And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. - James 5:15

The fundamental Hebrew word for prayer is Tiphlah, from the root Niphal, meaning to fall before the Lord. Note the phonetic resemblance between the Hebrew and the English. We have the identity:

This is particularly intringuing in light of the correlation between the theme of and the verse index of James 5:15, which also is the value of Shirah (Song).

The word tiphlah also relates to a Greek word for intercessory prayer, entuxis [1 Tim 2:1]. We have the identity:

Stated in English, the numeric value of intercessory prayer - one praying for another so there are two people involved in the prayer - is exactly twice the value fundamental Hebrew word for prayer!

Factors: 5 x 103

Related Numbers: 1030, 1013, 1463

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