I think what I mean is "life" in Hebrew?

Oh, now I get it! The word is pretty much the way you wrote it, "hai" or "khai" or "chai" or whatever way is the correct one to write that sound that doesn't exist in English.

The number associated with it is 18.

In Hebrew, each letter is assined a number. The first is, of course, 1, the second 2 and so forth. The tenth gets 10, but the one after that gets 20 (not 11. For 11 we use 10+1). And so forth, until after 90 comes 100 and continue with jumps of 100. This way the last letter gets 400. Every number can now be pronounced as a combination of letters, and every word can have the numerical value of its letters added to the 'value' of the word.

The word for "life" or "alive", to be more accurate, has 2 letters. One that equals 8 and another that equals 10. So the sum is 18.

And especially for Cindy: the sum of the letters that combine the word "good" in Hebrew ('tov') is? Yup, 17 (9+6+2).

The usual transliteration is "chai," but the number is 18, not 13.

Phew! That's exactly what I meant! I got confused when I went to type "chai" because of the tea.

(Signed, She Whose Mother Likes Giving Hannukah Gift Certificates In Multiples Of 18.)

And the reason I (used to) know about this is people who make charitable donations in multiples of 18.

-im denotes the plural possessive. Chaim = "our life/lives" (roughly)

I was afraid people would think I meant that tea-ish stuff, if I just typed chai.

That's my second xpost this morning.

I'd like to chop off my head, please.

Given the way my eyes got all red and itchy, I think I had an allergic reaction to something at the stupid work picnic yesterday.

Because there is no way in hell I'm getting another headcold.

Jesse, everyone wants to know my opinions. That is a universal given.

Signed, She Whose Mother Likes Giving Hannukah Gift Certificates In Multiples Of 18

Most of the checks that are given here for weddings are in multiplication of that.

And especially for Cindy: the sum of the letters that combine the word "good" in Hebrew ('tov') is? Yup, 17 (9+6+2).

What is the sum for the letters that combine to make Nilly?

Is this gerematryia (I may have mangled that spelling).

Oh, yeah. I did. I meant germatria.

Jesse, everyone wants to know my opinions. That is a universal given.

Uh huh. OK.

Remind me I should probably have a new job lined up before I quit this one?

you should have a new job before you quit. or a winning lottery ticket.

I don't make that much here that I'd even need a big payoff. I could win enough to quit off a scratch card, easy.