Blood דמים
Blood — in Hebrew דמים — blood, bloodshed. Blood appears 49,092 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.1% more than chance alone would give (about 48,083; probability 2.3 × 10⁻⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 49,092
- Chance alone
- 48,083
- P (≥ found)
- 2.3 × 10⁻⁶
- 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, דמים appears 49,092 times in the Torah — 2.1% more than the 48,083 chance alone would give; the probability of 49,092 or more by chance alone is 2.3 × 10⁻⁶.
The shortest skip at which דמים appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 18:5, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), דמים is found 494,192 times; chance alone would give about 501,021.
- Genesis 12,416
- Exodus 11,467
- Leviticus 5,385
- Numbers 12,796
- Deuteronomy 7,028
The shortest skips
וְאֶקְחָה פַת־לֶחֶם וְסַעֲדוּ לִבְּכֶם אַחַר תַּעֲבֹרוּ כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּן עֲבַרְתֶּם עַֽל־עַבְדְּכֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֵּן תַּעֲשֶׂה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on; forasmuch as ye are come to your servant.’ And they said: ‘So do, as thou hast said.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,706Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב הַלְעִיטֵנִי נָא מִן־הָאָדֹם הָאָדֹם הַזֶּה כִּי עָיֵף אָנֹכִי עַל־כֵּן קָרָֽא־שְׁמוֹ אֱדֽוֹם
And Esau said to Jacob: ‘Let me swallow, I pray thee, some of this red, red pottage; for I am faint.’ Therefore was his name called Edom.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 34,233Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בְּעֵת יַחֵם הַצֹּאן וָאֶשָּׂא עֵינַי וָאֵרֶא בַּחֲלוֹם וְהִנֵּה הָֽעַתֻּדִים הָעֹלִים עַל־הַצֹּאן עֲקֻדִּים נְקֻדִּים וּבְרֻדִּֽים
And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 44,108Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת־עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא אֶת־הַנָּשִׁים וְאֶת־הַיְלָדִים וַיֹּאמֶר מִי־אֵלֶּה לָּךְ וַיֹּאמַר הַיְלָדִים אֲשֶׁר־חָנַן אֱלֹהִים אֶת־עַבְדֶּֽךָ
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said: ‘Who are these with thee?’ And he said: ‘The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 48,442Open in the laboratory →
אֲשֶׁר יִמָּצֵא אִתּוֹ מֵעֲבָדֶיךָ וָמֵת וְגַם־אֲנַחְנוּ נִֽהְיֶה לַֽאדֹנִי לַעֲבָדִֽים
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 67,493Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
253,707 sequences of דמים at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 253,006 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 12,416
- Exodus 11,467
- Leviticus 5,385
- Numbers 12,796
- Deuteronomy 7,761
- Joshua 6,337
- Judges 7,474
- Samuel 23,192
- Kings 19,262
- Isaiah 13,635
- Jeremiah 18,657
- Ezekiel 17,264
- The Twelve 12,220
- Psalms 21,593
- Proverbs 5,908
- Job 7,572
- Song of Songs 1,535
- Ruth 965
- Lamentations 1,205
- Ecclesiastes 2,369
- Esther 3,688
- Daniel 7,470
- Ezra–Nehemiah 10,489
- Chronicles 23,047
Outside the Torah
כֹּה אָמְרוּ כֹּל עֲדַת יְהוָה מָֽה־הַמַּעַל הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר מְעַלְתֶּם בֵּאלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָשׁוּב הַיּוֹם מֵאַחֲרֵי יְהוָה בִּבְנֽוֹתְכֶם לָכֶם מִזְבֵּחַ לִמְרָדְכֶם הַיּוֹם בַּיהוָֽה
’Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD: What treachery is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, to rebel this day against the LORD?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 339,636Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּחַץ אֶת־שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאוֹת הָאִישׁ שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים וַיִּתֵּן שׁוֹפָרוֹת בְּיַד־כֻּלָּם וְכַדִּים רֵקִים וְלַפִּדִים בְּתוֹךְ הַכַּדִּֽים
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them horns, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 356,991Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־לֹא תוּכְלוּ לְהַגִּיד לִי וּנְתַתֶּם אַתֶּם לִי שְׁלֹשִׁים סְדִינִים וּשְׁלֹשִׁים חֲלִיפוֹת בְּגָדִים וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ חוּדָה חִידָתְךָ וְנִשְׁמָעֶֽנָּה
but if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment.’ And they said unto him: ‘Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 370,058Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
דמים — the Tanakh's own spelling: blood, bloodshed. Searched as דמים, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 94.
As a plain word it stands 22 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 4:25. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Blood in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, דמים appears 49,092 times in the Torah — 2.1% more than the 48,083 chance alone would give; the probability of 49,092 or more by chance alone is 2.3 × 10⁻⁶.
What is the shortest skip for Blood in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 18:5 — the shortest of 49,092 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 48,083.
What is the gematria of Blood in Hebrew?
Blood is spelled דמים — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 94.
How many times is Blood found in the whole Tanakh?
253,707 sequences of דמים at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 253,006 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
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