Edom אדום
Edom (אדום) is a person named in the Tanakh. Edom appears 49,728 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 50,177 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 49,728
- Chance alone
- 50,177
- P (≥ found)
- 0.98
- 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, אדום appears 49,728 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 50,177, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 11:8, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 517,341 sequences of אדום, against about 522,842 from chance alone.
- Genesis 14,554
- Exodus 10,025
- Leviticus 6,517
- Numbers 11,163
- Deuteronomy 7,469
The shortest skips
שָׁטוּ הָעָם וְלָֽקְטוּ וְטָחֲנוּ בָרֵחַיִם אוֹ דָכוּ בַּמְּדֹכָה וּבִשְּׁלוּ בַּפָּרוּר וְעָשׂוּ אֹתוֹ עֻגוֹת וְהָיָה טַעְמוֹ כְּטַעַם לְשַׁד הַשָּֽׁמֶן
The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and seethed it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was as the taste of a cake baked with oil.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 207,042Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשָּׁאֲרוּ שְׁנֵֽי־אֲנָשִׁים בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה שֵׁם הָאֶחָד אֶלְדָּד וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִי מֵידָד וַתָּנַח עֲלֵיהֶם הָרוּחַ וְהֵמָּה בַּכְּתֻבִים וְלֹא יָצְאוּ הָאֹהֱלָה וַיִּֽתְנַבְּאוּ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were recorded, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 208,209Open in the laboratory →
אֽוֹ־יֹמַיִם אוֹ־חֹדֶשׁ אוֹ־יָמִים בְּהַאֲרִיךְ הֶעָנָן עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן לִשְׁכֹּן עָלָיו יַחֲנוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא יִסָּעוּ וּבְהֵעָלֹתוֹ יִסָּֽעוּ
Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 205,015Open in the laboratory →
ויישם לְפָנָיו לֶאֱכֹל וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֹכַל עַד אִם־דִּבַּרְתִּי דְּבָרָי וַיֹּאמֶר דַּבֵּֽר
And there was set food before him to eat; but he said: ‘I will not eat, until I have told mine errand.’ And he said: ‘Speak on.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 31,096Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּט אֵלֶיהָ אֶל־הַדֶּרֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽבָה־נָּא אָבוֹא אֵלַיִךְ כִּי לֹא יָדַע כִּי כַלָּתוֹ הִוא וַתֹּאמֶר מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִּי כִּי תָבוֹא אֵלָֽי
And he turned unto her by the way, and said: ‘Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee’; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said: ‘What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 56,717Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
228,072 sequences of אדום at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 230,038 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 14,554
- Exodus 10,025
- Leviticus 6,517
- Numbers 11,163
- Deuteronomy 8,232
- Joshua 6,043
- Judges 7,508
- Samuel 28,636
- Kings 18,543
- Isaiah 11,534
- Jeremiah 16,460
- Ezekiel 14,854
- The Twelve 10,752
- Psalms 13,630
- Proverbs 3,694
- Job 5,958
- Song of Songs 660
- Ruth 1,054
- Lamentations 723
- Ecclesiastes 1,746
- Esther 2,424
- Daniel 7,508
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,435
- Chronicles 18,419
Outside the Torah
מִֽי־פָעַל וְעָשָׂה קֹרֵא הַדֹּרוֹת מֵרֹאשׁ אֲנִי יְהוָה רִאשׁוֹן וְאֶת־אַחֲרֹנִים אֲנִי־הֽוּא
Who hath wrought and done it? He that called the generations from the beginning. I, the LORD, who am the first, And with the last am the same.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 615,970Open in the laboratory →
וַהֲפִֽצוֹתִים בַּגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָֽדְעוּ הֵמָּה וַֽאֲבוֹתָם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם אֶת־הַחֶרֶב עַד כַּלּוֹתִי אוֹתָֽם
I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 656,253Open in the laboratory →
אִם־יָצָאתִי הַשָּׂדֶה וְהִנֵּה חַלְלֵי־חֶרֶב וְאִם בָּאתִי הָעִיר וְהִנֵּה תַּחֲלוּאֵי רָעָב כִּֽי־גַם־נָבִיא גַם־כֹּהֵן סָחֲרוּ אֶל־אֶרֶץ וְלֹא יָדָֽעוּ
If I go forth into the field, Then behold the slain with the sword! And if I enter into the city, Then behold them that are sick with famine! For both the prophet and the priest are gone about to a land, and knew it not.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 663,245Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אדום — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אדום, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 51.
As a plain word it stands 83 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 25:30. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Edom appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, אדום appears 49,728 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 50,177, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Edom in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 11:8 — the shortest of 49,728 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 50,177.
How is Edom spelled in Hebrew?
Edom is spelled אדום — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 51.
Is Edom in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
228,072 sequences of אדום at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 230,038 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 50,177 here) beside the count.