Egypt מצרים
Egypt (מצרים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Egypt is found 1,673 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 27:40) — 4.7% above the 1,597 chance alone would give (probability of 1,673 or more by chance alone: 0.03).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,673
- Chance alone
- 1,597
- P (≥ found)
- 0.03
- 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 1,673 sequences of מצרים at skips 2–5,000, 4.7% above what chance alone gives (about 1,597); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 27:40, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 12,095 sequences of מצרים, against about 12,588 from chance alone.
- Genesis 437
- Exodus 477
- Leviticus 155
- Numbers 323
- Deuteronomy 281
The shortest skips
וְעַל־חַרְבְּךָ תִֽחְיֶה וְאֶת־אָחִיךָ תַּעֲבֹד וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר תָּרִיד וּפָרַקְתָּ עֻלּוֹ מֵעַל צַוָּארֶֽךָ
And by thy sword shalt thou live, And thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,244Open in the laboratory →
וָאֵרֵד לְהַצִּילוֹ מִיַּד מִצְרַיִם וּֽלְהַעֲלֹתוֹ מִן־הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא אֶל־אֶרֶץ טוֹבָה וּרְחָבָה אֶל־אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ אֶל־מְקוֹם הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 80,769Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יִתְרוֹ בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הִצִּיל אֶתְכֶם מִיַּד מִצְרַיִם וּמִיַּד פַּרְעֹה אֲשֶׁר הִצִּיל אֶת־הָעָם מִתַּחַת יַד־מִצְרָֽיִם
And Jethro said: ‘Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 104,643Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה רָאִיתִי אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה וְהִנֵּה עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹרֶף הֽוּא
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 126,214Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי־נֹחַ לְתוֹלְדֹתָם בְּגוֹיֵהֶם וּמֵאֵלֶּה נִפְרְדוּ הַגּוֹיִם בָּאָרֶץ אַחַר הַמַּבּֽוּל
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 12,666Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, מצרים appears 6,718 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 6,642, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 437
- Exodus 477
- Leviticus 155
- Numbers 323
- Deuteronomy 306
- Joshua 222
- Judges 162
- Samuel 295
- Kings 453
- Isaiah 539
- Jeremiah 590
- Ezekiel 493
- The Twelve 430
- Psalms 587
- Proverbs 191
- Job 196
- Song of Songs 35
- Ruth 20
- Lamentations 22
- Ecclesiastes 41
- Esther 53
- Daniel 77
- Ezra–Nehemiah 164
- Chronicles 450
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּצֵא מְנַחֵם אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל כָּל־גִּבּוֹרֵי הַחַיִל לָתֵת לְמֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר חֲמִשִּׁים שְׁקָלִים כֶּסֶף לְאִישׁ אֶחָד וַיָּשָׁב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וְלֹא־עָמַד שָׁם בָּאָֽרֶץ
And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 554,918Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַיֵּצֵא הָעָם הַשָּׂדֶה וַיַּגִּדוּ לַאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and it was told Abimelech.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 362,281Open in the laboratory →
רַגְלֵיהֶם לָרַע יָרֻצוּ וִֽימַהֲרוּ לִשְׁפֹּךְ דָּם נָקִי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיהֶם מַחְשְׁבוֹת אָוֶן שֹׁד וָשֶׁבֶר בִּמְסִלּוֹתָֽם
Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Desolation and destruction are in their paths.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 634,631Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מצרים — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מצרים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 380.
As a plain word it stands 482 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 13:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Egyptian.
Questions
Does Egypt appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 1,673 sequences of מצרים at skips 2–5,000, 4.7% above what chance alone gives (about 1,597); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Egypt in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 27:40 — the shortest of 1,673 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,597.
How is Egypt spelled in Hebrew?
Egypt is spelled מצרים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 380.
Is Egypt in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, מצרים appears 6,718 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 6,642, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,597 here) beside the count.