Number 13
The number 13 is known as the “unlucky” number, likely because in Latin & Hebrew it puns with words like “tragedy” & “suffering”. However, it also puns with “show” & “deceit”, that’s probably why the spooks use it as a hoax marker.
Latin pun with “tragedy” & “show”
In Latin, 13 is tredecim, which is a loose acronym pun with tragoediam “tragedy”. Not too close, but with numbers there aren’t too many choices. And it explains why the 13 would be an unliucky number, as there’s nothing bad about the number itself.
tredecim also puns fairly well with traducam, which means “making a show” of something — which is what the spooks do!
Together, the meanings of “tragedy” & “show” make the 13 a good hoax marker for fake tragedies.
Latin tredecim = 13; traducam = show; tragoediam = tragedy
Hebrew pun with “suffering” & “imaginary”
The Hebrew spelling of 13 is יג yg, which makes for a good pun with יגה ygh “grief” & “suffering”. Again, it explains why a harmless number 13 should be an unlucky number.
As for the hoaxes, it may be at the same time be a pun with Semitic הגגי hggy for “imaginary” & “deceitfully”. The 13 may therefore be a tragedy pun and a hoax pun in Hebrew as well.
| Number | Hebrew numeral |
|---|---|
| 10 | י Yod |
| 3 | ג Gimel |
| 13 = 10 + 3 | יג yg ≈ יגה ygh = grief, suffering |
| 13 = 10 + 3 | יג yg ≈ הגגי hggy = imaginary, deceitfully |
Hebrew yg = pain, grief, suffer
Hebrew, Aramaic hgg, hggy = imagine, imaginary, deceitfully
הגג hgg : to imagine; to evoke the imagination; figurative, imaginary; to think, to imagine; to have a vision — Aramaic (CAL)
הגגי hggy : fantastic; Phantasiast — Aramaic (CAL)
ܗܓܓܐܝܬ hggˀyt : illusively, falsely, in a deceiving manner, by a false show, fallaciously, deceitfully, misleadingly — Syriac (AAF)