First names

Elmo אלמו

Elmo is a first name, written אלמו in Hebrew (male given name). Elmo appears 153,694 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 153,915 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
153,694
Chance alone
153,915
P (≥ found)
0.71
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, אלמו appears 153,694 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 153,915, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:17, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 1,609,213 sequences of אלמו, against about 1,603,768 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 41,142
  • Exodus 30,575
  • Leviticus 22,379
  • Numbers 33,442
  • Deuteronomy 26,156

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 2:17בראשית ב:יזskip 2, forward

    וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמֽוּת

    but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’

    אלמו at skip 2, forward from Genesis 2:17ורעלאתכמנכיביוםאאלמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 2,445Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 3:11בראשית ג:יאskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר מִי הִגִּיד לְךָ כִּי עֵירֹם אָתָּה הֲמִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לְבִלְתִּי אֲכָל־מִמֶּנּוּ אָכָֽלְתָּ

    And He said: ‘Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?’

    אלמו at skip 2, forward from Genesis 3:11ךלבלתיכמנאכלתויאאלמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 3,470Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 3:17בראשית ג:יזskip 2, forward

    וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְתָּ לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָֽאֲדָמָה בַּֽעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּֽאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ

    And unto Adam He said: ‘Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

    אלמו at skip 2, forward from Genesis 3:17אמרלאתכמנארורההאאלמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 3,826Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 19:6בראשית יט:וskip 2, forward

    וַיֵּצֵא אֲלֵהֶם לוֹט הַפֶּתְחָה וְהַדֶּלֶת סָגַר אַחֲרָֽיו

    And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.

    אלמו at skip 2, forward from Genesis 19:6אתםויצאהלטהפתחהואלםו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 22,507Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 32:30בראשית לב:לskip 2, forward

    וַיִּשְׁאַל יַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר הַגִּֽידָה־נָּא שְׁמֶךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לָמָּה זֶּה תִּשְׁאַל לִשְׁמִי וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתוֹ שָֽׁם

    And Jacob asked him, and said: ‘Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.’ And he said: ‘Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?’ And he blessed him there.

    אלמו at skip 2, forward from Genesis 32:30מהזהתשלשייברךאתואלמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 48,013Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 624,862 sequences of אלמו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 627,500).

  • Genesis 41,142
  • Exodus 30,575
  • Leviticus 22,379
  • Numbers 33,442
  • Deuteronomy 28,134
  • Joshua 19,087
  • Judges 23,762
  • Samuel 66,918
  • Kings 56,661
  • Isaiah 29,814
  • Jeremiah 48,048
  • Ezekiel 36,299
  • The Twelve 28,476
  • Psalms 32,040
  • Proverbs 9,133
  • Job 15,500
  • Song of Songs 1,567
  • Ruth 2,509
  • Lamentations 2,253
  • Ecclesiastes 5,740
  • Esther 5,692
  • Daniel 13,272
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 18,509
  • Chronicles 53,910

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 23:6יהושע כג:וskip 2, forward

    וַחֲזַקְתֶּם מְאֹד לִשְׁמֹר וְלַעֲשׂוֹת אֵת כָּל־הַכָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה לְבִלְתִּי סוּר־מִמֶּנּוּ יָמִין וּשְׂמֹֽאול

    Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

    אלמו at skip 2, forward from Joshua 23:6חזקתםמדשרלעשותאתאלמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 341,481Open in the laboratory →

  2. Judges 13:18שופטים יג:יחskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר לּוֹ מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה לָמָּה זֶּה תִּשְׁאַל לִשְׁמִי וְהוּא־פֶלִאי

    And the angel of the LORD said unto him: ‘Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is hidden?’

    אלמו at skip 2, forward from Judges 13:18מהזהתשלשיהואפלאיאלמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 368,841Open in the laboratory →

  3. Judges 16:25שופטים טז:כהskip 2, forward

    וַֽיְהִי כי טוב לִבָּם וַיֹּאמְרוּ קִרְאוּ לְשִׁמְשׁוֹן וִישַֽׂחֶק־לָנוּ וַיִּקְרְאוּ לְשִׁמְשׁוֹן מִבֵּית האסירים וַיְצַחֵק לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיַּעֲמִידוּ אוֹתוֹ בֵּין הָעַמּוּדִֽים

    And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said: ‘Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.’ And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them; and they set him between the pillars.

    אלמו at skip 2, forward from Judges 16:25אמרוקרוששןוישחקלאלמו
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 373,608Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

אלמו — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as אלמו, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 77.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Elmo in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, אלמו appears 153,694 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 153,915, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Elmo in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:17 — the shortest of 153,694 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 153,915.

How is Elmo spelled in Hebrew?

Elmo is spelled אלמו — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 77.

Is Elmo in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 624,862 sequences of אלמו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 627,500).

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