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netanel
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In 7th grade I made up this gematria:

???? ??? ????=??? ???? (in Parshas Chukas). I based this on Rashi, who says there that “yosheiv hanegev” refers to Amalek.

I didn’t know at the time that you need a mesorah for gematria, but my rebbe liked it and told it to his rav (I don’t remember what the rav said about it, though).