Awe יראה
Awe — in Hebrew יראה — fear, awe. Awe appears 147,996 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 149,462 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 147,996
- Chance alone
- 149,462
- 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
At skips 2–5,000, יראה appears 147,996 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 149,462, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:5, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 1,506,394 sequences of יראה, against about 1,557,369 from chance alone.
- Genesis 41,757
- Exodus 31,604
- Leviticus 20,070
- Numbers 27,166
- Deuteronomy 27,399
The shortest skips
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד
And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 150Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָֽרָקִיעַ שָׁמָיִם וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שֵׁנִֽי
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 399Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַתַּנִּינִם הַגְּדֹלִים וְאֵת כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ הַֽחַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 961Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אֹתוֹ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אֹתָֽם
And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,333Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
528,349 sequences of יראה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 530,306 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 41,757
- Exodus 31,604
- Leviticus 20,070
- Numbers 27,166
- Deuteronomy 29,696
- Joshua 19,755
- Judges 19,246
- Samuel 41,908
- Kings 54,195
- Isaiah 27,120
- Jeremiah 44,161
- Ezekiel 32,108
- The Twelve 27,604
- Psalms 24,134
- Proverbs 6,131
- Job 8,994
- Song of Songs 1,657
- Ruth 1,611
- Lamentations 2,409
- Ecclesiastes 3,753
- Esther 4,279
- Daniel 8,914
- Ezra–Nehemiah 13,423
- Chronicles 36,654
Outside the Torah
וַיָּבֹא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בָּעֵת הַהִיא וַיַּכְרֵת אֶת־הָֽעֲנָקִים מִן־הָהָר מִן־חֶבְרוֹן מִן־דְּבִר מִן־עֲנָב וּמִכֹּל הַר יְהוּדָה וּמִכֹּל הַר יִשְׂרָאֵל עִם־עָרֵיהֶם הֶחֱרִימָם יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ
And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,692Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי גְּבוּלָם יִזְרְעֶאלָה וְהַכְּסוּלֹת וְשׁוּנֵֽם
And their border was Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 334,144Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיִּתְּנוּ מִמַּטֵּה בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה וּמִמַּטֵּה בְּנֵי שִׁמְעוֹן אֵת הֶֽעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָא אֶתְהֶן בְּשֵֽׁם
And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 336,686Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
יראה — the Tanakh's own spelling: fear, awe. Searched as יראה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 216.
As a plain word it stands 68 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 18:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Awe in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, יראה appears 147,996 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 149,462, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Awe in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:5 — the shortest of 147,996 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 149,462.
How is Awe spelled in Hebrew?
Awe is spelled יראה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 216.
Is Awe in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
528,349 sequences of יראה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 530,306 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 149,462 here) beside the count.