# 4381 Put a Face to the Name
I was wondering about the end of Parshas Eikev. In many Chumashim it is recorded the number of pesukim on each parsha and there is usually a ‘siman’ or special word that corresponds to the ‘Gematriya’ or numerical value of that number and it makes it easier to remember.
That word is usually a name or similar. At the end of Parshas Eikev that has 111 verses. And the corresponding number in Hebrew would be קיא
it shows as the corresponding name: איק. Is that a name really!
See Talmud Shabbos (152a). Jastrow’s dictionary mentions it corresponds to a stallion-goat or a buck.
Horav Y. Hirschman Shlit’a also mentioned other sources that it is a goat.
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: August 6, 2023