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The Letters

Tet טית

Tet (ט) is the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It stands 6,310 times in the twenty-four books — 5.3 of every 1,000 letters, the 22nd most written of the twenty-two — out of 1,197,042 letters in all.

Occurrences
6,310
Per 1,000 letters
5.27
Rank of 22
22
Share of the Tanakh
0.53%

Across the books of the Tanakh

Per 1,000 letters of each book, so a long book and a short one compare honestly. Tap a bar — or drag along the chart — and that book stands in the panel, with its door. The filled dot marks the highest column, the hollow ring the lowest.

The Twelve is one of the twenty-four books, and every total on this site still counts it as one. On this axis its twelve prophets stand as their own columns, because Hosea is eight times the length of Obadiah and one column for both hides what each of them does.

0.05.010.015.0Genesis — 3.94 per 1,000 letters (308 in 78,069 letters, 0.75× the Tanakh rate)Exodus — 5.48 per 1,000 letters (348 in 63,531 letters, 1.04× the Tanakh rate)Leviticus — 11.0 per 1,000 letters (492 in 44,795 letters, 2.08× the Tanakh rate)Numbers — 6.25 per 1,000 letters (397 in 63,545 letters, 1.19× the Tanakh rate)Deuteronomy — 4.72 per 1,000 letters (259 in 54,910 letters, 0.90× the Tanakh rate)Joshua — 4.27 per 1,000 letters (170 in 39,807 letters, 0.81× the Tanakh rate)Judges — 3.57 per 1,000 letters (139 in 38,944 letters, 0.68× the Tanakh rate)Samuel — 3.57 per 1,000 letters (334 in 93,532 letters, 0.68× the Tanakh rate)Kings — 4.12 per 1,000 letters (406 in 98,460 letters, 0.78× the Tanakh rate)Isaiah — 5.85 per 1,000 letters (391 in 66,888 letters, 1.11× the Tanakh rate)Jeremiah — 4.41 per 1,000 letters (374 in 84,912 letters, 0.84× the Tanakh rate)Ezekiel — 5.29 per 1,000 letters (394 in 74,499 letters, 1.00× the Tanakh rate)Hosea — 6.29 per 1,000 letters (59 in 9,385 letters, 1.19× the Tanakh rate)Joel — 3.62 per 1,000 letters (14 in 3,872 letters, 0.69× the Tanakh rate)Amos — 5.85 per 1,000 letters (47 in 8,033 letters, 1.11× the Tanakh rate)Obadiah — 4.47 per 1,000 letters (5 in 1,119 letters, 0.85× the Tanakh rate)Jonah — 5.56 per 1,000 letters (15 in 2,700 letters, 1.05× the Tanakh rate)Micah — 8.08 per 1,000 letters (45 in 5,570 letters, 1.53× the Tanakh rate)Nahum — 7.99 per 1,000 letters (18 in 2,252 letters, 1.52× the Tanakh rate)Habakkuk — 6.93 per 1,000 letters (18 in 2,598 letters, 1.31× the Tanakh rate)Zephaniah — 5.34 per 1,000 letters (16 in 2,996 letters, 1.01× the Tanakh rate)Haggai — 3.85 per 1,000 letters (9 in 2,336 letters, 0.73× the Tanakh rate)Zechariah — 3.78 per 1,000 letters (47 in 12,432 letters, 0.72× the Tanakh rate)Malachi — 3.48 per 1,000 letters (12 in 3,450 letters, 0.66× the Tanakh rate)Psalms — 6.91 per 1,000 letters (545 in 78,833 letters, 1.31× the Tanakh rate)Proverbs — 8.79 per 1,000 letters (233 in 26,507 letters, 1.67× the Tanakh rate)Job — 7.31 per 1,000 letters (233 in 31,862 letters, 1.39× the Tanakh rate)Song of Songs — 6.21 per 1,000 letters (32 in 5,151 letters, 1.18× the Tanakh rate)Ruth — 5.86 per 1,000 letters (29 in 4,947 letters, 1.11× the Tanakh rate)Lamentations — 6.86 per 1,000 letters (41 in 5,980 letters, 1.30× the Tanakh rate)Ecclesiastes — 9.30 per 1,000 letters (102 in 10,969 letters, 1.76× the Tanakh rate)Esther — 4.38 per 1,000 letters (53 in 12,112 letters, 0.83× the Tanakh rate)Daniel — 5.89 per 1,000 letters (143 in 24,291 letters, 1.12× the Tanakh rate)Ezra–Nehemiah — 5.12 per 1,000 letters (196 in 38,277 letters, 0.97× the Tanakh rate)Chronicles — 3.88 per 1,000 letters (386 in 99,478 letters, 0.74× the Tanakh rate)highestlowestGeneDeutKingsHoseaJonahZephPsalRuthChro

