[Mesorah] interesting type of g'matriya

[MPoppers at kayescholer.com]

RMH wrote:
> Perhaps most of you know this already and I am just catching up, but I
thought I'd point out an interesting type of g'matriya that I'd never seen
before recently.  Sifse Chachamim on D'varim 1:5 writes that "baer hetev"
implies "in seventy languages" because "hetev" expands to seventy in
g'matriya:
he             =  5
he yod         = 15
he yod tes     = 24
he yod tes ves = 26
total          = 70 <
I don't have a Miqraos G'dolos w/ peirush Sifsei Chachamim with me in the 
office, but I do know that RaShY both on 5-1:5 (which doesn't have the 
word "heiteiv") and on 5-27:8 (which does) brings a "b'shiv'im lashon" 
comment, so at least according to RaShY it would seem that the 
[non-g'matriyah-based] connection to 70 comes from the "other word" in the 
phrase "baeir heiteiv."  As for a g'matriyah which is the sum of partial 
sums, no, I never heard of such a method before! and, b'li neder, I'll 
check the comment noted by RMH as soon as I can (thanks for the ref., 
RMH).

All the best from
Michael Poppers * Elizabeth, NJ, USA
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