This passage in Chizayon (Revelation) 18 gets even more interesting when you consider it in light of the preceding verse:

Chizayon (Revelation) 13:16-18

And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding calculate the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is χξς.

The text here indicates that those who will be allowed to buy and sell must have one of three things: either, the mark, the name, or the number of the name.

If we take a look at the Greek just a little more, we can see the following:

     mark: χαραγμα            kharagma

     name: ονομα               onama

     number: αριθμος         arithmos

The number, or arithmos, actually means the unknown number, such as the x in algebraic equation.  This clue becomes important, because we can assign the letters at the end of this verse as follows:

     χ          chi                   the arithmos, or unknown number

     ξ          ksi                    the name

     ς          stigma            the mark

The word stigma means mark, doesn’t it?  To stigmatize a person is to mark them. The only question that remains is the name.  Does ksi reveal anything?  According to author and researcher Walid Shoebat, it most certainly does, as the letter reads in Arabic as Allah. You may reach your own conclusion.

Consider, however, that in the Hebrew, this phrase takes on a whole new meaning.  The word arithmos is translated in Hebrew as . . . cepher!  Now, cepher doesn’t just mean book (although the word book is translated as such); it means more clearly a numbered writing (therefore, to count or number). Let’s construe this phrase then in a more reaching Hebrew translation:

   בזאת חכמה מי שבינה לו יחשב מספר החיה כי מספר אדם הוא ומספרו שש מאות וששים ושש׃

B’tsath chokmah, mi sabinah lo yachasab ma’cepher ha’chayah kee ma’cepher Adam, hua v’ma’cepheri shiysh ma’oth v’shishiym v’shiysh.

Here is wisdom.  Let him with understanding reckon the geneology of the book of life, a book of mankind (Adam), and his book is סםו.

Of course, this places the Hebrew letters which total six hundred (mem safit), sixty (samek) and six (vav) in place of the three Greek letters. Using this calculation, we find ourselves with the word v’sam.  In Hebrew, this means “and a sweet fragrance.”

Well … that kind of takes the terror out of the phrase, doesn’t it?