AM

I wonder what kind of point whoever made this is trying to make with the numbers

http://973-eht-namuh-973.com/coloure...alphabet/5.htm

Page154
"In the alphabets of many of the old languages, Hebrew, Arabic and Greek among them, letters also served as numbers, making it possible to find the numerical value of any word or phrase by adding up the numbers of the letters of which it is composed. This science, known as Gematria, "

08.18.2009, 08:15 AM	#32
terriblecanyons invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: the land where large fuzzy dice still hang proudly like testicles from rear-view mirrors Posts: 5,949	I wonder what kind of point whoever made this is trying to make with the numbers http://973-eht-namuh-973.com/coloure...alphabet/5.htm Page154 "In the alphabets of many of the old languages, Hebrew, Arabic and Greek among them, letters also served as numbers, making it possible to find the numerical value of any word or phrase by adding up the numbers of the letters of which it is composed. This science, known as Gematria, "
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