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COINCIDENCES IN THE BIBLE AND IN BIBLICAL HEBREW
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Midrash Rabbah (Genesis Parashah 20 [chapter 20]), in the name of Rabbi
Shmuel .
2. There are at least two other places where ancient Jewish sources make
predictions regarding conceiving and human pregnancy. First, from the
combination of words conveyed by God to the woman: “harbeh arbeh etz-
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vonech” (Gen. 3:16), meaning “I will greatly multiply your pain,” Rabbi
Shmuel deduces, since harbeh adds up to 212, that an embryo surviving
212 days (about seven months) will most probably survive the pregnancy
(Midrash Rabbah, Gen. 20). A second prediction regards the peculiar verse
“If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child …” (Lev. 12:2). Why
the emphasis on the woman conceiving seed and a male baby been born as a
result? Midrash Tanchuma says, in the name of Rabbi Ibon Halevi, “If the
man precedes—giving birth to female baby; If the woman precedes—giving
birth to male baby” (Midrash Tanchuma , Parashat Ishah Ki Tazria, C).

We were unable to locate scientific research evidence supporting, or denying,
these two medical observations (predictions) based on biblical text.

2.1.3 Repeated Single Digit in the Value of a Hebrew Word

There are at least four words in Hebrew where summing up the values of the

letters comprising the word results in a figure that contains repeated appearances
of a single digit. Although we will later in the book relate to each of these cases
separately, these words are presented already at this point to demonstrate design
in the Hebrew language.

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Case 1: alef (name of fi rst letter in the Hebrew alphabet):

111 = (80 = ף) + (30 = ל) + (1 = א)

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Case 2: bechor (firstborn, root of which is B.K.R):
222 = (200 = ר) + (20 = כ) + (2 = ב)

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Case 3: sheleg (snow):
333 = (3 = ג) + (30 = ל) + (300 = ש)