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Heh: Hebrew letter forms and values
Identify Heh ה, compare standard, ordinal and reduced-letter values, and check הארץ in its cited Hebrew source.
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An attached Heh is part of the supplied word
| Form | Character | Unicode code point | Unicode 17.0 name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary Heh | ה | U+05D4 | HEBREW LETTER HE |
Heh / He / Hei. Reading cue: h in the basic letter chart.
Unicode’s name HE and the English label Heh identify ה. Compare it with Chet, ח, in a clear printed font. They have different alphabet positions and values. The opening visible in many printed Heh forms is a useful comparison to make in the particular typeface before you.
In הארץ, the initial Heh supplies the definite article: the earth. It is attached to the noun in the Hebrew spelling. A calculation of הארץ must include it, even when a dictionary lookup begins with the shorter noun ארץ.
One letter, three explicit values
| Standard | Ordinal | Reduced letters |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 5 |
The Heh prefix adds 5 under every method used here. Thus הארץ and ארץ differ by exactly 5 in their three respective totals. Removing an article is an editorial change to the input, not a different way of adding the same letters.
הארץ: the earth
Pointed source form: הָאָרֶץ · reading cue: ha-aretz. Genesis 1:1 · Mechon Mamre.
This is the complete word as written in the verse, including the attached article. The example preserves final Tsadi at its left edge.
| Reading position | Written letter | Base letter | Standard | Ordinal | Reduced letters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ה | ה | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | א | א | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | ר | ר | 200 | 20 | 2 |
| 4 | ץ | צ | 90 | 18 | 9 |
| Word total | 296 | 44 | 17 | ||
Standard: 5 + 1 + 200 + 90 = 296 · Ordinal: 5 + 1 + 20 + 18 = 44 · Reduced letters: 5 + 1 + 2 + 9 = 17
Its group in the Gra version of Sefer Yetzirah
Heh ה is among the twelve simple letters / elementals listed in Gra 5:1: הוזחטילנסעצק. Keep this textual classification distinct from the alphabet position and the arithmetic columns above.
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Sources, dates and conventions
Prepared by Mazalogy with AI assistance. Characters, source-word spellings and calculation rules were checked against the sources and the calculator on . Reading cues introduce the cited chart; pronunciation varies by community. Source attribution does not imply outside review or endorsement.
- Unicode 17.0 · Hebrew, section 9.1: direction, points and final forms
- Unicode 17.0 · NamesList: Hebrew character names and code points
- Chabad · The Hebrew Alphabet: letter chart, sounds and values
- GalEinai · Four Methods for Doing Gematria: distinguish counting conventions
- Sefer Yetzirah · Gra version 5:1, the twelve simple letters
- Mechon Mamre · Genesis 1:1, Hebrew text with JPS 1917 English
English reference edition. Numerical examples retain final forms and actual vowel letters while ignoring pronunciation marks. Final forms keep base-letter values in all three methods. Reduced letters are added without reducing the completed word total again.