Betah בטח
Betah (בטח) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Betah appears 23,149 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.2% more than chance alone would give (about 22,431; probability 9.3 × 10⁻⁷).
- Found in the Torah
- 23,149
- Chance alone
- 22,431
- P (≥ found)
- 9.3 × 10⁻⁷
- 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, בטח appears 23,149 times in the Torah — 3.2% more than the 22,431 chance alone would give; the probability of 23,149 or more by chance alone is 9.3 × 10⁻⁷.
The shortest skip at which בטח appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 19:17, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), בטח is found 411,638 times; chance alone would give about 347,668.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 22,431 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 3,705
- Exodus 4,388
- Leviticus 6,794
- Numbers 5,580
- Deuteronomy 2,682
The shortest skips
וַיְהִי כְהוֹצִיאָם אֹתָם הַחוּצָה וַיֹּאמֶר הִמָּלֵט עַל־נַפְשֶׁךָ אַל־תַּבִּיט אַחֲרֶיךָ וְאַֽל־תַּעֲמֹד בְּכָל־הַכִּכָּר הָהָרָה הִמָּלֵט פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶֽה
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said: ‘Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,220Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא יוֹסֵף אִתָּם אֶת־בִּנְיָמִין וַיֹּאמֶר לַֽאֲשֶׁר עַל־בֵּיתוֹ הָבֵא אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הַבָּיְתָה וּטְבֹחַ טֶבַח וְהָכֵן כִּי אִתִּי יֹאכְלוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים בַּֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: ‘Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 65,944Open in the laboratory →
בַּחוּץ תַּעֲמֹד וְהָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה נֹשֶׁה בוֹ יוֹצִיא אֵלֶיךָ אֶֽת־הַעֲבוֹט הַחֽוּצָה
Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 287,452Open in the laboratory →
הֵם יָֽצְאוּ אֶת־הָעִיר לֹא הִרְחִיקוּ וְיוֹסֵף אָמַר לַֽאֲשֶׁר עַל־בֵּיתוֹ קוּם רְדֹף אַחֲרֵי הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וְהִשַּׂגְתָּם וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם לָמָּה שִׁלַּמְתֶּם רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָֽה
And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward: ‘Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them: Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 67,260Open in the laboratory →
לֹֽא־תִהְיֶה אַחֲרֵֽי־רַבִּים לְרָעֹת וְלֹא־תַעֲנֶה עַל־רִב לִנְטֹת אַחֲרֵי רַבִּים לְהַטֹּֽת
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou bear witness in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to pervert justice;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 111,040Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, בטח appears 81,356 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.1% more than the 78,911 chance alone would give; the probability of 81,356 or more by chance alone is 2.4 × 10⁻¹⁸.
- Genesis 3,705
- Exodus 4,388
- Leviticus 6,794
- Numbers 5,580
- Deuteronomy 2,770
- Joshua 2,289
- Judges 1,621
- Samuel 3,531
- Kings 5,444
- Isaiah 4,531
- Jeremiah 3,925
- Ezekiel 5,071
- The Twelve 3,561
- Psalms 7,265
- Proverbs 4,365
- Job 3,413
- Song of Songs 423
- Ruth 353
- Lamentations 671
- Ecclesiastes 1,376
- Esther 704
- Daniel 1,551
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,758
- Chronicles 5,267
Outside the Torah
לְמַעַן טְבֹחַ טֶבַח הוּחַדָּה לְמַעַן־הֱיֵה־לָהּ בָּרָק מֹרָטָּה אוֹ נָשִׂישׂ שֵׁבֶט בְּנִי מֹאֶסֶת כָּל־עֵֽץ
It is sharpened that it may make a sore slaughter, It is furbished that it may glitter— Or shall we make mirth?— Against the rod of My son, contemning every tree.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 756,076Open in the laboratory →
כִּי־הוּא לִקְצוֹת־הָאָרֶץ יַבִּיט תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם יִרְאֶֽה
For He looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 983,786Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁמַע סַנְבַלַּט הַחֹרֹנִי וְטֽוֹבִיָּה הָעֶבֶד הָֽעַמֹּנִי וַיֵּרַע לָהֶם רָעָה גְדֹלָה אֲשֶׁר־בָּא אָדָם לְבַקֵּשׁ טוֹבָה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,076,526Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בטח — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בטח, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 19.
As a plain word it stands 26 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 34:25. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Betah in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, בטח appears 23,149 times in the Torah — 3.2% more than the 22,431 chance alone would give; the probability of 23,149 or more by chance alone is 9.3 × 10⁻⁷.
What is the shortest skip for Betah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 19:17 — the shortest of 23,149 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 22,431.
What is the gematria of Betah in Hebrew?
Betah is spelled בטח — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 19.
How many times is Betah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, בטח appears 81,356 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.1% more than the 78,911 chance alone would give; the probability of 81,356 or more by chance alone is 2.4 × 10⁻¹⁸.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 22,431 here) beside the count.