Its two ends

Highest
Leviticus 11.0
Lowest
Malachi 3.48

Every column's numbers are in the table below.

All the numbers 35 books
Tet in each of the 35 books, in canonical order.
PlaceOccurrencesOf lettersPer 1,000× usualRank
Genesis בראשית30878,0693.940.75×28
Exodus שמות34863,5315.481.04×18
Leviticus ויקרא49244,79510.982.08×1
Numbers במדבר39763,5456.251.19×11
Deuteronomy דברים25954,9104.720.90×22
Joshua יהושע17039,8074.270.81×26
Judges שופטים13938,9443.570.68×34
Samuel שמואל33493,5323.570.68×33
Kings מלכים40698,4604.120.78×27
Isaiah ישעיהו39166,8885.851.11×16
Jeremiah ירמיהו37484,9124.410.84×24
Ezekiel יחזקאל39474,4995.291.00×20
Hosea הושע599,3856.291.19×10
Joel יואל143,8723.620.69×32
Amos עמוס478,0335.851.11×15
Obadiah עובדיה51,1194.470.85×23
Jonah יונה152,7005.561.05×17
Micah מיכה455,5708.081.53×4
Nahum נחום182,2527.991.52×5
Habakkuk חבקוק182,5986.931.31×7
Zephaniah צפניה162,9965.341.01×19
Haggai חגי92,3363.850.73×30
Zechariah זכריה4712,4323.780.72×31
Malachi מלאכי123,4503.480.66×35
Psalms תהלים54578,8336.911.31×8
Proverbs משלי23326,5078.791.67×3
Job איוב23331,8627.311.39×6
Song of Songs שיר השירים325,1516.211.18×12
Ruth רות294,9475.861.11×14
Lamentations איכה415,9806.861.30×9
Ecclesiastes קהלת10210,9699.301.76×2
Esther אסתר5312,1124.380.83×25
Daniel דניאל14324,2915.891.12×13
Ezra–Nehemiah עזרא־נחמיה19638,2775.120.97×21
Chronicles דברי הימים38699,4783.880.74×29

Across the fifty-four portions

The Torah alone, portion by portion, on the same measure. Fifty-four names will not fit along one axis, so most of them are not printed — but every column names itself the moment you touch it.

