Ammah אמה
Ammah (אמה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Ammah is found 1,993,317 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 8:19) — about what chance alone gives (about 2,015,554).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,993,317
- Chance alone
- 2,015,554
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,993,317 sequences of אמה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 2,015,554 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which אמה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 8:19, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), אמה is found 31,419,540 times; chance alone would give about 31,240,213.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 2,015,554 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 465,872
- Exodus 435,805
- Leviticus 315,164
- Numbers 422,452
- Deuteronomy 354,024
The shortest skips
כָּל־הַֽחַיָּה כָּל־הָרֶמֶשׂ וְכָל־הָעוֹף כֹּל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶם יָצְאוּ מִן־הַתֵּבָֽה
every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families; went forth out of the ark.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,059Open in the laboratory →
הֲלֹא כָל־הָאָרֶץ לְפָנֶיךָ הִפָּרֶד נָא מֵעָלָי אִם־הַשְּׂמֹאל וְאֵימִנָה וְאִם־הַיָּמִין וְאַשְׂמְאִֽילָה
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,565Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיהוָה אָמַר אֶל־אַבְרָם אַחֲרֵי הִפָּֽרֶד־לוֹט מֵֽעִמּוֹ שָׂא נָא עֵינֶיךָ וּרְאֵה מִן־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה שָׁם צָפֹנָה וָנֶגְבָּה וָקֵדְמָה וָיָֽמָּה
And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him: ‘Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,826Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם לִקְרָאתוֹ אַחֲרֵי שׁוּבוֹ מֵֽהַכּוֹת אֶת־כְּדָרלָעֹמֶר וְאֶת־הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ אֶל־עֵמֶק שָׁוֵה הוּא עֵמֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh—the same is the King’s Vale.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,996Open in the laboratory →
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כָּרַת יְהוָה אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּרִית לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ נָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת מִנְּהַר מִצְרַיִם עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת
In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: ‘Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,172Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, אמה appears 6,730,197 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 6,706,279 chance alone would give; the probability of 6,730,197 or more by chance alone is 1.3 × 10⁻²⁰.
- Genesis 465,872
- Exodus 435,805
- Leviticus 315,164
- Numbers 422,452
- Deuteronomy 373,086
- Joshua 229,251
- Judges 223,954
- Samuel 546,797
- Kings 625,937
- Isaiah 296,514
- Jeremiah 570,258
- Ezekiel 444,756
- The Twelve 346,338
- Psalms 263,691
- Proverbs 71,740
- Job 104,486
- Song of Songs 16,400
- Ruth 25,568
- Lamentations 22,989
- Ecclesiastes 63,040
- Esther 65,682
- Daniel 110,915
- Ezra–Nehemiah 194,684
- Chronicles 494,818
Outside the Torah
כָּל־מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר תִּדְרֹךְ כַּֽף־רַגְלְכֶם בּוֹ לָכֶם נְתַתִּיו כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶל־מֹשֶֽׁה
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke unto Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,012Open in the laboratory →
כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַעְנוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן נִשְׁמַע אֵלֶיךָ רַק יִֽהְיֶה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ עִמָּךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם־מֹשֶֽׁה
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee; only the LORD thy God be with thee, as He was with Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,918Open in the laboratory →
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא גִּדַּל יְהוָה אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּֽרְאוּ אֹתוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר יָרְאוּ אֶת־מֹשֶׁה כָּל־יְמֵי חַיָּֽיו
On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,783Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אמה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אמה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 46.
As a plain word it stands 93 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 6:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Emma, Ama.
Questions
Is Ammah in the Torah codes?
1,993,317 sequences of אמה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 2,015,554 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Ammah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:19 — the shortest of 1,993,317 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,015,554.
What is the gematria of Ammah in Hebrew?
Ammah is spelled אמה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 46.
How many times is Ammah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, אמה appears 6,730,197 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 6,706,279 chance alone would give; the probability of 6,730,197 or more by chance alone is 1.3 × 10⁻²⁰.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,015,554 here) beside the count.