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Although I know how many letters there are in the five books of the Torah, 304,805, I do not know how many letters there are in Neviim and Kesuvim.

So, my question is, "How many letters are there in Tanach?"

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    Is this in a Temani Torah or a Sefardi Torah? – Double AA♦ Jun 5 '15 at 14:05
  • , חסרות ויתרות? – Shoel U'Meishiv Jun 7 '15 at 11:55
  • This is a difficult question to answer, because even different Masoretic codices may have different numbers of characters. – Argon Jan 1 '18 at 1:20
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    Possible duplicate of How many words are there in Tanach? While the title asks just about the words, the body clearly specifies letters as well. – DonielF Mar 1 '19 at 2:51
  • @DonielF Fair cop – Joshua Pearl Mar 12 '19 at 17:05
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I have found an answer to my question after a long time of copying and pasting.

In Tanach, there are 1,196,824 letters. This does not include Kri, but only the Ksiv. It includes the 9 inverted nuns.

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    Which version of Tanach is this based on? – Double AA♦ Jun 9 '15 at 13:33
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    @DoubleAA Mechon Mamre – Joshua Pearl Jun 9 '15 at 13:38

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