There were four hundred synagogues in the city of Beitar, and in each and every one of them there were four hundred schoolteachers, and each and every one of these teachers had four hundred schoolchildren.
The world population at the time was about 300 million.
400 is symbolic in the Bible. Hebrew uses the letter tav for the number 400, but it also symbolizes completion. The meaning is that there was a complete destruction of the synagogues, teachers, and students in the last stronghold (Betar) in Judea.
Actually, in a single city.
The world population at the time was about 300 million.
Such specific numbers.
400 is symbolic in the Bible. Hebrew uses the letter tav for the number 400, but it also symbolizes completion. The meaning is that there was a complete destruction of the synagogues, teachers, and students in the last stronghold (Betar) in Judea.