Aphek אפקה
Aphek (אפקה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Aphek is found 5,773 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Leviticus 10:6) — about what chance alone gives (about 5,895).
- Found in the Torah
- 5,773
- Chance alone
- 5,895
- P (≥ found)
- 0.95
- 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, אפקה appears 5,773 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 5,895, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Leviticus 10:6, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 67,304 sequences of אפקה, against about 61,427 from chance alone.
- Genesis 1,358
- Exodus 1,205
- Leviticus 1,167
- Numbers 1,378
- Deuteronomy 665
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן וּלְאֶלְעָזָר וּלְאִֽיתָמָר בָּנָיו רָֽאשֵׁיכֶם אַל־תִּפְרָעוּ וּבִגְדֵיכֶם לֹֽא־תִפְרֹמוּ וְלֹא תָמֻתוּ וְעַל כָּל־הָעֵדָה יִקְצֹף וַאֲחֵיכֶם כָּל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יִבְכּוּ אֶת־הַשְּׂרֵפָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂרַף יְהוָֽה
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons: ‘Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes, that ye die not, and that He be not wroth with all the congregation; but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 154,537Open in the laboratory →
לֹא־תִזְרַע כַּרְמְךָ כִּלְאָיִם פֶּן־תִּקְדַּשׁ הַֽמְלֵאָה הַזֶּרַע אֲשֶׁר תִּזְרָע וּתְבוּאַת הַכָּֽרֶם
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed; lest the fulness of the seed which thou hast sown be forfeited together with the increase of the vineyard.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 284,476Open in the laboratory →
אֶת־חַג הַמַּצּוֹת תִּשְׁמֹר שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תֹּאכַל מַצּוֹת כַּֽאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִךָ לְמוֹעֵד חֹדֶשׁ הָֽאָבִיב כִּי־בוֹ יָצָאתָ מִמִּצְרָיִם וְלֹא־יֵרָאוּ פָנַי רֵיקָֽם
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep; seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib—for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear before Me empty;
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 111,586Open in the laboratory →
וְנֶאֶסְפוּ־שָׁמָּה כָל־הָעֲדָרִים וְגָלֲלוּ אֶת־הָאֶבֶן מֵעַל פִּי הַבְּאֵר וְהִשְׁקוּ אֶת־הַצֹּאן וְהֵשִׁיבוּ אֶת־הָאֶבֶן עַל־פִּי הַבְּאֵר לִמְקֹמָֽהּ
And thither were all the flocks gathered; and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone back upon the well’s mouth in its place.—
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 39,945Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁחַט אֶת־בֶּן הַבָּקָר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְהִקְרִיבוּ בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַֽכֹּֽהֲנִים אֶת־הַדָּם וְזָרְקוּ אֶת־הַדָּם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִיב אֲשֶׁר־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד
And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and dash the blood round about against the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 141,812Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 16,404 sequences of אפקה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 16,819).
- Genesis 1,358
- Exodus 1,205
- Leviticus 1,167
- Numbers 1,378
- Deuteronomy 704
- Joshua 457
- Judges 487
- Samuel 1,009
- Kings 1,010
- Isaiah 1,118
- Jeremiah 1,029
- Ezekiel 1,090
- The Twelve 943
- Psalms 851
- Proverbs 366
- Job 478
- Song of Songs 52
- Ruth 73
- Lamentations 66
- Ecclesiastes 100
- Esther 72
- Daniel 351
- Ezra–Nehemiah 296
- Chronicles 744
Outside the Torah
אַל־תִּתֵּן אֶת־פִּיךָ לַחֲטִיא אֶת־בְּשָׂרֶךָ וְאַל־תֹּאמַר לִפְנֵי הַמַּלְאָךְ כִּי שְׁגָגָה הִיא לָמָּה יִקְצֹף הָֽאֱלֹהִים עַל־קוֹלֶךָ וְחִבֵּל אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶֽיךָ
Suffer not thy mouth to bring thy flesh into guilt, neither say thou before the messenger, that it was an error; wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,016,232Open in the laboratory →
אֱלֹהִים צְבָאוֹת שֽׁוּב־נָא הַבֵּט מִשָּׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וּפְקֹד גֶּפֶן זֹֽאת
O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; Look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 901,921Open in the laboratory →
אַנְתְּה מַלְכָּא מֶלֶךְ מַלְכַיָּא דִּי אֱלָהּ שְׁמַיָּא מַלְכוּתָא חִסְנָא וְתָקְפָּא וִֽיקָרָא יְהַב־לָֽךְ
Thou, O king, king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,038,667Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אפקה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אפקה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 186.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 13:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Aphekah.
Questions
Is Aphek in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, אפקה appears 5,773 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 5,895, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Aphek in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Leviticus 10:6 — the shortest of 5,773 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 5,895.
How is Aphek spelled in Hebrew?
Aphek is spelled אפקה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 186.
Is Aphek in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 16,404 sequences of אפקה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 16,819).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 5,895 here) beside the count.