Africa אפריקה
Africa — in Hebrew אפריקה — continent. In the Torah codes, Africa is found 33 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 14 (Exodus 9:8) — about what chance alone gives (about 35.7).
- Found in the Torah
- 33
- Chance alone
- 35.7
- P (≥ found)
- 0.70
- Shortest skip
- 14
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
33 sequences of אפריקה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 35.7 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which אפריקה appears in the Torah is 14 — the first at Exodus 9:8, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), אפריקה is found 207 times; chance alone would give about 227.
- Genesis 11
- Exodus 7
- Leviticus 5
- Numbers 9
- Deuteronomy 1
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן קְחוּ לָכֶם מְלֹא חָפְנֵיכֶם פִּיחַ כִּבְשָׁן וּזְרָקוֹ מֹשֶׁה הַשָּׁמַיְמָה לְעֵינֵי פַרְעֹֽה
And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron: ‘Take to you handfuls of soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it heavenward in the sight of Pharaoh.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 89,975Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּגְוַע וַיָּמָת אַבְרָהָם בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה זָקֵן וְשָׂבֵעַ וַיֵּאָסֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו
And Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
skip 39, width 39 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 33,181Open in the laboratory →
הִנֵּה־נָא לִי שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָדְעוּ אִישׁ אוֹצִֽיאָה־נָּא אֶתְהֶן אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשׂוּ לָהֶן כַּטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶם רַק לָֽאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵל אַל־תַּעֲשׂוּ דָבָר כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּן בָּאוּ בְּצֵל קֹרָתִֽי
Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only unto these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.’
skip 240, width 240 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 22,621Open 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 763, width 763 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 239,454Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֹתוֹ בָנָיו אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ בִּמְעָרַת שְׂדֵה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֲשֶׁר קָנָה אַבְרָהָם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶה לַאֲחֻזַּת־קֶבֶר מֵאֵת עֶפְרֹן הַחִתִּי עַל־פְּנֵי מַמְרֵֽא
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, in front of Mamre.
skip 840, width 840 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 77,285Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
120 sequences of אפריקה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 110 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 11
- Exodus 7
- Leviticus 5
- Numbers 9
- Deuteronomy 2
- Joshua 4
- Judges 3
- Samuel 6
- Kings 13
- Isaiah 8
- Jeremiah 7
- Ezekiel 7
- The Twelve 8
- Psalms 5
- Proverbs 4
- Job 7
- Ruth 1
- Esther 2
- Daniel 2
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7
- Chronicles 2
Outside the Torah
וַֽיַּעֲמֹד וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־מַעַרְכֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם לָמָּה תֵצְאוּ לַעֲרֹךְ מִלְחָמָה הֲלוֹא אָנֹכִי הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וְאַתֶּם עֲבָדִים לְשָׁאוּל בְּרוּ־לָכֶם אִישׁ וְיֵרֵד אֵלָֽי
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them: ‘Why do ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 409,629Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת חֲמַת יְהוָה מָלֵאתִי נִלְאֵיתִי הָכִיל שְׁפֹךְ עַל־עוֹלָל בַּחוּץ וְעַל סוֹד בַּחוּרִים יַחְדָּו כִּֽי־גַם־אִישׁ עִם־אִשָּׁה יִלָּכֵדוּ זָקֵן עִם־מְלֵא יָמִֽים
Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD, I am weary with holding in: Pour it out upon the babes in the street, And upon the assembly of young men together; For even the husband with the wife shall be taken, The aged with him that is full of days.
skip 74, width 74 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 651,004Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה אַל־תִּתְפַּלֵּל בְּעַד־הָעָם הַזֶּה וְאַל־תִּשָּׂא בַעֲדָם רִנָּה וּתְפִלָּה כִּי אֵינֶנִּי שֹׁמֵעַ בְּעֵת קָרְאָם אֵלַי בְּעַד רָעָתָֽם
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto Me for their trouble.’
skip 93, width 93 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 659,091Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אפריקה — the name in Hebrew letters: continent. Searched as אפריקה, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 396.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Africa in the Bible code?
33 sequences of אפריקה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 35.7 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Africa in the Torah?
Skip 14, reading forward from Exodus 9:8 — the shortest of 33 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 35.7.
What is the gematria of Africa in Hebrew?
Africa is spelled אפריקה — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 396.
How many times is Africa found in the whole Tanakh?
120 sequences of אפריקה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 110 that chance alone would produce.
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