Anonymous ID: b4684d Dec. 29, 2025, 11:43 p.m. No.24046352   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6559

The number fourteen is a clear example of gematria – a Jewish interpretive method that assigns numbers to each Hebrew letter. For example: The first Hebrew letter Aleph (א) equals 1, Dalet (ד), the fourth letter, equals 4, and Vav(ו) the sixth letter equals 6. Gematria calculates the numerical value of a particular word and then matches it with another word with the exact same numerical value, thus revealing a connection between them.

 

So, why fourteen?

Matthew builds his genealogy around the number 14 because David’s name in Hebrew (דוד) has a value of 14. ד(dalet) + ו (vav) + ד (dalet), or 4 + 6 + 4 = 14. Also, David is the fourteenth name listed in the genealogy. The emphasis on David here is abundantly clear. Matthew uses the number fourteen to connect Jesus to King David, and thus presents his genealogy in a distinctively Jewish way.

 

 

https://lp.israelbiblicalstudies.com/lp_iibs_jbnt_14_matthew-en.html