Election בחירות
Election — in Hebrew בחירות — elections. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 149 sequences of Election, the shortest at skip 36 (Numbers 28:16); chance alone would give about 134.
- Found in the Torah
- 149
- Chance alone
- 134
- P (≥ found)
- 0.11
- Shortest skip
- 36
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, בחירות appears 149 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 134, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 36 — the first at Numbers 28:16, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 901 sequences of בחירות, against about 853 from chance alone.
- Genesis 50
- Exodus 28
- Leviticus 17
- Numbers 37
- Deuteronomy 17
The shortest skips
וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ פֶּסַח לַיהוָֽה
And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD’S passover.
skip 36, width 36 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 235,953Open in the laboratory →
עַל־פִּי הַגּוֹרָל תֵּחָלֵק נַחֲלָתוֹ בֵּין רַב לִמְעָֽט
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.’
skip 53, width 53 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 233,450Open in the laboratory →
וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הָֽעֹרֵב וַיֵּצֵא יָצוֹא וָשׁוֹב עַד־יְבֹשֶׁת הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָֽרֶץ
And he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
skip 69, width 69 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 9,461Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר מִי מִלֵּל לְאַבְרָהָם הֵינִיקָה בָנִים שָׂרָה כִּֽי־יָלַדְתִּי בֵן לִזְקֻנָֽיו
And she said: ‘Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.’
skip 115, width 115 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 25,620Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵבֵאתִי עֲלֵיכֶם חֶרֶב נֹקֶמֶת נְקַם־בְּרִית וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּם אֶל־עָרֵיכֶם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי דֶבֶר בְּתוֹכְכֶם וְנִתַּתֶּם בְּיַד־אוֹיֵֽב
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities; and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
skip 141, width 141 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 183,542Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, בחירות appears 531 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 557, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 50
- Exodus 28
- Leviticus 17
- Numbers 37
- Deuteronomy 18
- Joshua 17
- Judges 13
- Samuel 32
- Kings 42
- Isaiah 31
- Jeremiah 29
- Ezekiel 44
- The Twelve 19
- Psalms 41
- Proverbs 24
- Job 18
- Song of Songs 2
- Ruth 2
- Lamentations 2
- Ecclesiastes 4
- Esther 4
- Daniel 6
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7
- Chronicles 44
Outside the Torah
יָפִיחַ כְּזָבִים עֵד שָׁקֶר וּמְשַׁלֵּחַ מְדָנִים בֵּין אַחִֽים
A false witness that breatheth out lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 941,953Open in the laboratory →
וְזֹאת תִּֽהְיֶה הַמַּגֵּפָה אֲשֶׁר יִגֹּף יְהוָה אֶת־כָּל־הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר צָבְאוּ עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָם הָמֵק בְּשָׂרוֹ וְהוּא עֹמֵד עַל־רַגְלָיו וְעֵינָיו תִּמַּקְנָה בְחֹֽרֵיהֶן וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ תִּמַּק בְּפִיהֶֽם
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite All the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, And their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, And their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 854,556Open in the laboratory →
וְנָֽתַתִּי אֶת־בֵּית אַחְאָב כְּבֵית יָרָבְעָם בֶּן־נְבָט וּכְבֵית בַּעְשָׁא בֶן־אֲחִיָּֽה
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasa the son of Ahijah.
skip 26, width 26 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 543,119Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בחירות — a Hebrew word: elections. Searched as בחירות, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 626.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Election appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, בחירות appears 149 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 134, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Election in the Torah?
Skip 36, reading forward from Numbers 28:16 — the shortest of 149 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 134.
How is Election spelled in Hebrew?
Election is spelled בחירות — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 626.
Is Election in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, בחירות appears 531 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 557, 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 134 here) beside the count.