Ahava אהוא
Ahava (אהוא) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Ahava appears 2,239,091 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 2,249,722 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 2,239,091
- Chance alone · every skip
- 2,249,722
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,607
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 215,666 found · chance alone about 215,907 (probability of 215,666 or more by chance alone: 0.70).
In the Torah
2,239,091 sequences of אהוא across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 2,249,722 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 15:14, reading forward.
The longest skip at which אהוא was found in the Torah is 101,607 — at Deuteronomy 34:12, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 592,495
- Exodus 460,068
- Leviticus 356,011
- Numbers 433,663
- Deuteronomy 396,854
Examples across the range
5 of the 2,239,091 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- א ה ו אGenesis 15:14
וְגַם אֶת־הַגּוֹי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲבֹדוּ דָּן אָנֹכִי וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן יֵצְאוּ בִּרְכֻשׁ גָּדֽוֹל
and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,961 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ה ו אGenesis 15:14
Letter by letter
- א ה ו אGenesis 31:33
… יַעֲקֹב וּבְאֹהֶל לֵאָה וּבְאֹהֶל שְׁתֵּי הָאֲמָהֹת וְלֹא מָצָא וַיֵּצֵא מֵאֹהֶל לֵאָה וַיָּבֹא …
And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 45,263 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ה ו אGenesis 31:33
- אExodus 2:1
וַיֵּלֶךְ אִישׁ מִבֵּית לֵוִי וַיִּקַּח אֶת־בַּת־לֵוִֽי
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הExodus 2:3
… גֹּמֶא וַתַּחְמְרָה בַחֵמָר וּבַזָּפֶת וַתָּשֶׂם בָּהּ אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וַתָּשֶׂם בַּסּוּף עַל …
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
- וExodus 2:5
… יַד הַיְאֹר וַתֵּרֶא אֶת־הַתֵּבָה בְּתוֹךְ הַסּוּף וַתִּשְׁלַח אֶת־אֲמָתָהּ וַתִּקָּחֶֽהָ …
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.
- אExodus 2:7
… אֲחֹתוֹ אֶל־בַּת־פַּרְעֹה הַאֵלֵךְ וְקָרָאתִי לָךְ אִשָּׁה מֵינֶקֶת מִן הָעִבְרִיֹּת …
Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter: ‘Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 79,045 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אExodus 2:1
- אLeviticus 4:5
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ מִדַּם הַפָּר וְהֵבִיא אֹתוֹ אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד
And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הLeviticus 4:23
אֽוֹ־הוֹדַע אֵלָיו חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא בָּהּ וְהֵבִיא אֶת־קָרְבָּנוֹ שְׂעִיר עִזִּים זָכָר תָּמִֽים
if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, be known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a male without blemish.
- וLeviticus 5:4
… יְבַטֵּא הָאָדָם בִּשְׁבֻעָה וְנֶעְלַם מִמֶּנּוּ וְהוּא־יָדַע וְאָשֵׁם לְאַחַת מֵאֵֽלֶּה
or if any one swear clearly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter clearly with an oath, and it be hid from him; and, when he knoweth of it, be guilty in one of these things;
- אLeviticus 5:21
… יָד אוֹ בְגָזֵל אוֹ עָשַׁק אֶת־עֲמִיתֽוֹ
If any one sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and deal falsely with his neighbour in a matter of deposit, or of pledge, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbour;
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 144,521 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- אLeviticus 4:5
- אDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הNumbers 8:17
… כָל־בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה בְּיוֹם הַכֹּתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ …
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- וExodus 16:7
… יְהוָה וְנַחְנוּ מָה כִּי תלונו עָלֵֽינוּ
and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that He hath heard your murmurings against the LORD; and what are we, that ye murmur against us?’
- אGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 101,607, width 101,607 — one row is 101,607 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,830 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,607 in the laboratory →
- אDeuteronomy 34:12
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 28,383,706 sequences of אהוא across every skip (2–399,013), 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 28,145,212); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 715,016 found · chance alone about 700,813 (probability of 715,016 or more by chance alone: 1.9 × 10⁻⁶⁴).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 2,342,607
- Exodus 1,627,272
- Leviticus 1,260,013
- Numbers 1,606,043
- Deuteronomy 1,476,268
- Joshua 887,204
- Judges 1,012,921
- Samuel 2,582,059
- Kings 2,549,076
- Isaiah 1,405,904
- Jeremiah 2,118,720
- Ezekiel 1,827,273
- The Twelve 1,297,857
- Psalms 1,361,397
- Proverbs 436,292
- Job 693,546
- Song of Songs 79,730
- Ruth 122,543
- Lamentations 102,632
- Ecclesiastes 229,335
- Esther 227,683
- Daniel 582,140
- Ezra–Nehemiah 707,100
- Chronicles 1,848,091
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- א ה ו אJoshua 9:7
ויאמרו אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־הַחִוִּי אוּלַי בְּקִרְבִּי אַתָּה יוֹשֵׁב וְאֵיךְ אכרות־לְךָ בְרִֽית
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites: ‘Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 318,032 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ה ו אJoshua 9:7
- אJudges 9:32
וְעַתָּה קוּם לַיְלָה אַתָּה וְהָעָם אֲשֶׁר־אִתָּךְ וֶאֱרֹב בַּשָּׂדֶֽה
Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הJudges 9:34
וַיָּקָם אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־עִמּוֹ לָיְלָה וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ עַל־שְׁכֶם אַרְבָּעָה רָאשִֽׁים
And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
- וJudges 9:36
וַיַּרְא־גַּעַל אֶת־הָעָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־זְבֻל הִנֵּה־עָם יוֹרֵד …
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: ‘Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains.’ And Zebul said unto him: ‘Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.’
- אJudges 9:37
… הִנֵּה־עָם יֽוֹרְדִים מֵעִם טַבּוּר הָאָרֶץ וְרֹאשׁ־אֶחָד בָּא מִדֶּרֶךְ אֵלוֹן …
And Gaal spoke again and said: ‘See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company cometh by the way of Elon-meonenim.’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 361,743 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אJudges 9:32
- א2 Chronicles 36:19
… וַֽיְנַתְּצוּ אֵת חוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְכָל־אַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָ שָׂרְפוּ בָאֵשׁ וְכָל־כְּלֵי מַחֲמַדֶּיהָ …
And they burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הEzekiel 46:16
… אֲדֹנָי יְהֹוִה כִּֽי־יִתֵּן הַנָּשִׂיא מַתָּנָה לְאִישׁ מִבָּנָיו נַחֲלָתוֹ הִיא לְבָנָיו …
Thus saith the Lord GOD: If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, it is his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.
- ו1 Samuel 11:8
וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם בְּבָזֶק וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וְאִישׁ יְהוּדָה שְׁלֹשִׁים אָֽלֶף
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
- אGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 398,893, width 398,893 — one row is 398,893 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,689 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,893 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 36:19
The spelling
אהוא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אהוא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 13.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- אהבה — the name in Hebrew letters Torah · every skip: 1,252,325 (chance 1,248,610)
Questions
Does Ahava appear in the Torah codes?
2,239,091 sequences of אהוא across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 2,249,722 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Ahava in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 15:14 — the shortest of 2,239,091 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 2,249,722.
How is Ahava spelled in Hebrew?
Ahava is spelled אהוא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 13; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Ahava in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 28,383,706 sequences of אהוא across every skip (2–399,013), 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 28,145,212); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,249,722 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.