Asia אסיה
Asia — in Hebrew אסיה — continent. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 14,725 sequences of Asia, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 50:19); chance alone would give about 15,115.
- Found in the Torah
- 14,725
- Chance alone
- 15,115
- 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
The Torah holds 14,725 sequences of אסיה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 15,115).
The shortest skip at which אסיה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 50:19, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), אסיה is found 164,454 times; chance alone would give about 157,498.
- Genesis 3,890
- Exodus 3,027
- Leviticus 1,818
- Numbers 3,693
- Deuteronomy 2,297
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם יוֹסֵף אַל־תִּירָאוּ כִּי הֲתַחַת אֱלֹהִים אָֽנִי
And Joseph said unto them: ‘Fear not; for am I in the place of God?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 77,665Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־אָסוֹן יִהְיֶה וְנָתַתָּה נֶפֶשׁ תַּחַת נָֽפֶשׁ
But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 109,022Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲשֶׁר יָבֹא אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ בַיַּעַר לַחְטֹב עֵצִים וְנִדְּחָה יָדוֹ בַגַּרְזֶן לִכְרֹת הָעֵץ וְנָשַׁל הַבַּרְזֶל מִן־הָעֵץ וּמָצָא אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וָמֵת הוּא יָנוּס אֶל־אַחַת הֶעָרִים־הָאֵלֶּה וָחָֽי
as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 280,599Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁאַל אֶת־סְרִיסֵי פַרְעֹה אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ בְמִשְׁמַר בֵּית אֲדֹנָיו לֵאמֹר מַדּוּעַ פְּנֵיכֶם רָעִים הַיּֽוֹם
And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his master’s house, saying: ‘Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 59,136Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף אֲנִי פַרְעֹה וּבִלְעָדֶיךָ לֹֽא־יָרִים אִישׁ אֶת־יָדוֹ וְאֶת־רַגְלוֹ בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 62,231Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 56,896 sequences of אסיה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 59,487).
- Genesis 3,890
- Exodus 3,027
- Leviticus 1,818
- Numbers 3,693
- Deuteronomy 2,502
- Joshua 1,301
- Judges 2,334
- Samuel 3,078
- Kings 5,933
- Isaiah 3,553
- Jeremiah 3,909
- Ezekiel 3,251
- The Twelve 3,580
- Psalms 4,235
- Proverbs 1,003
- Job 1,193
- Song of Songs 133
- Ruth 135
- Lamentations 206
- Ecclesiastes 689
- Esther 760
- Daniel 1,176
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,630
- Chronicles 3,867
Outside the Torah
וַיֶּאֱסֹף אֵלָיו אֶת־בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וַעֲמָלֵק וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיַּךְ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּֽירְשׁוּ אֶת־עִיר הַתְּמָרִֽים
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 348,948Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ אַחְאָב אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָה וַיּוֹסֶף אַחְאָב לַעֲשׂוֹת לְהַכְעִיס אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכֹּל מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ לְפָנָֽיו
And Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 514,100Open in the laboratory →
וַיְנַסּוּ־אֵל בִּלְבָבָם לִֽשְׁאָל־אֹכֶל לְנַפְשָֽׁם
And they tried God in their heart By asking food for their craving.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 899,284Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אסיה — the name in Hebrew letters: continent. Searched as אסיה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 76.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Asya.
Questions
Is Asia in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 14,725 sequences of אסיה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 15,115).
What is the shortest skip for Asia in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 50:19 — the shortest of 14,725 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 15,115.
What is the gematria of Asia in Hebrew?
Asia is spelled אסיה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 76.
How many times is Asia found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 56,896 sequences of אסיה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 59,487).
Search it yourself
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