Beginning ראשית
Beginning — in Hebrew ראשית — beginning, first. In the Torah codes, Beginning is found 4,720 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Exodus 26:16) — about what chance alone gives (about 4,851).
- Found in the Torah
- 4,720
- Chance alone
- 4,851
- P (≥ found)
- 0.97
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
4,720 sequences of ראשית at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 4,851 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 26:16, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 38,154 sequences of ראשית, against about 38,230 from chance alone.
- Genesis 1,249
- Exodus 1,082
- Leviticus 709
- Numbers 879
- Deuteronomy 801
The shortest skips
עֶשֶׂר אַמּוֹת אֹרֶךְ הַקָּרֶשׁ וְאַמָּה וַחֲצִי הָֽאַמָּה רֹחַב הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד
Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 116,096Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ קוֹל דְּבָרִים אַתֶּם שֹׁמְעִים וּתְמוּנָה אֵינְכֶם רֹאִים זוּלָתִי קֽוֹל
And the LORD spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire; ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only a voice.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 257,125Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה הָֽעֵדֹת וְהַֽחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּצֵאתָם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם
these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt;
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 259,216Open in the laboratory →
וְהִתְוַדּוּ אֶֽת־חַטָּאתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ וְהֵשִׁיב אֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ בְּרֹאשׁוֹ וַחֲמִישִׁתוֹ יֹסֵף עָלָיו וְנָתַן לַאֲשֶׁר אָשַׁם לֽוֹ
then they shall confess their sin which they have done; and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him in respect of whom he hath been guilty.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 195,543Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 178,555Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ראשית appears 15,724 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 15,949, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 1,249
- Exodus 1,082
- Leviticus 709
- Numbers 879
- Deuteronomy 879
- Joshua 525
- Judges 587
- Samuel 1,289
- Kings 1,584
- Isaiah 735
- Jeremiah 1,068
- Ezekiel 1,068
- The Twelve 613
- Psalms 710
- Proverbs 296
- Job 372
- Song of Songs 53
- Ruth 56
- Lamentations 81
- Ecclesiastes 137
- Esther 168
- Daniel 226
- Ezra–Nehemiah 363
- Chronicles 995
Outside the Torah
וַתְּהִי אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת לִֽירַחְמְאֵל וּשְׁמָהּ עֲטָרָה הִיא אֵם אוֹנָֽם
And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,100,238Open in the laboratory →
וּשְׁלֹמֹה נָתַן לְחִירָם עֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף כֹּר חִטִּים מַכֹּלֶת לְבֵיתוֹ וְעֶשְׂרִים כֹּר שֶׁמֶן כָּתִית כֹּֽה־יִתֵּן שְׁלֹמֹה לְחִירָם שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָֽה
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of beaten oil; thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 487,309Open in the laboratory →
וָאָבוֹא אֶל־הַגּוֹלָה תֵּל אָבִיב הַיֹּשְׁבִים אֶֽל־נְהַר־כְּבָר ואשר הֵמָּה יוֹשְׁבִים שָׁם וָאֵשֵׁב שָׁם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים מַשְׁמִים בְּתוֹכָֽם
Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and I sat where they sat; and I remained there appalled among them seven days.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 730,336Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ראשית — the Tanakh's own spelling: beginning, first. Searched as ראשית, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 911.
As a plain word it stands 28 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Beginning in the Bible code?
4,720 sequences of ראשית at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 4,851 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Beginning in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 26:16 — the shortest of 4,720 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,851.
How is Beginning spelled in Hebrew?
Beginning is spelled ראשית — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 911.
Is Beginning in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ראשית appears 15,724 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 15,949, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 4,851 here) beside the count.