Adar אדר
Adar — in Hebrew אדר — the twelfth month. In the Torah codes, Adar is found 364,014 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 24:30) — about what chance alone gives (about 364,956).
- Found in the Torah
- 364,014
- Chance alone
- 364,956
- P (≥ found)
- 0.94
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
364,014 sequences of אדר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 364,956 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which אדר appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 24:30, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), אדר is found 5,618,944 times; chance alone would give about 5,656,658.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 364,956 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 108,315
- Exodus 72,431
- Leviticus 46,948
- Numbers 75,693
- Deuteronomy 60,627
The shortest skips
וַיְהִי כִּרְאֹת אֶת־הַנֶּזֶם וְֽאֶת־הַצְּמִדִים עַל־יְדֵי אֲחֹתוֹ וּכְשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי רִבְקָה אֲחֹתוֹ לֵאמֹר כֹּֽה־דִבֶּר אֵלַי הָאִישׁ וַיָּבֹא אֶל־הָאִישׁ וְהִנֵּה עֹמֵד עַל־הַגְּמַלִּים עַל־הָעָֽיִן
And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying: ‘Thus spoke the man unto me, ‘that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 30,871Open in the laboratory →
ויישם לְפָנָיו לֶאֱכֹל וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֹכַל עַד אִם־דִּבַּרְתִּי דְּבָרָי וַיֹּאמֶר דַּבֵּֽר
And there was set food before him to eat; but he said: ‘I will not eat, until I have told mine errand.’ And he said: ‘Speak on.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 31,083Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן לָבָן וּבְתוּאֵל וַיֹּאמְרוּ מֵיְהוָה יָצָא הַדָּבָר לֹא נוּכַל דַּבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ רַע אוֹ־טֽוֹב
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said: ‘The thing proceedeth from the LORD; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 32,021Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע עֶבֶד אַבְרָהָם אֶת־דִּבְרֵיהֶם וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אַרְצָה לַֽיהוָֽה
And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 32,108Open in the laboratory →
כִּשְׁמֹעַ עֵשָׂו אֶת־דִּבְרֵי אָבִיו וַיִּצְעַק צְעָקָה גְּדֹלָה וּמָרָה עַד־מְאֹד וַיֹּאמֶר לְאָבִיו בָּרֲכֵנִי גַם־אָנִי אָבִֽי
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father: ‘Bless me, even me also, O my father.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,853Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
1,455,713 sequences of אדר at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,464,850 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 108,315
- Exodus 72,431
- Leviticus 46,948
- Numbers 75,693
- Deuteronomy 64,386
- Joshua 44,050
- Judges 44,540
- Samuel 156,808
- Kings 126,735
- Isaiah 73,855
- Jeremiah 105,822
- Ezekiel 92,934
- The Twelve 63,351
- Psalms 80,664
- Proverbs 26,376
- Job 36,002
- Song of Songs 4,626
- Ruth 6,421
- Lamentations 5,092
- Ecclesiastes 11,722
- Esther 16,654
- Daniel 54,591
- Ezra–Nehemiah 40,561
- Chronicles 97,136
Outside the Torah
כָּל־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַמְרֶה אֶת־פִּיךָ וְלֹֽא־יִשְׁמַע אֶת־דְּבָרֶיךָ לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־תְּצַוֶּנּוּ יוּמָת רַק חֲזַק וֶאֱמָֽץ
Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death; only be strong and of good courage.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,987Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָהּ הָאֲנָשִׁים נַפְשֵׁנוּ תַחְתֵּיכֶם לָמוּת אִם לֹא תַגִּידוּ אֶת־דְּבָרֵנוּ זֶה וְהָיָה בְּתֵת־יְהוָה לָנוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְעָשִׂינוּ עִמָּךְ חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶֽת
And the men said unto her: ‘Our life for yours, if ye tell not this our business; and it shall be, when the LORD giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,935Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־תַּגִּידִי אֶת־דְּבָרֵנוּ זֶה וְהָיִינוּ נְקִיִּם מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵךְ אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ
But if thou utter this our business, then we will be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,332Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אדר — the Tanakh's own spelling: the twelfth month. Searched as אדר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 205.
As a plain word it stands 15 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 34:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Adar appear in the Torah codes?
364,014 sequences of אדר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 364,956 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Adar in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 24:30 — the shortest of 364,014 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 364,956.
What is the gematria of Adar in Hebrew?
Adar is spelled אדר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 205.
How many times is Adar found in the whole Tanakh?
1,455,713 sequences of אדר at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,464,850 that chance alone would produce.
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