Matot-Masei –Number 42

42 Letters

The first 42 letters in Torah is understood by the Kabbalists as the 42 letters of God:

The first verse conceals the secret of Mashiach who is called the “power” of God and “wisdom” of God (1 Cor 1:24). This is because “power” כֹחַ in gematria is 28, alluding to the 28 letters of the verse, and “wisdom” חָכְמָה in gematria is 73, and the triangle number of 73 is 2701, exactly the gematria of the 28 letters:

The name of God in creation is Elohim אֱלֹהִים, the gematria is 86, the process of creation can be understood as the triangle number of 86, i.e. the sum of all integers from 1 to 86, as follows:

∆86 = 1 + 2 + 3 + … + 84 + 85 + 86 = 3741

Adding the “wisdom” and “power” of God by which the world was created:

3741 + 101 = 3842

This is exactly the gematria of the first 42 letters of Torah, the secret of creation.

42 Journeys

Parashat Masei is technically the last portion of Torah (as Deuteronomy is the repetition of Torah) and concludes with the 42 places in the wilderness, connecting back to the 42 letters in the beginning of Torah:

Astonishingly, the gematria of above 37 letters (9 words) is also 2701, which is exactly the gematria of the first verse of Torah, as above, that is, the end is wedged in the beginning.

The fact that there are 37 letters in above verse means the average number of each letter is 2701 / 37 = 73, which is the mirror image of 37.

37 is the gematria of Yechidah יְחִידָה, which is the secret of Mashiach, as discussed at length before.

Focusing on the first four words:

The gematria is 819, which is the same gematria of “Times of Mashiach” יְמוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ, thus connecting the dimension of space (42 places) with the dimension of time (times of Mashiach).

Abraham was born in Year 1948 from Adam and King David was born in Year 2854 from Adam according to rabbinical reckoning, the duration in time is 906 years.

906 years from the birth of King David is Hebrew year 3760 which is year 1 CE, the year when Mashiach was born according to tradition.

906 is the gematria of “YHVH has established Zion” יְהוָה יִסַּד צִיּוֹן (Isaiah 14:32) when the final Nun is elevated to 700 in gematria instead of 50.

YHVH establishes Zion by the coming of Mashiach, “establish” יִסַּד is the same root as Yesod יְסוֹד, and Zion צִיּוֹן are Joseph יוֹסֵף are the same in gematria (156), the secret of the 6^th Sefirah, corresponding to the 42^nd day of counting the Omer, when “Malchut within Yesod” מַלְכוּת שֶׁבִּיסוֹד is recited, meaning: the union of Bride within the Bridegroom, the gematria is 828, which is exactly the gematria of Mashiach spelled out, as follows:

42 Generations

There are exactly 42 generations from Abraham to Mashiach, according to Mat 1:17, corresponding to the 42^nd day of counting the Omer.

The formula is 3 x 14 = 42, and 14 is the gematria of Yad יָּד, hand, i.e. the three hands of God that redeemed the children of Israel from the bondage in Egypt, as follows:

The “great hand” is the right hand, which is Loving Kindness; the “mighty hand” is the left hand, which is Judgment, and the “high hand” is Beauty, which the third hand, which is the torso that balances the right hand with the left hand.

The extension of the torso is the site of circumcision, the Sefirah of Yesod.

It is now clear that from Abraham to David is the ascent to Loving Kindness (Chesed); and from David to the exile of Babylon is the descent to Judgment (Gevurah); and finally, from the exile of Babylon to the Mashiach is the unification of the dichotomy in Beauty (Tiferet), manifested as Foundation (Yesod), i.e. Mashaich ben Yosef.

In the hand of YHVH בְּיַד-יְהוָה in gematria is 42, and the hand manifests as the great hand, mighty hand, and high hand, corresponding to the 3 x 14 generations, as follows:

459 + 620 = 1079, which is exactly the gematria of the four key names in the genealogy:

Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah is the King at the time of exile to Babylon (Jeremiah 24:1), which is the 28^th (14 x 2) generation from Abraham according to Mat 1:17.

1079 is exactly the gematria of the Hebrew phrase “forty-two” אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁתַּיִם, i.e. the forty-two generations of the Mashiach.

Astonishingly, the first three key names for the 28 generations in gematria is 363, which is exactly the gematria of The Mashiach הַמָּשִׁיחַ, i.e. juxtaposing the Mashiach that is to come:

If we remove the prefix Hey from Mashiach from the four key names of the genealogy, the gematria of 1079 is reduced to 1074, which is 3 x 358, the gematria of Mashiach מָּשִׁיחַ.

The 42 places in the wilderness are each prefixed with a Mem (from) and Beit (to), the gematria of מ”ב is 42, when this model is applied to the 42 generations of Mashiach:

1706 = 853 x 2, where 853 is the mirror image of 358, which is the gematria of Mashiach מָּשִׁיחַ.

The 42 generations is the also the secret of spelling out the name of YHVH, as follows:

Astonishingly, this model is exactly how the genealogy of Yeshua was arranged, in that there are 14 generations from Abraham to David, and 28 generations from David to Mashiach.

The initial letter of the three names spell the name Adam אָדָם, for Mashiach is called the last Adam.

Now Abraham is the 20^th generation from Adam, it follows that Mashiach is the 62^nd generation from Adam, with 620 being 10 times 62, and 62 being the mirror image of 26, the gematria of YHVH, fittingly.

Space, Time and Soul

The soul of a Hebrew letter is its vowel.

According to the Kabbalists, there are 5 primary vowel groups and their written forms in gematria add up to exactly 42, as follows:

The secret of the vowels is that of descending and ascending. Cholam in written form has the “dot” at the top, and Chirik in written form has the “dot” at the bottom, and the intermediate Shuruk in written form has the “dot” descending and ascending on the vertical Vav, i.e. the ladder.

The redemption is that of the ascending, and the birth of Mashiach is that of descending, all in accordance with the number 42.

The 42 places in the wilderness is the start of the first redemption in the dimension of space, and the 42 months in the wilderness (Rev 11:2, 12:6, 13:5) is the completion of the final redemption in the dimension of time, the intermediate is Mashiach descending through the 42 generations in the dimension of the soul:

The average number is: 3735 / 3 = 1245, which is exactly the gematria of: “these are the genealogy of the Mashiach” אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ.