Avim עוים
Avim (עוים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Avvim. In the Torah codes, Avim is found 92,600 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 27:24) — about what chance alone gives (about 93,613).
- Found in the Torah
- 92,600
- Chance alone
- 93,613
- 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
92,600 sequences of עוים at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 93,613 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 27:24, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 939,414 sequences of עוים, against about 975,435 from chance alone.
- Genesis 25,919
- Exodus 22,049
- Leviticus 10,930
- Numbers 19,781
- Deuteronomy 13,921
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אַתָּה זֶה בְּנִי עֵשָׂו וַיֹּאמֶר אָֽנִי
And he said: ‘Art thou my very son Esau?’ And he said: ‘I am.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,315Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם הַיְדַעְתֶּם אֶת־לָבָן בֶּן־נָחוֹר וַיֹּאמְרוּ יָדָֽעְנוּ
And he said unto them: ‘Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?’ And they said: ‘We know him.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 40,066Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא כִּי לֹא יָכֹל לוֹ וַיִּגַּע בְּכַף־יְרֵכוֹ וַתֵּקַע כַּף־יֶרֶךְ יַעֲקֹב בְּהֵֽאָבְקוֹ עִמּֽוֹ
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,854Open in the laboratory →
וְכֶסֶף אַחֵר הוֹרַדְנוּ בְיָדֵנוּ לִשְׁבָּר־אֹכֶל לֹא יָדַעְנוּ מִי־שָׂם כַּסְפֵּנוּ בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵֽינוּ
And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We know not who put our money in our sacks.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 66,310Open in the laboratory →
שִׁבְעַת יָמִים מַצּוֹת תֹּאכֵלוּ אַךְ בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן תַּשְׁבִּיתוּ שְּׂאֹר מִבָּתֵּיכֶם כִּי כָּל־אֹכֵל חָמֵץ וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל מִיּוֹם הָרִאשֹׁן עַד־יוֹם הַשְּׁבִעִֽי
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; howbeit the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses; for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 94,843Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 460,228 sequences of עוים at skips 2–5,000, 0.3% above what chance alone gives (about 458,836); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
- Genesis 25,919
- Exodus 22,049
- Leviticus 10,930
- Numbers 19,781
- Deuteronomy 15,292
- Joshua 16,444
- Judges 17,092
- Samuel 35,655
- Kings 35,954
- Isaiah 29,554
- Jeremiah 31,568
- Ezekiel 25,969
- The Twelve 23,944
- Psalms 37,006
- Proverbs 11,051
- Job 16,798
- Song of Songs 1,881
- Ruth 1,969
- Lamentations 2,170
- Ecclesiastes 4,074
- Esther 3,608
- Daniel 7,914
- Ezra–Nehemiah 17,957
- Chronicles 45,649
Outside the Torah
אֵל אֱלֹהִים יְהוָה אֵל אֱלֹהִים יְהוָה הוּא יֹדֵעַ וְיִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא יֵדָע אִם־בְּמֶרֶד וְאִם־בְּמַעַל בַּֽיהוָה אַל־תּוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
’God, God, the LORD, God, God, the LORD, He knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in treachery against the LORD—save Thou us not this day—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 340,067Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח גִּדְעוֹן עֲשָׂרָה אֲנָשִׁים מֵֽעֲבָדָיו וַיַּעַשׂ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֵלָיו יְהוָה וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר יָרֵא אֶת־בֵּית אָבִיו וְאֶת־אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר מֵעֲשׂוֹת יוֹמָם וַיַּעַשׂ לָֽיְלָה
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had spoken unto him; and it came to pass, because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 354,908Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן רֵעֵהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵין זֹאת בִּלְתִּי אִם־חֶרֶב גִּדְעוֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָשׁ אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל נָתַן הָֽאֱלֹהִים בְּיָדוֹ אֶת־מִדְיָן וְאֶת־כָּל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
And his fellow answered and said: ‘This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 356,772Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עוים — the Tanakh's own spelling: Avvim. Searched as עוים, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 126.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Avim appear in the Torah codes?
92,600 sequences of עוים at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 93,613 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Avim in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 27:24 — the shortest of 92,600 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 93,613.
How is Avim spelled in Hebrew?
Avim is spelled עוים — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 126.
Is Avim in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 460,228 sequences of עוים at skips 2–5,000, 0.3% above what chance alone gives (about 458,836); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 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 93,613 here) beside the count.