Number 13
The number 13 is known as the “unlucky” number, likely because in Hebrew numerals it spells out the word יגה ygh yagah for “grief” & “suffering”. That’s more evidence that our society — down to seemingly “folksy” superstition — was secretly shaped by the offspring of ancient spook rulers: Behind the scenes, the still use the imperial Semitic languages of their Fertile Crescent god-emperor ancestors.
Number | Hebrew numeral |
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10 | י Yod |
3 | ג Gimel |
13 = 10 + 3 | יג yg ≈ יגה ygh = grief, suffering |
Hebrew yg = pain, grief, suffer
יגה ygh : to suffer; afflicted, grieve, inflicted, torment; sorrowful, vex — Old Hebrew (Strong)
יגה ygh : to be grieved, suffer; vexed; oppressed — Hebrew (Klein)
יגון ygwn : pain, grief — Hebrew (Jastrow)
נוגה nwgh : grieved, sad, gloomy — Hebrew (Klein)
תוגה twgh : pain, grief; mittugah — Hebrew (Jastrow)