Adummim אדמים
Adummim (אדמים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Adummim appears 4,356 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.9% more than chance alone would give (about 4,232; probability 0.03).
- Found in the Torah
- 4,356
- Chance alone
- 4,232
- P (≥ found)
- 0.03
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, אדמים appears 4,356 times in the Torah — 2.9% more than the 4,232 chance alone would give; the probability of 4,356 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
The shortest skip at which אדמים appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Genesis 14:21, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), אדמים is found 33,116 times; chance alone would give about 33,354.
- Genesis 1,289
- Exodus 927
- Leviticus 515
- Numbers 993
- Deuteronomy 632
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם אֶל־אַבְרָם תֶּן־לִי הַנֶּפֶשׁ וְהָרְכֻשׁ קַֽח־לָֽךְ
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: ‘Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 17,136Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֱמֹר אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן קַח מַטְּךָ וּנְטֵֽה־יָדְךָ עַל־מֵימֵי מִצְרַיִם עַֽל־נַהֲרֹתָם עַל־יְאֹרֵיהֶם וְעַל־אַגְמֵיהֶם וְעַל כָּל־מִקְוֵה מֵימֵיהֶם וְיִֽהְיוּ־דָם וְהָיָה דָם בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּבָעֵצִים וּבָאֲבָנִֽים
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 87,390Open in the laboratory →
נְקֹם נִקְמַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֵת הַמִּדְיָנִים אַחַר תֵּאָסֵף אֶל־עַמֶּֽיךָ
’Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.’
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 239,454Open in the laboratory →
וְכָכָה תֹּאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ מָתְנֵיכֶם חֲגֻרִים נַֽעֲלֵיכֶם בְּרַגְלֵיכֶם וּמַקֶּלְכֶם בְּיֶדְכֶם וַאֲכַלְתֶּם אֹתוֹ בְּחִפָּזוֹן פֶּסַח הוּא לַיהוָֽה
And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste—it is the LORD’s passover.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 94,512Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁחַט אֶת־הַכֶּבֶשׂ בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁחַט אֶת־הַֽחַטָּאת וְאֶת־הָעֹלָה בִּמְקוֹם הַקֹּדֶשׁ כִּי כַּחַטָּאת הָאָשָׁם הוּא לַכֹּהֵן קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים הֽוּא
And he shall kill the he-lamb in the place where they kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the place of the sanctuary; for as the sin-offering is the priest’s, so is the guilt-offering; it is most holy.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 162,025Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 20,023 sequences of אדמים at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 20,181).
- Genesis 1,289
- Exodus 927
- Leviticus 515
- Numbers 993
- Deuteronomy 723
- Joshua 469
- Judges 645
- Samuel 2,145
- Kings 1,671
- Isaiah 990
- Jeremiah 1,581
- Ezekiel 1,418
- The Twelve 939
- Psalms 1,239
- Proverbs 357
- Job 542
- Song of Songs 79
- Ruth 88
- Lamentations 61
- Ecclesiastes 173
- Esther 237
- Daniel 655
- Ezra–Nehemiah 719
- Chronicles 1,568
Outside the Torah
וַֽיְהִי כי טוב לִבָּם וַיֹּאמְרוּ קִרְאוּ לְשִׁמְשׁוֹן וִישַֽׂחֶק־לָנוּ וַיִּקְרְאוּ לְשִׁמְשׁוֹן מִבֵּית האסירים וַיְצַחֵק לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיַּעֲמִידוּ אוֹתוֹ בֵּין הָעַמּוּדִֽים
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said: ‘Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.’ And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them; and they set him between the pillars.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 373,665Open in the laboratory →
וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית לְבוֹאָם אֶל־בֵּית הָֽאֱלֹהִים לִירוּשָׁלִַם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי הֵחֵלּוּ זְרֻבָּבֶל בֶּן־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל וְיֵשׁוּעַ בֶּן־יֽוֹצָדָק וּשְׁאָר אֲחֵיהֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם וְכָל־הַבָּאִים מֵהַשְּׁבִי יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם וַיַּעֲמִידוּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה לְנַצֵּחַ עַל־מְלֶאכֶת בֵּית־יְהוָֽה
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,062,898Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ עֹשֵׂי הַמְּלָאכָה וַתַּעַל אֲרוּכָה לַמְּלָאכָה בְּיָדָם וַֽיַּעֲמִידוּ אֶת־בֵּית הָֽאֱלֹהִים עַל־מַתְכֻּנְתּוֹ וַֽיְאַמְּצֻֽהוּ
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,174,439Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אדמים — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אדמים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 95.
As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 15:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Adummim in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, אדמים appears 4,356 times in the Torah — 2.9% more than the 4,232 chance alone would give; the probability of 4,356 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
What is the shortest skip for Adummim in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading backward from Genesis 14:21 — the shortest of 4,356 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,232.
What is the gematria of Adummim in Hebrew?
Adummim is spelled אדמים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 95.
How many times is Adummim found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 20,023 sequences of אדמים at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 20,181).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 4,232 here) beside the count.