Death מות
Death is written מות in Hebrew. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,438,612 sequences of Death, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:15); chance alone would give about 1,455,091.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,438,612
- Chance alone
- 1,455,091
- 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
1,438,612 sequences of מות at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,455,091 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which מות appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:15, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), מות is found 22,230,812 times; chance alone would give about 22,553,287.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,455,091 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 341,535
- Exodus 331,918
- Leviticus 228,084
- Numbers 292,002
- Deuteronomy 245,073
The shortest skips
וְהָיוּ לִמְאוֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהָאִיר עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 686Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּגָּן לְרוּחַ הַיּוֹם וַיִּתְחַבֵּא הָֽאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ מִפְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים בְּתוֹךְ עֵץ הַגָּֽן
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden toward the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,289Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֶה עָשִׂיתָ קוֹל דְּמֵי אָחִיךָ צֹעֲקִים אֵלַי מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
And He said: ‘What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto Me from the ground.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,659Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם לִקְרָאתוֹ אַחֲרֵי שׁוּבוֹ מֵֽהַכּוֹת אֶת־כְּדָרלָעֹמֶר וְאֶת־הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ אֶל־עֵמֶק שָׁוֵה הוּא עֵמֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh—the same is the King’s Vale.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,969Open in the laboratory →
וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ בֶּן־שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בְּהִמֹּלוֹ אֵת בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתֽוֹ
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,396Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 5,578,103 sequences of מות at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 5,630,922).
- Genesis 341,535
- Exodus 331,918
- Leviticus 228,084
- Numbers 292,002
- Deuteronomy 256,765
- Joshua 177,682
- Judges 184,390
- Samuel 411,736
- Kings 429,030
- Isaiah 292,679
- Jeremiah 409,600
- Ezekiel 430,134
- The Twelve 261,444
- Psalms 347,473
- Proverbs 124,360
- Job 143,014
- Song of Songs 25,518
- Ruth 22,521
- Lamentations 27,731
- Ecclesiastes 51,652
- Esther 61,059
- Daniel 82,076
- Ezra–Nehemiah 180,719
- Chronicles 464,981
Outside the Torah
מֹשֶׁה עַבְדִּי מֵת וְעַתָּה קוּם עֲבֹר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה אַתָּה וְכָל־הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לָהֶם לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
’Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 304,911Open in the laboratory →
וְהַחֲיִתֶם אֶת־אָבִי וְאֶת־אִמִּי וְאֶת־אַחַי וְאֶת־אחותי וְאֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר לָהֶם וְהִצַּלְתֶּם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵינוּ מִמָּֽוֶת
and save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,851Open in the laboratory →
הִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ בָאִים בָּאָרֶץ אֶת־תִּקְוַת חוּט הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה תִּקְשְׁרִי בַּֽחַלּוֹן אֲשֶׁר הוֹרַדְתֵּנוּ בוֹ וְאֶת־אָבִיךְ וְאֶת־אִמֵּךְ וְאֶת־אַחַיִךְ וְאֵת כָּל־בֵּית אָבִיךְ תַּאַסְפִי אֵלַיִךְ הַבָּֽיְתָה
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by; and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,209Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מות — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מות, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 446.
As a plain word it stands 124 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 2:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Death appear in the Torah codes?
1,438,612 sequences of מות at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,455,091 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Death in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:15 — the shortest of 1,438,612 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,455,091.
What is the gematria of Death in Hebrew?
Death is spelled מות — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 446.
How many times is Death found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 5,578,103 sequences of מות at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 5,630,922).
Search it yourself
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