Bread לחם
Bread is written לחם in Hebrew. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 412,336 sequences of Bread, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 3:22); chance alone would give about 411,694.
- Found in the Torah
- 412,336
- Chance alone
- 411,694
- P (≥ found)
- 0.16
- 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, לחם appears 412,336 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 411,694, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which לחם appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:22, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), לחם is found 6,676,783 times; chance alone would give about 6,381,085.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 411,694 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 94,710
- Exodus 86,480
- Leviticus 60,121
- Numbers 114,408
- Deuteronomy 56,617
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים הֵן הָֽאָדָם הָיָה כְּאַחַד מִמֶּנּוּ לָדַעַת טוֹב וָרָע וְעַתָּה פֶּן־יִשְׁלַח יָדוֹ וְלָקַח גַּם מֵעֵץ הַֽחַיִּים וְאָכַל וָחַי לְעֹלָֽם
And the LORD God said: ‘Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,081Open in the laboratory →
וּמִכָּל־הָחַי מִֽכָּל־בָּשָׂר שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל תָּבִיא אֶל־הַתֵּבָה לְהַחֲיֹת אִתָּךְ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה יִֽהְיֽוּ
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,744Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אַל־נָא אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ מִנְחָתִי מִיָּדִי כִּי עַל־כֵּן רָאִיתִי פָנֶיךָ כִּרְאֹת פְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים וַתִּרְצֵֽנִי
And Jacob said: ‘Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favour in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 48,663Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־אָחִיו הִנֵּה בַּעַל הַחֲלֹמוֹת הַלָּזֶה בָּֽא
And they said one to another: ‘Behold, this dreamer cometh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 55,052Open in the laboratory →
וּלְקַחְתֶּם גַּם־אֶת־זֶה מֵעִם פָּנַי וְקָרָהוּ אָסוֹן וְהֽוֹרַדְתֶּם אֶת־שֵׂיבָתִי בְּרָעָה שְׁאֹֽלָה
and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 68,448Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, לחם appears 1,668,517 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,675,126, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 94,710
- Exodus 86,480
- Leviticus 60,121
- Numbers 114,408
- Deuteronomy 59,522
- Joshua 55,381
- Judges 52,639
- Samuel 124,837
- Kings 138,717
- Isaiah 87,042
- Jeremiah 98,171
- Ezekiel 101,601
- The Twelve 65,870
- Psalms 122,204
- Proverbs 45,712
- Job 57,538
- Song of Songs 6,434
- Ruth 6,661
- Lamentations 9,317
- Ecclesiastes 23,011
- Esther 17,002
- Daniel 35,838
- Ezra–Nehemiah 56,663
- Chronicles 148,638
Outside the Torah
וְאֵת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה הָֽאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר לָקְחוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּן הֵקִים יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּגִּלְגָּֽל
And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,068Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה בִּמְשֹׁךְ בְּקֶרֶן הַיּוֹבֵל בשמעכם אֶת־קוֹל הַשּׁוֹפָר יָרִיעוּ כָל־הָעָם תְּרוּעָה גְדוֹלָה וְנָפְלָה חוֹמַת הָעִיר תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְעָלוּ הָעָם אִישׁ נֶגְדּֽוֹ
And it shall be, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the horn, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,718Open in the laboratory →
וְרַק־אַתֶּם שִׁמְרוּ מִן־הַחֵרֶם פֶּֽן־תַּחֲרִימוּ וּלְקַחְתֶּם מִן־הַחֵרֶם וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֶת־מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל לְחֵרֶם וַעֲכַרְתֶּם אוֹתֽוֹ
And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed by taking of the devoted thing, so should ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,633Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לחם — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as לחם, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 78.
As a plain word it stands 242 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 3:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Bread in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, לחם appears 412,336 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 411,694, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Bread in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:22 — the shortest of 412,336 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 411,694.
What is the gematria of Bread in Hebrew?
Bread is spelled לחם — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 78.
How many times is Bread found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, לחם appears 1,668,517 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,675,126, so the count is in line with chance.
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