Elohim (God · אלהים)
Elohim (God) — in Hebrew אלהים — God; a Name of God as written in the Torah. In the Torah codes, Elohim (God) is found 114,447 times across every skip (2–76,212), the shortest at skip 3 (Exodus 13:9) — about what chance alone gives (about 114,402).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 114,447
- Chance alone · every skip
- 114,402
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.45
- Shortest skip
- 3
- Longest skip found
- 76,024
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 14,437 found · chance alone about 14,516 (probability of 14,437 or more by chance alone: 0.75).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 114,447 sequences of אלהים across every skip (2–76,212) — about what chance alone gives (about 114,402).
The shortest skip at which אלהים appears in the Torah is 3 — at Exodus 13:9, reading backward.
The longest skip at which אלהים was found in the Torah is 76,024 — at Genesis 1:10, reading forward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 30,321
- Exodus 21,142
- Leviticus 17,101
- Numbers 23,391
- Deuteronomy 22,492
Examples across the range
5 of the 114,447 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- א ל הExodus 13:9
וְהָיָה לְךָ לְאוֹת עַל־יָדְךָ וּלְזִכָּרוֹן בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ …
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in thy mouth; for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
- י מExodus 13:8
וְהִגַּדְתָּ לְבִנְךָ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמֹר בַּעֲבוּר זֶה עָשָׂה יְהוָה לִי בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָֽיִם
And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 97,210 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- א ל הExodus 13:9
Letter by letter
- א ל ה י מGenesis 7:7
וַיָּבֹא נֹחַ וּבָנָיו וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנָיו אִתּוֹ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה מִפְּנֵי מֵי הַמַּבּֽוּל
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, before the waters of the flood.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,254 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
- א ל ה י מGenesis 7:7
- אDeuteronomy 4:33
הֲשָׁמַֽע עָם קוֹל אֱלֹהִים מְדַבֵּר מִתּוֹךְ־הָאֵשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַעְתָּ אַתָּה וַיֶּֽחִי
Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לDeuteronomy 4:34
… וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה וּבִזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה וּבְמוֹרָאִים גְּדֹלִים כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה לָכֶם יְהוָה …
Or hath God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before thine eyes?
- הDeuteronomy 4:36
… הִשְׁמִֽיעֲךָ אֶת־קֹלוֹ לְיַסְּרֶךָּ וְעַל־הָאָרֶץ הֶרְאֲךָ אֶת־אִשּׁוֹ הַגְּדוֹלָה וּדְבָרָיו …
Out of heaven He made thee to hear His voice, that He might instruct thee; and upon earth He made thee to see His great fire; and thou didst hear His words out of the midst of the fire.
- יDeuteronomy 4:38
לְהוֹרִישׁ גּוֹיִם גְּדֹלִים וַעֲצֻמִים מִמְּךָ מִפָּנֶיךָ לַהֲבִֽיאֲךָ לָֽתֶת־לְךָ אֶת־אַרְצָם נַחֲלָה כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day;
- מDeuteronomy 4:39
… הָֽאֱלֹהִים בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל וְעַל־הָאָרֶץ מִתָּחַת אֵין עֽוֹד
know this day, and lay it to thy heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 258,487 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אDeuteronomy 4:33
- אLeviticus 7:30
… הֶֽחָזֶה יְבִיאֶנּוּ אֵת הֶחָזֶה לְהָנִיף אֹתוֹ תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire: the fat with the breast shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before the LORD.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לLeviticus 7:10
וְכָל־מִנְחָה בְלוּלָֽה־בַשֶּׁמֶן וַחֲרֵבָה לְכָל־בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן תִּהְיֶה אִישׁ כְּאָחִֽיו
And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another.
- הLeviticus 6:11
כָּל־זָכָר בִּבְנֵי אַהֲרֹן יֹֽאכֲלֶנָּה חָק־עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם מֵאִשֵּׁי …
Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as a due for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of the LORD made by fire; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
- יLeviticus 5:18
… בְּעֶרְכְּךָ לְאָשָׁם אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו הַכֹּהֵן עַל שִׁגְגָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁגָג …
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy valuation, for a guilt-offering, unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the error which he committed, though he knew it not, and he shall be forgiven.
- םLeviticus 5:2
… טְמֵאָה אוֹ בְּנִבְלַת שֶׁרֶץ טָמֵא וְנֶעְלַם מִמֶּנּוּ וְהוּא טָמֵא וְאָשֵֽׁם
or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean swarming things, and be guilty, it being hidden from him that he is unclean;
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 150,392 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- אLeviticus 7:30
- אGenesis 1:10
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לGenesis 49:30
בַּמְּעָרָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׂדֵה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי־מַמְרֵא בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן אֲשֶׁר …
in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.
- הLeviticus 8:29
… הַמִּלֻּאִים לְמֹשֶׁה הָיָה לְמָנָה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the LORD; it was Moses’portion of the ram of consecration; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- יNumbers 23:19
לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִֽיכַזֵּב וּבֶן־אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָם הַהוּא אָמַר וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה וְדִבֶּר וְלֹא יְקִימֶֽנָּה
God is not a man, that He should lie; Neither the son of man, that He should repent: When He hath said, will He not do it? Or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good?
