Agag אגג
Agag (אגג) is a person named in the Tanakh. Agag appears 14,272 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 12% more than chance alone would give (about 12,736; probability 6.2 × 10⁻⁴¹).
- Found in the Torah
- 14,272
- Chance alone
- 12,736
- P (≥ found)
- 6.2 × 10⁻⁴¹
- Shortest skip
- 2
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, אגג appears 14,272 times in the Torah — 12% more than the 12,736 chance alone would give; the probability of 14,272 or more by chance alone is 6.2 × 10⁻⁴¹.
The shortest skip at which אגג appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 11:30, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), אגג is found 195,982 times; chance alone would give about 197,404.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 12,736 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 4,147
- Exodus 1,933
- Leviticus 3,637
- Numbers 2,227
- Deuteronomy 2,328
The shortest skips
הֲלֹא־הֵמָּה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן אַֽחֲרֵי דֶּרֶךְ מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בְּאֶרֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּעֲרָבָה מוּל הַגִּלְגָּל אֵצֶל אֵלוֹנֵי מֹרֶֽה
Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the terebinths of Moreh?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 270,425Open in the laboratory →
וַתְּכַל לְהַשְׁקֹתוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר גַּם לִגְמַלֶּיךָ אֶשְׁאָב עַד אִם־כִּלּוּ לִשְׁתֹּֽת
And when she had done giving him drink, she said: ‘I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 30,369Open in the laboratory →
וָאֶתְּנָה אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם נְתֻנִים לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וּלְכַפֵּר עַל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא יִהְיֶה בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶגֶף בְּגֶשֶׁת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ
And I have given the Levites— they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, through the children of Israel coming nigh unto the sanctuary.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 203,384Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּסְעוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵרַעְמְסֵס סֻכֹּתָה כְּשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף רַגְלִי הַגְּבָרִים לְבַד מִטָּֽף
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 96,139Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אָבִיו שִׁלְחָה הַנַּעַר אִתִּי וְנָקוּמָה וְנֵלֵכָה וְנִֽחְיֶה וְלֹא נָמוּת גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ גַם־אַתָּה גַּם־טַפֵּֽנוּ
And Judah said unto Israel his father: ‘Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 65,457Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, אגג appears 72,754 times in the whole Tanakh — 7.7% more than the 67,552 chance alone would give; the probability of 72,754 or more by chance alone is 3.1 × 10⁻⁸⁷.
- Genesis 4,147
- Exodus 1,933
- Leviticus 3,637
- Numbers 2,227
- Deuteronomy 2,505
- Joshua 5,945
- Judges 3,147
- Samuel 7,650
- Kings 3,479
- Isaiah 5,414
- Jeremiah 3,982
- Ezekiel 5,015
- The Twelve 5,907
- Psalms 3,960
- Proverbs 1,231
- Job 2,369
- Song of Songs 364
- Ruth 664
- Lamentations 516
- Ecclesiastes 849
- Esther 666
- Daniel 1,944
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,605
- Chronicles 3,598
Outside the Torah
וַתַּשְׁלֵךְ אִשָּׁה אַחַת פֶּלַח רֶכֶב עַל־רֹאשׁ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וַתָּרִץ אֶת־גֻּלְגָּלְתּֽוֹ
And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 362,979Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשָׁב הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיָּבֹא עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּן וִיהוּדָה בָּא הַגִּלְגָּלָה לָלֶכֶת לִקְרַאת הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהַעֲבִיר אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן
So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 466,922Open in the laboratory →
לָאוֹפַנִּים לָהֶם קוֹרָא הַגַּלְגַּל בְּאָזְנָֽי
As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing The wheelwork.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 738,413Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אגג — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אגג, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 7.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 15:8. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Agag appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, אגג appears 14,272 times in the Torah — 12% more than the 12,736 chance alone would give; the probability of 14,272 or more by chance alone is 6.2 × 10⁻⁴¹.
What is the shortest skip for Agag in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Deuteronomy 11:30 — the shortest of 14,272 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 12,736.
What is the gematria of Agag in Hebrew?
Agag is spelled אגג — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 7.
How many times is Agag found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, אגג appears 72,754 times in the whole Tanakh — 7.7% more than the 67,552 chance alone would give; the probability of 72,754 or more by chance alone is 3.1 × 10⁻⁸⁷.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 12,736 here) beside the count.