Darkness חשך
Darkness is written חשך in Hebrew. Darkness appears 138,863 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 141,981 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 138,863
- Chance alone
- 141,981
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- 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, חשך appears 138,863 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 141,981, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Leviticus 21:20, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 2,279,022 sequences of חשך, against about 2,200,649 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 141,981 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 29,119
- Exodus 30,627
- Leviticus 22,038
- Numbers 30,102
- Deuteronomy 26,977
The shortest skips
אֽוֹ־גִבֵּן אוֹ־דַק אוֹ תְּבַלֻּל בְּעֵינוֹ אוֹ גָרָב אוֹ יַלֶּפֶת אוֹ מְרוֹחַ אָֽשֶׁךְ
or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones crushed;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 174,349Open in the laboratory →
שֶׁבֶר תַּחַת שֶׁבֶר עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן שֵׁן תַּחַת שֵׁן כַּאֲשֶׁר יִתֵּן מוּם בָּֽאָדָם כֵּן יִנָּתֶן בּֽוֹ
breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath maimed a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 179,413Open in the laboratory →
וּלְזֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים בָּקָר שְׁנַיִם אֵילִם חֲמִשָּׁה עַתּוּדִים חֲמִשָּׁה כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵֽי־שָׁנָה חֲמִשָּׁה זֶה קָרְבַּן נַחְשׁוֹן בֶּן־עַמִּינָדָֽב
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 199,127Open in the laboratory →
וּלְזֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים בָּקָר שְׁנַיִם אֵילִם חֲמִשָּׁה עַתּוּדִים חֲמִשָּׁה כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה חֲמִשָּׁה זֶה קָרְבַּן נְתַנְאֵל בֶּן־צוּעָֽר
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 199,386Open in the laboratory →
וּלְזֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים בָּקָר שְׁנַיִם אֵילִם חֲמִשָּׁה עַתֻּדִים חֲמִשָּׁה כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה חֲמִשָּׁה זֶה קָרְבַּן אֱלִיאָב בֶּן־חֵלֹֽן
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 199,636Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 524,199 sequences of חשך at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 529,740).
- Genesis 29,119
- Exodus 30,627
- Leviticus 22,038
- Numbers 30,102
- Deuteronomy 28,025
- Joshua 15,541
- Judges 13,693
- Samuel 37,692
- Kings 47,361
- Isaiah 31,829
- Jeremiah 28,284
- Ezekiel 32,068
- The Twelve 19,868
- Psalms 39,794
- Proverbs 18,710
- Job 17,812
- Song of Songs 2,745
- Ruth 1,879
- Lamentations 3,484
- Ecclesiastes 8,564
- Esther 5,698
- Daniel 9,243
- Ezra–Nehemiah 13,870
- Chronicles 36,153
Outside the Torah
לַֽעַזָּתִים לֵאמֹר בָּא שִׁמְשׁוֹן הֵנָּה וַיָּסֹבּוּ וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ־לוֹ כָל־הַלַּיְלָה בְּשַׁעַר הָעִיר וַיִּתְחָרְשׁוּ כָל־הַלַּיְלָה לֵאמֹר עַד־אוֹר הַבֹּקֶר וַהֲרְגְנֻֽהוּ
[And it was told] the Gazites, saying: ‘Samson is come hither.’ And they compassed him in, and lay in wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying: ‘Let be till morning light, then we will kill him.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 371,995Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעֲנֶה אֵלִיָּהוּ וַיְדַבֵּר אֶל־שַׂר הַחֲמִשִּׁים וְאִם־אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים אָנִי תֵּרֶד אֵשׁ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְתֹאכַל אֹתְךָ וְאֶת־חֲמִשֶּׁיךָ וַתֵּרֶד אֵשׁ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וַתֹּאכַל אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־חֲמִשָּֽׁיו
And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty: ‘If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.’ And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 528,463Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן אֵלִיָּה וַיְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם אִם־אִישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִים אָנִי תֵּרֶד אֵשׁ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְתֹאכַל אֹתְךָ וְאֶת־חֲמִשֶּׁיךָ וַתֵּרֶד אֵשׁ־אֱלֹהִים מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וַתֹּאכַל אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־חֲמִשָּֽׁיו
And Elijah answered and said unto them: ‘If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.’ And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 528,619Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חשך — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חשך, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 328.
As a plain word it stands 59 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 39:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- חושך — the Tanakh's own spelling found 13,786 in the Torah (chance 14,102)
Questions
Does Darkness appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, חשך appears 138,863 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 141,981, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Darkness in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Leviticus 21:20 — the shortest of 138,863 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 141,981.
How is Darkness spelled in Hebrew?
Darkness is spelled חשך — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 328; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Darkness in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 524,199 sequences of חשך at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 529,740).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 141,981 here) beside the count.