0102030Bereshit — 3.59 per 1,000 letters (26 in 7,234 letters, 0.68× the Tanakh rate)Noach — 2.46 per 1,000 letters (17 in 6,907 letters, 0.47× the Tanakh rate)Lech Lecha — 4.10 per 1,000 letters (26 in 6,338 letters, 0.78× the Tanakh rate)Vayera — 5.60 per 1,000 letters (44 in 7,861 letters, 1.06× the Tanakh rate)Chayei Sara — 2.63 per 1,000 letters (14 in 5,315 letters, 0.50× the Tanakh rate)Toldot — 4.05 per 1,000 letters (22 in 5,427 letters, 0.77× the Tanakh rate)Vayetzei — 3.46 per 1,000 letters (26 in 7,512 letters, 0.66× the Tanakh rate)Vayishlach — 3.08 per 1,000 letters (23 in 7,457 letters, 0.58× the Tanakh rate)Vayeshev — 4.19 per 1,000 letters (25 in 5,972 letters, 0.79× the Tanakh rate)Miketz — 4.80 per 1,000 letters (38 in 7,913 letters, 0.91× the Tanakh rate)Vayigash — 4.22 per 1,000 letters (24 in 5,684 letters, 0.80× the Tanakh rate)Vayechi — 5.17 per 1,000 letters (23 in 4,449 letters, 0.98× the Tanakh rate)Shemot — 2.81 per 1,000 letters (19 in 6,763 letters, 0.53× the Tanakh rate)Vaera — 6.71 per 1,000 letters (45 in 6,703 letters, 1.27× the Tanakh rate)Bo — 4.07 per 1,000 letters (25 in 6,149 letters, 0.77× the Tanakh rate)Beshalach — 4.36 per 1,000 letters (28 in 6,424 letters, 0.83× the Tanakh rate)Yitro — 2.73 per 1,000 letters (11 in 4,024 letters, 0.52× the Tanakh rate)Mishpatim — 4.33 per 1,000 letters (23 in 5,312 letters, 0.82× the Tanakh rate)Terumah — 7.67 per 1,000 letters (36 in 4,691 letters, 1.46× the Tanakh rate)Tetzaveh — 9.40 per 1,000 letters (51 in 5,427 letters, 1.78× the Tanakh rate)Ki Tisa — 4.44 per 1,000 letters (33 in 7,426 letters, 0.84× the Tanakh rate)Vayakhel — 8.09 per 1,000 letters (50 in 6,180 letters, 1.53× the Tanakh rate)Pekudei — 6.09 per 1,000 letters (27 in 4,432 letters, 1.16× the Tanakh rate)Vayikra — 16.2 per 1,000 letters (101 in 6,222 letters, 3.08× the Tanakh rate)Tzav — 7.85 per 1,000 letters (40 in 5,096 letters, 1.49× the Tanakh rate)Shmini — 15.0 per 1,000 letters (70 in 4,669 letters, 2.84× the Tanakh rate)Tazria — 15.3 per 1,000 letters (56 in 3,667 letters, 2.90× the Tanakh rate)Metzora — 21.3 per 1,000 letters (100 in 4,698 letters, 4.04× the Tanakh rate)Achrei Mot — 10.7 per 1,000 letters (46 in 4,296 letters, 2.03× the Tanakh rate)Kedoshim — 8.05 per 1,000 letters (26 in 3,231 letters, 1.53× the Tanakh rate)Emor — 4.42 per 1,000 letters (27 in 6,108 letters, 0.84× the Tanakh rate)Behar — 2.48 per 1,000 letters (7 in 2,817 letters, 0.47× the Tanakh rate)Bechukotai — 4.76 per 1,000 letters (19 in 3,991 letters, 0.90× the Tanakh rate)Bamidbar — 4.06 per 1,000 letters (30 in 7,394 letters, 0.77× the Tanakh rate)Nasso — 6.60 per 1,000 letters (57 in 8,632 letters, 1.25× the Tanakh rate)Beha'alotcha — 6.80 per 1,000 letters (48 in 7,058 letters, 1.29× the Tanakh rate)Sh'lach — 5.50 per 1,000 letters (32 in 5,820 letters, 1.04× the Tanakh rate)Korach — 7.70 per 1,000 letters (41 in 5,325 letters, 1.46× the Tanakh rate)Chukat — 10.1 per 1,000 letters (47 in 4,674 letters, 1.91× the Tanakh rate)Balak — 3.92 per 1,000 letters (21 in 5,359 letters, 0.74× the Tanakh rate)Pinchas — 3.69 per 1,000 letters (29 in 7,854 letters, 0.70× the Tanakh rate)Matot — 5.31 per 1,000 letters (30 in 5,653 letters, 1.01× the Tanakh rate)Masei — 10.7 per 1,000 letters (62 in 5,776 letters, 2.04× the Tanakh rate)Devarim — 4.02 per 1,000 letters (24 in 5,973 letters, 0.76× the Tanakh rate)Vaetchanan — 4.49 per 1,000 letters (33 in 7,346 letters, 0.85× the Tanakh rate)Eikev — 4.81 per 1,000 letters (33 in 6,861 letters, 0.91× the Tanakh rate)Re'eh — 4.57 per 1,000 letters (34 in 7,443 letters, 0.87× the Tanakh rate)Shoftim — 6.08 per 1,000 letters (34 in 5,592 letters, 1.15× the Tanakh rate)Ki Teitzei — 5.12 per 1,000 letters (30 in 5,858 letters, 0.97× the Tanakh rate)Ki Tavo — 4.84 per 1,000 letters (33 in 6,816 letters, 0.92× the Tanakh rate)Nitzavim — 4.66 per 1,000 letters (12 in 2,576 letters, 0.88× the Tanakh rate)Vayeilech — 2.35 per 1,000 letters (5 in 2,123 letters, 0.45× the Tanakh rate)Ha'Azinu — 4.29 per 1,000 letters (10 in 2,329 letters, 0.81× the Tanakh rate)V'Zot HaBerachah — 5.52 per 1,000 letters (11 in 1,993 letters, 1.05× the Tanakh rate)highestlowestBereChayVayeShemYitroKi TTzavAchrBechSh'lPincVaetKi TV'Zo

