Convert daf pages to numbers and vice-versa
A daf is a the hebrew word for a page. It usally refers to pages in the talmud. Pages are numbered using Gematriya/Gematria, or perhaps more accurately, Hebrew numerals. It is a system of writing numbers as Hebrew letters. This JavaScript module allows for easy conversion between gematriya and JavaScript Number types.
This code was originally written for js-gematriya which is an abastraction from hebcal/hebcal-js.
Install daf-coverter by running npm install daf-converter or from it's Github repository by running git clone git@github.com:peacestone/daf-converter.git
On the client side, the API is available through the global function convertDaf. In Node, require('convertDaf').
A single function is available. Pass it a Number or String. Given a number, it will return the string representation. Given a daf string, it will return the number it represents. Here is an example:
convertDaf(118)
> 'קיח'
convertDaf('עד')
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