Judaism has several ways to interpret the Bible that includes Remez; using the Hebrew letters in a verse to help explain its meaning. The Hebrew alphabet has 22 characters. Within the Remez system, numerical values of the Hebrew letters also help elucidate a scriptural verse, known as Gematria. Below is a chart defining the numerical value of the Hebrew alphabet along with the name and symbol of each character.
| Sequence order | Numerical Value | Character | Character Name |
| 1 | 1 | א | ALEF |
| 2 | 2 | ב | BET |
| 3 | 3 | ג | GIMEL |
| 4 | 4 | ד | DALET |
| 5 | 5 | ה | HEY |
| 6 | 6 | ו | VAV |
| 7 | 7 | ז | ZAYIN |
| 8 | 8 | ח | CHET |
| 9 | 9 | ט | TET |
| 10 | 10 | י | YOD |
| 11 | 20 | כ | KAF |
| 12 | 30 | ל | LAMED |
| 13 | 40 | מ | MEM |
| 14 | 50 | נ | NUN |
| 15 | 60 | ס | SAMEKH |
| 16 | 70 | ע | AYIN |
| 17 | 80 | פ | PAY |
| 18 | 90 | צ | TSADI |
| 19 | 100 | ק | KUF |
| 20 | 200 | ר | RESH |
| 21 | 300 | ש | SHIN |
| 22 | 400 | ת | TAF |