Its two ends

Highest
Metzora 21.3
Lowest
Vayeilech 2.35

Every column's numbers are in the table below.

All the numbers 54 portions
Tet in each of the 54 portions, in canonical order.
PlaceOccurrencesOf lettersPer 1,000× usualRank
Bereshit בראשית267,2343.590.68×46
Noach נח176,9072.460.47×53
Lech Lecha לך לך266,3384.100.78×39
Vayera וירא447,8615.601.06×19
Chayei Sara חיי שרה145,3152.630.50×51
Toldot תולדות225,4274.050.77×42
Vayetzei ויצא267,5123.460.66×47
Vayishlach וישלח237,4573.080.58×48
Vayeshev וישב255,9724.190.79×38
Miketz מקץ387,9134.800.91×27
Vayigash ויגש245,6844.220.80×37
Vayechi ויחי234,4495.170.98×23
Shemot שמות196,7632.810.53×49
Vaera וארא456,7036.711.27×15
Bo בא256,1494.070.77×40
Beshalach בשלח286,4244.360.83×34
Yitro יתרו114,0242.730.52×50
Mishpatim משפטים235,3124.330.82×35
Terumah תרומה364,6917.671.46×13
Tetzaveh תצוה515,4279.401.78×8
Ki Tisa כי תשא337,4264.440.84×32
Vayakhel ויקהל506,1808.091.53×9
Pekudei פקודי274,4326.091.16×17
Vayikra ויקרא1016,22216.233.08×2
Tzav צו405,0967.851.49×11
Shmini שמיני704,66914.992.84×4
Tazria תזריע563,66715.272.90×3
Metzora מצורע1004,69821.294.04×1
Achrei Mot אחרי מות464,29610.712.03×6
Kedoshim קדושים263,2318.051.53×10
Emor אמור276,1084.420.84×33
Behar בהר72,8172.480.47×52
Bechukotai בחוקתי193,9914.760.90×28
Bamidbar במדבר307,3944.060.77×41
Nasso נשא578,6326.601.25×16
Beha'alotcha בהעלותך487,0586.801.29×14
Sh'lach שלח325,8205.501.04×21
Korach קרח415,3257.701.46×12
Chukat חקת474,67410.061.91×7
Balak בלק215,3593.920.74×44
Pinchas פנחס297,8543.690.70×45
Matot מטות305,6535.311.01×22
Masei מסעי625,77610.732.04×5
Devarim דברים245,9734.020.76×43
Vaetchanan ואתחנן337,3464.490.85×31
Eikev עקב336,8614.810.91×26
Re'eh ראה347,4434.570.87×30
Shoftim שופטים345,5926.081.15×18
Ki Teitzei כי תצא305,8585.120.97×24
Ki Tavo כי תבוא336,8164.840.92×25
Nitzavim נצבים122,5764.660.88×29
Vayeilech וילך52,1232.350.45×54
Ha'Azinu האזינו102,3294.290.81×36
V'Zot HaBerachah וזאת הברכה111,9935.521.05×20