- םDeuteronomy 34:6
… יָדַע אִישׁ אֶת־קְבֻרָתוֹ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
And he was buried in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor; and no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
skip 76,024, width 76,024 — one row is 76,024 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 428 of the TorahOpen at skip 76,024 in the laboratory →
- אGenesis 1:10
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–299,260), אלהים appears 1,718,273 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.3% more than the 1,712,603 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,718,273 or more by chance alone is 7.5 × 10⁻⁶.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 56,278 found · chance alone about 56,739 (probability of 56,278 or more by chance alone: 0.97).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 133,924
- Exodus 93,928
- Leviticus 76,204
- Numbers 101,084
- Deuteronomy 95,515
- Joshua 56,575
- Judges 65,045
- Samuel 164,436
- Kings 161,584
- Isaiah 84,470
- Jeremiah 119,841
- Ezekiel 100,154
- The Twelve 72,686
- Psalms 79,491
- Proverbs 25,134
- Job 40,559
- Song of Songs 4,891
- Ruth 7,182
- Lamentations 6,350
- Ecclesiastes 14,029
- Esther 13,812
- Daniel 36,072
- Ezra–Nehemiah 44,535
- Chronicles 120,772
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- א ל ה י מ1 Samuel 1:22
וְחַנָּה לֹא עָלָתָה כִּֽי־אָמְרָה לְאִישָׁהּ עַד יִגָּמֵל הַנַּעַר וַהֲבִאֹתִיו …
But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband: ‘Until the child be weaned, when I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 384,791 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ל ה י מ1 Samuel 1:22
- א1 Kings 17:18
… אֶל־אֵלִיָּהוּ מַה־לִּי וָלָךְ אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים בָּאתָ אֵלַי לְהַזְכִּיר אֶת …
And she said unto Elijah: ‘What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- ל1 Kings 17:19
… אֲשֶׁר־הוּא יֹשֵׁב שָׁם וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵהוּ עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ
And he said unto her: ‘Give me thy son.’ And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
- ה1 Kings 17:21
… הַיֶּלֶד שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי תָּשָׁב נָא …
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said: ‘O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come back into him.’
- י1 Kings 17:23
… אֵלִיָּהוּ אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וַיֹּרִדֵהוּ מִן־הָעֲלִיָּה הַבַּיְתָה וַֽיִּתְּנֵהוּ לְאִמּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ …
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said: ‘See, thy son liveth.’
- ם1 Kings 18:1
וַיְהִי יָמִים רַבִּים וּדְבַר־יְהוָה הָיָה אֶל־אֵלִיָּהוּ …
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying: ‘Go, show thyself unto Ahab, and I will send rain upon the land.’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 515,176 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- א1 Kings 17:18
- א2 Chronicles 36:13
וְגַם בַּמֶּלֶךְ נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר מָרָד אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁבִּיעוֹ בֵּֽאלֹהִים וַיֶּקֶשׁ …
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD, the God of Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לPsalms 75:5
אָמַרְתִּי לַֽהוֹלְלִים אַל־תָּהֹלּוּ וְלָרְשָׁעִים אַל־תָּרִימוּ קָֽרֶן
I say unto the arrogant 'Deal not arrogantly'; And to the wicked 'Lift not up the horn.'
- הIsaiah 25:7
וּבִלַּע בָּהָר הַזֶּה פְּנֵֽי־הַלּוֹט הַלּוֹט עַל־כָּל־הָֽעַמִּים וְהַמַּסֵּכָה הַנְּסוּכָה עַל־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם
And He will destroy in this mountain The face of the covering that is cast over all peoples, And the veil that is spread over all nations.
- יDeuteronomy 31:21
… וְעָנְתָה הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת לְפָנָיו לְעֵד כִּי לֹא תִשָּׁכַח מִפִּי זַרְעוֹ כִּי …
then it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I know their imagination how they do even now…
- םGenesis 1:24
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ בְּהֵמָה וָרֶמֶשׂ וְחַֽיְתוֹ־אֶרֶץ לְמִינָהּ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.’ And it was so.
skip 298,776, width 298,776 — one row is 298,776 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,236 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,776 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 36:13
The spelling
אלהים — the Tanakh's own spelling: God; a Name of God as written in the Torah. Searched as אלהים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 86.
As a plain word it stands 679 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 1:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: God.
Other spellings
- אלוהים — the Tanakh's own spelling Torah · every skip: 8,985 (chance 9,167)
Questions
Does Elohim (God) appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 114,447 sequences of אלהים across every skip (2–76,212) — about what chance alone gives (about 114,402).
What is the shortest skip for Elohim (God) in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading backward from Exodus 13:9 — the shortest of 114,447 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 114,402.
What is the gematria of Elohim (God) in Hebrew?
Elohim is spelled אלהים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 86; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Elohim (God) found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–299,260), אלהים appears 1,718,273 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.3% more than the 1,712,603 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,718,273 or more by chance alone is 7.5 × 10⁻⁶.
Search it yourself
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