Efrayim (Ephraim · אפרים)
Efrayim (Ephraim · אפרים) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 2,010 sequences of Efrayim (Ephraim), the shortest at skip 3 (Exodus 5:17); chance alone would give about 2,089.
- Found in the Torah
- 2,010
- Chance alone
- 2,089
- P (≥ found)
- 0.96
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 2,010 sequences of אפרים at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,089).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 5:17, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 16,627 sequences of אפרים, against about 16,464 from chance alone.
- Genesis 589
- Exodus 431
- Leviticus 265
- Numbers 442
- Deuteronomy 283
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר נִרְפִּים אַתֶּם נִרְפִּים עַל־כֵּן אַתֶּם אֹֽמְרִים נֵלְכָה נִזְבְּחָה לַֽיהוָֽה
But he said: ‘Ye are idle, ye are idle; therefore ye say: Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 84,432Open in the laboratory →
וְכֹל בְּקַר זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה פָּרִים אֵילִם שִׁשִּׁים עַתֻּדִים שִׁשִּׁים כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה שִׁשִּׁים זֹאת חֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אַחֲרֵי הִמָּשַׁח אֹתֽוֹ
and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace-offerings twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication-offering of the altar, after that it was anointed.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 202,283Open in the laboratory →
כִּי אָנֹכִי מֵת בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת אֵינֶנִּי עֹבֵר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן וְאַתֶּם עֹֽבְרִים וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַטּוֹבָה הַזֹּֽאת
but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye are to go over, and possess that good land.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 257,786Open in the laboratory →
וּנְשִׂיא בֵֽית־אָב לְמִשְׁפְּחֹת מְרָרִי צוּרִיאֵל בֶּן־אֲבִיחָיִל עַל יֶרֶךְ הַמִּשְׁכָּן יַחֲנוּ צָפֹֽנָה
the prince of the fathers’house of the families of Merari being Zuriel the son of Abihail; they were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward;
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 191,790Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵבִיא אֶת־הַפָּר אֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְסָמַךְ אֶת־יָדוֹ עַל־רֹאשׁ הַפָּר וְשָׁחַט אֶת־הַפָּר לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meeting before the LORD; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before the LORD.
skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 144,439Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 7,579 sequences of אפרים at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 7,843).
- Genesis 589
- Exodus 431
- Leviticus 265
- Numbers 442
- Deuteronomy 323
- Joshua 211
- Judges 320
- Samuel 495
- Kings 574
- Isaiah 457
- Jeremiah 515
- Ezekiel 505
- The Twelve 401
- Psalms 501
- Proverbs 214
- Job 304
- Song of Songs 36
- Ruth 35
- Lamentations 38
- Ecclesiastes 57
- Esther 57
- Daniel 144
- Ezra–Nehemiah 182
- Chronicles 483
Outside the Torah
אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ יְהוָה זָכְרֵנִי וּפָקְדֵנִי וְהִנָּקֶם לִי מֵרֹדְפַי אַל־לְאֶרֶךְ אַפְּךָ תִּקָּחֵנִי דַּע שְׂאֵתִי עָלֶיךָ חֶרְפָּֽה
Thou, O LORD, knowest; Remember me, and think of me, and avenge me of my persecutors; Take me not away because of Thy long-suffering; Know that for Thy sake I have suffered taunts.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 664,331Open in the laboratory →
אִֽישׁ־בַּעַר לֹא יֵדָע וּכְסִיל לֹא־יָבִין אֶת־זֹֽאת
A brutish man knoweth not, Neither doth a fool understand this.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 908,294Open in the laboratory →
גֵּוִי נָתַתִּי לְמַכִּים וּלְחָיַי לְמֹֽרְטִים פָּנַי לֹא הִסְתַּרְתִּי מִכְּלִמּוֹת וָרֹֽק
I gave my back to the smiters, And my checks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 626,998Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אפרים — the Tanakh's own spelling: Ephraim. Searched as אפרים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 331.
As a plain word it stands 149 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 41:52. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Ephraim, Efraim.
Questions
Is Efrayim (Ephraim) in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 2,010 sequences of אפרים at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,089).
What is the shortest skip for Efrayim (Ephraim) in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading backward from Exodus 5:17 — the shortest of 2,010 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,089.
How is Efrayim (Ephraim) spelled in Hebrew?
Efrayim is spelled אפרים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 331.
Is Efrayim (Ephraim) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 7,579 sequences of אפרים at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 7,843).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,089 here) beside the count.