GEM 
+c. 1 LL? .* 
“The fc Hebrew NIA S, 
formed op sade of the Greek. 
a geometrical or es ee prea of ex- 
Sa B' words whereof there are two kinds; the firft bear 
mmediate relation to arithmetic, faa the latter 
Pag be met 
The firft ‘confifte in taking the numerical value of each 
letter in a word or phraie, and giving it the fenfe of fome 
other word, whofe numerical — taken after the fame 
manner, make the fame saps r it is to b2 obferved, that 
neither the Hebrews, nor the Creeks, have any numerical 
gures, befides the om of the alphabet. 
= a cabbalift, taking the two firft words in Genefis, 
RII wei, and by addition getting the fum total of 
all ce cae fignified by thofe letters, finds that thefe 
two words fignify the fame as thofe other three 
Fan en “Tw a For as to the eae te 2003 No 15 
{2s 300 5 ly 4003 7s 25 ; and &, 13; which, 
together, ae 1116. ‘And, as as Be latter, 4 ignites 
23 Ty 2095 No ts oh 3003 Ms 53 “is F503 Bs 3005 79 
53°» 503 3» +, pe: and w, I which, fuimed up, 
yield. = fae number 
ce the cabbalift ser SAD PYWR I, inthe 
beginning becreated, fignifies the fame thing as Be PIT RS 
Vibe it was created at the ae o ‘ rz and, ac- 
abbalifts is, that 
wor as created at the ee month Tifri, 
which was ancieatly the firft month in ae year, ad anfwers 
to our firk mont autumn, viz. September 
oot again, in ie prophecy of Jacob, Gen. xlix. 10. the 
ords “ * ‘ts «9%, are underftood of the Meffiah, becaufe 
they make the fame number with myr5, which fignifies the 
“The fecond = of Gematria is much more obfcure and 
fu It is employed in 
balifte. 
The {cripture fays, that Noah's ark was 300 cubits Tengah 
high: now the cabb balift takes the oid 
he Hebre 
ay 
i 
he then divides the fame length by the width, 50, the quo- 
me whereof, 6, is exprefied by a}, which, being placed 
the left fide of y, makes, together with the other two 
ie the name Jefus, }{/? 
cabbala, it appears, that ther 
Chrift ; as, at the deluge, no ak was faved but thofe in 
After the like manner is the fame name »{9* found in the 
disnenfions of Solomon’s temple.. it is rather an injury 
than an advantage to the Chriftian religion, to fupport it by 
fuch frivolous evidences. 
GEMBICZ, or Gempock, in Si Pats a town of the 
duchy of Warfaw; 16 miles -* 
GEMBLOUX, Gemsio 
or GIBLO 
France, in the department of the Sambre and Meufe, and 
chief place of a canton, in the diftri of Namur, fituated on 
the {mall river Orneau, which runs into the Sam a 
miles N. of Nam The place contains 1531 2 
: e 
ranton 10, 500 inhabitants, on a a I Eitiometres, 
in 30 communes. is town was famous for its ancient 
ces which had once the privilege of eoaing money, and 
» a town of 
GEM 
poffeffed a celebrated library, which contained a number of 
ancient and valuable 
y ote 
tinued by Anfelm, the bag to his death in 1137. 
ux has twice, viz. in 1678, and in 1712, {uftered eu 
e. 
GEMELLA, in Ancient Geograph iP sae ald an epil- 
copal town of Africa, fituated about four leagues N. E. 
of Satafi, in the eaftern part of Mane Caefarienfs, 
This place is diftinguifhed by ne ancient ruins‘of the gate 
of the town, and of a n amphitheatre tre. 
eee mag nae in Dey, a iat sd bars by pairs, 
or in couples, in oat of arms reth gules, on a 
chevron, argent, nae bars pesca: bie = the name of 
Th rogmorton. 
GEMELLI, CarWert os in Biography, an ad~_ 
vocate at Naples, who made the tour of Europe in the year 
1683, of which he publifhed an eect in one volume. “In 
3, he undertook a voyage round the world, which he 
completed in 1698, and of this he publifhed a narratiye in the 
ear 1700, which was feveral times: re-edited, and was $ tranf{- 
colleétions of voyages and travels. 'This work is frequently 
ferred to and eee hough the fa@ts contained in it ar 
certainly of queftionable authority. It is, con- 
fidered as valuable for the objeéts of curiofity it points out, 
and for the direétions it gives for fafe and ufefol travelling. 
US, in Anatomy, a name fometimes given to 
the eed which fee 
GEMERURCH, in Geography, a fei as Perfia, in. 
the province of Irak ; 60 miles anfha. 
GEMIANA, a town of Egypt, 18 ie S. of Da- 
mietta. 
GEMIGNANO, Sr. Vincentio pi, in Biography, a 
painter, born at SanGemignano, in Tufcany, in 1490, who es 
came a difciple of Raphael, and wrought for him with mu 
fuccefs in the chambers of the Vatican. He a pa eae 
many works under the eye of Raphael, in which he imitated 
ne ft “_ manner of that great man ; oft him, 
°GEMINATED Corumy. See Corumn 
GEN, in Geography, a town of Germany, in 
the palatinate of the Rhine; fix miles N. W. of Heil- 
bronn. 
ho llow behind the pone major of the thigh bone. 
lies in front upon the os innom Hea and the capfule of 
the hip-joint ; and is co a behind by the gluteus ane 
mus, and great {ciatic nerve. e upper margin of th 
mufcle is parallel with, and contiguous to, the u Cae 
of the pyramidalis ; while tue inferior, by its a ha . 
38 pees with the tendon of the pd ies internus, by 
its inner half, is connected to the fame tendon 
a thin aponeurotic expanfion 
to the {pine of the ifchium, ‘from 
continued foal, to the Sune and 
pinnae ere the outer extremity is attached, It is 
compofed entirely of oe fibses, except —— the 