Where it runs hardest and thinnest

A place is listed when Tet runs at least 1.25× its Tanakh-wide rate of 5.27 per 1,000, or at most 0.80× it. Two thresholds, applied to every letter alike — nothing here is picked by hand.

Books where it runs high

  • Leviticus2.08×11.0 per 1,000 · 492 of 44,795
  • Ecclesiastes1.76×9.3 per 1,000 · 102 of 10,969
  • Proverbs1.67×8.8 per 1,000 · 233 of 26,507
  • Micah1.53×8.1 per 1,000 · 45 of 5,570
  • Nahum1.52×8.0 per 1,000 · 18 of 2,252
  • Job1.39×7.3 per 1,000 · 233 of 31,862
  • Habakkuk1.31×6.9 per 1,000 · 18 of 2,598
  • Psalms1.31×6.9 per 1,000 · 545 of 78,833

Books where it runs low

  • Malachi0.66×3.5 per 1,000 · 12 of 3,450
  • Judges0.68×3.6 per 1,000 · 139 of 38,944
  • Samuel0.68×3.6 per 1,000 · 334 of 93,532
  • Joel0.69×3.6 per 1,000 · 14 of 3,872
  • Zechariah0.72×3.8 per 1,000 · 47 of 12,432
  • Haggai0.73×3.9 per 1,000 · 9 of 2,336
  • Chronicles0.74×3.9 per 1,000 · 386 of 99,478
  • Genesis0.75×3.9 per 1,000 · 308 of 78,069

Portions where it runs high

  • Metzora4.04×21.3 per 1,000 · 100 of 4,698
  • Vayikra3.08×16.2 per 1,000 · 101 of 6,222
  • Tazria2.90×15.3 per 1,000 · 56 of 3,667
  • Shmini2.84×15.0 per 1,000 · 70 of 4,669
  • Masei2.04×10.7 per 1,000 · 62 of 5,776
  • Achrei Mot2.03×10.7 per 1,000 · 46 of 4,296
  • Chukat1.91×10.1 per 1,000 · 47 of 4,674
  • Tetzaveh1.78×9.4 per 1,000 · 51 of 5,427

Portions where it runs low

  • Vayeilech0.45×2.4 per 1,000 · 5 of 2,123
  • Noach0.47×2.5 per 1,000 · 17 of 6,907
  • Behar0.47×2.5 per 1,000 · 7 of 2,817
  • Chayei Sara0.50×2.6 per 1,000 · 14 of 5,315
  • Yitro0.52×2.7 per 1,000 · 11 of 4,024
  • Shemot0.53×2.8 per 1,000 · 19 of 6,763
  • Vayishlach0.58×3.1 per 1,000 · 23 of 7,457
  • Vayetzei0.66×3.5 per 1,000 · 26 of 7,512

The gematria of the letter

Standard9Gadol9Katan9Siduri (ordinal)9Atbash50Perati81Milui419

Milui values a letter at the standard gematria of its own name spelled in full: טית = 419. Computed at render by the same engine that runs every search — nothing on this page is a stored number except the counts.

First standing

The first Tet of the Tanakh, in canonical order from Bereshit 1:1 forward, is in טוב — Genesis 1:4, the 6th word of the verse.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Tet?

Tet (ט) is 9 in standard gematria; it is the 9th letter of the alef-bet. Spelled out in full, טית, it is 419.

How many times does Tet appear in the Tanakh?

6,310 times in the twenty-four books — the 22nd most written of the twenty-two letters.