Devarim דברים
Devarim — in Hebrew דברים — words; the Hebrew name of Deuteronomy. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,865 sequences of Devarim, the shortest at skip 4 (Deuteronomy 20:5); chance alone would give about 1,847.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,865
- Chance alone
- 1,847
- P (≥ found)
- 0.34
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,865 sequences of דברים at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,847 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which דברים appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Deuteronomy 20:5, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), דברים is found 13,865 times; chance alone would give about 14,554.
- Genesis 515
- Exodus 407
- Leviticus 215
- Numbers 437
- Deuteronomy 291
The shortest skips
וְדִבְּרוּ הַשֹּֽׁטְרִים אֶל־הָעָם לֵאמֹר מִֽי־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה בַֽיִת־חָדָשׁ וְלֹא חֲנָכוֹ יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב לְבֵיתוֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת בַּמִּלְחָמָה וְאִישׁ אַחֵר יַחְנְכֶֽנּוּ
And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying: ‘What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 281,756Open in the laboratory →
וְהִזָּה הַטָּהֹר עַל־הַטָּמֵא בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וְחִטְּאוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וְכִבֶּס בְּגָדָיו וְרָחַץ בַּמַּיִם וְטָהֵר בָּעָֽרֶב
And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 221,702Open in the laboratory →
בָּרִאשֹׁן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּעֶרֶב תֹּאכְלוּ מַצֹּת עַד יוֹם הָאֶחָד וְעֶשְׂרִים לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּעָֽרֶב
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 95,054Open in the laboratory →
וְהַכְּשָׂבִים הִפְרִיד יַעֲקֹב וַיִּתֵּן פְּנֵי הַצֹּאן אֶל־עָקֹד וְכָל־חוּם בְּצֹאן לָבָן וַיָּֽשֶׁת־לוֹ עֲדָרִים לְבַדּוֹ וְלֹא שָׁתָם עַל־צֹאן לָבָֽן
And Jacob separated the lambs—he also set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the dark in the flock of Laban— and put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban’s flock.
skip 20, width 20 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 43,440Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּסֵּב אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָעָם דֶּרֶךְ הַמִּדְבָּר יַם־סוּף וַחֲמֻשִׁים עָלוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
But God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.
skip 27, width 27 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 97,792Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
9,425 sequences of דברים at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 9,464 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 515
- Exodus 407
- Leviticus 215
- Numbers 437
- Deuteronomy 338
- Joshua 281
- Judges 312
- Samuel 849
- Kings 828
- Isaiah 499
- Jeremiah 699
- Ezekiel 584
- The Twelve 434
- Psalms 723
- Proverbs 258
- Job 238
- Song of Songs 51
- Ruth 42
- Lamentations 47
- Ecclesiastes 78
- Esther 120
- Daniel 276
- Ezra–Nehemiah 386
- Chronicles 808
Outside the Torah
בְּעַד הַחַלּוֹן נִשְׁקְפָה וַתְּיַבֵּב אֵם סִֽיסְרָא בְּעַד הָֽאֶשְׁנָב מַדּוּעַ בֹּשֵׁשׁ רִכְבּוֹ לָבוֹא מַדּוּעַ אֶֽחֱרוּ פַּעֲמֵי מַרְכְּבוֹתָֽיו
Through the window she looked forth, and peered, The mother of Sisera, through the lattice: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 352,956Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הָעָם וַֽיֶּחֱצֵם לִשְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים וַיֶּאֱרֹב בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה הָעָם יֹצֵא מִן־הָעִיר וַיָּקָם עֲלֵיהֶם וַיַּכֵּֽם
And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people were coming forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 362,329Open in the laboratory →
וּמַלְאָכִים שָׁלַח גִּדְעוֹן בְּכָל־הַר אֶפְרַיִם לֵאמֹר רְדוּ לִקְרַאת מִדְיָן וְלִכְדוּ לָהֶם אֶת־הַמַּיִם עַד בֵּית בָּרָה וְאֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיִּצָּעֵק כָּל־אִישׁ אֶפְרַיִם וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת־הַמַּיִם עַד בֵּית בָּרָה וְאֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying: ‘Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.’ So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 357,519Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
דברים — the Tanakh's own spelling: words; the Hebrew name of Deuteronomy. Searched as דברים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 256.
As a plain word it stands 27 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 4:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Devarim in the Bible code?
1,865 sequences of דברים at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,847 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Devarim in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading backward from Deuteronomy 20:5 — the shortest of 1,865 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,847.
What is the gematria of Devarim in Hebrew?
Devarim is spelled דברים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 256.
How many times is Devarim found in the whole Tanakh?
9,425 sequences of דברים at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 9,464 that chance alone would produce.
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