Covenant ברית
Covenant is written ברית in Hebrew. Covenant appears 57,222 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 57,762 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 57,222
- Chance alone
- 57,762
- P (≥ found)
- 0.99
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 57,222 sequences of ברית at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 57,762).
The shortest skip at which ברית appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 36:38, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), ברית is found 576,170 times; chance alone would give about 601,870.
- Genesis 15,989
- Exodus 11,869
- Leviticus 7,788
- Numbers 11,140
- Deuteronomy 10,436
The shortest skips
וַיָּמָת שָׁאוּל וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו בַּעַל חָנָן בֶּן־עַכְבּֽוֹר
And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 53,818Open in the laboratory →
וְהִנֵּה מִן־הַיְאֹר עֹלֹת שֶׁבַע פָּרוֹת בְּרִיאוֹת בָּשָׂר וִיפֹת תֹּאַר וַתִּרְעֶינָה בָּאָֽחוּ
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favoured; and they fed in the reedgrass.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 60,937Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה בְּיוֹם הַנְחִילוֹ אֶת־בָּנָיו אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶה לוֹ לֹא יוּכַל לְבַכֵּר אֶת־בֶּן־הָאֲהוּבָה עַל־פְּנֵי בֶן־הַשְּׂנוּאָה הַבְּכֹֽר
then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 283,568Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֶל־לוֹט אַל־נָא תְהִי מְרִיבָה בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶיךָ וּבֵין רֹעַי וּבֵין רֹעֶיךָ כִּֽי־אֲנָשִׁים אַחִים אֲנָֽחְנוּ
And Abram said unto Lot: ‘Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 15,490Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית וַיִּקְרָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָֽע
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: ‘All that the LORD hath spoken will we do, and obey.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 112,846Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ברית appears 222,011 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 224,056, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 15,989
- Exodus 11,869
- Leviticus 7,788
- Numbers 11,140
- Deuteronomy 11,211
- Joshua 7,512
- Judges 7,481
- Samuel 14,075
- Kings 19,747
- Isaiah 11,105
- Jeremiah 16,662
- Ezekiel 16,516
- The Twelve 10,240
- Psalms 13,925
- Proverbs 5,989
- Job 5,621
- Song of Songs 986
- Ruth 969
- Lamentations 1,398
- Ecclesiastes 1,973
- Esther 1,937
- Daniel 3,443
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,700
- Chronicles 17,735
Outside the Torah
ויאמרו אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־הַחִוִּי אוּלַי בְּקִרְבִּי אַתָּה יוֹשֵׁב וְאֵיךְ אכרות־לְךָ בְרִֽית
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites: ‘Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 318,042Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּקָם אֲדֹנֶיהָ בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּפְתַּח דַּלְתוֹת הַבַּיִת וַיֵּצֵא לָלֶכֶת לְדַרְכּוֹ וְהִנֵּה הָאִשָּׁה פִֽילַגְשׁוֹ נֹפֶלֶת פֶּתַח הַבַּיִת וְיָדֶיהָ עַל־הַסַּֽף
And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands upon the threshold.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 378,806Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּשְׁכִּמוּ בַבֹּקֶר וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיָּשֻׁבוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־בֵּיתָם הָרָמָתָה וַיֵּדַע אֶלְקָנָה אֶת־חַנָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ וַיִּֽזְכְּרֶהָ יְהוָֽה
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah; and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 384,617Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ברית — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ברית, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 612.
As a plain word it stands 135 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 9:13. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Berith.
Questions
Does Covenant appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 57,222 sequences of ברית at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 57,762).
What is the shortest skip for Covenant in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 36:38 — the shortest of 57,222 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 57,762.
What is the gematria of Covenant in Hebrew?
Covenant is spelled ברית — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 612.
How many times is Covenant found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ברית appears 222,011 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 224,056, 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 57,762 here) beside the count.