Bamah במה
Bamah (במה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,207,793 sequences of Bamah, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 3:24); chance alone would give about 1,217,451.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,207,793
- Chance alone
- 1,217,451
- 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
1,207,793 sequences of במה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,217,451 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:24, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 18,997,709 sequences of במה, against about 18,869,966 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,217,451 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 263,961
- Exodus 257,834
- Leviticus 187,094
- Numbers 285,722
- Deuteronomy 213,182
The shortest skips
וַיְגָרֶשׁ אֶת־הָֽאָדָם וַיַּשְׁכֵּן מִקֶּדֶם לְגַן־עֵדֶן אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִים וְאֵת לַהַט הַחֶרֶב הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־דֶּרֶךְ עֵץ הַֽחַיִּֽים
So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,190Open in the laboratory →
וּלְשֵׁת גַּם־הוּא יֻלַּד־בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ אֱנוֹשׁ אָז הוּחַל לִקְרֹא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh; then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,416Open in the laboratory →
מִכֹּל הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה תִּֽקַּח־לְךָ שִׁבְעָה שִׁבְעָה אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא טְהֹרָה הִוא שְׁנַיִם אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּֽוֹ
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, each with his mate; and of the beasts that are not clean two [and two], each with his mate;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,986Open in the laboratory →
מִן־הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנָּה טְהֹרָה וּמִן־הָעוֹף וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־רֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the ground,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,277Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּבֶן נֹחַ מִזְבֵּחַ לַֽיהוָה וַיִּקַּח מִכֹּל הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה וּמִכֹּל הָעוֹף הַטָּהֹר וַיַּעַל עֹלֹת בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,090Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 4,575,303 sequences of במה at skips 2–5,000, less than 0.1% above what chance alone gives (about 4,570,797); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
- Genesis 263,961
- Exodus 257,834
- Leviticus 187,094
- Numbers 285,722
- Deuteronomy 224,698
- Joshua 162,479
- Judges 139,248
- Samuel 310,836
- Kings 412,679
- Isaiah 214,770
- Jeremiah 389,248
- Ezekiel 301,343
- The Twelve 239,807
- Psalms 225,057
- Proverbs 74,923
- Job 67,251
- Song of Songs 14,903
- Ruth 14,408
- Lamentations 23,214
- Ecclesiastes 44,894
- Esther 50,072
- Daniel 65,693
- Ezra–Nehemiah 174,459
- Chronicles 430,710
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּזֹאת תֵּֽדְעוּן כִּי אֵל חַי בְּקִרְבְּכֶם וְהוֹרֵשׁ יוֹרִישׁ מִפְּנֵיכֶם אֶת־הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְאֶת־הַחִתִּי וְאֶת־הַחִוִּי וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּי וְאֶת־הַגִּרְגָּשִׁי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
And Joshua said: ‘Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,221Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בעלות הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה מִתּוֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן נִתְּקוּ כַּפּוֹת רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶל הֶחָרָבָה וַיָּשֻׁבוּ מֵֽי־הַיַּרְדֵּן לִמְקוֹמָם וַיֵּלְכוּ כִתְמוֹל־שִׁלְשׁוֹם עַל־כָּל־גְּדוֹתָֽיו
And it came to pass, as the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the midst of the Jordan, as soon as the soles of the priests’feet were drawn up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,952Open in the laboratory →
וְעָשִׂיתָ לָעַי וּלְמַלְכָּהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ לִֽירִיחוֹ וּלְמַלְכָּהּ רַק־שְׁלָלָהּ וּבְהֶמְתָּהּ תָּבֹזּוּ לָכֶם שִׂים־לְךָ אֹרֵב לָעִיר מֵאַחֲרֶֽיהָ
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king; only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves; set thee an ambush for the city behind it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,407Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
במה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as במה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 47.
As a plain word it stands 27 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 15:8. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Bamah in the Bible code?
1,207,793 sequences of במה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,217,451 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Bamah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:24 — the shortest of 1,207,793 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,217,451.
How is Bamah spelled in Hebrew?
Bamah is spelled במה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 47.
Is Bamah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 4,575,303 sequences of במה at skips 2–5,000, less than 0.1% above what chance alone gives (about 4,570,797); 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 1,217,451 here) beside the count.