Ephes-dammim אפס דמים
Ephes-dammim (אפס דמים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, אפס (from Ephes-dammim) is found 27,118 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 20:16) — 7.5% above the 25,220 chance alone would give (probability of 27,118 or more by chance alone: 1.8 × 10⁻³²).
- Found in the Torah (אפס)
- 27,118
- Chance alone
- 25,220
- P (≥ found)
- 1.8 × 10⁻³²
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for אפס, and דמים has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
The Torah holds 27,118 sequences of אפס at skips 2–5,000, 7.5% above what chance alone gives (about 25,220); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻³² by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 20:16, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 413,675 sequences of אפס, against about 390,894 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 25,220 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 7,990
- Exodus 5,161
- Leviticus 3,633
- Numbers 7,041
- Deuteronomy 3,293
The shortest skips
וּלְשָׂרָה אָמַר הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי אֶלֶף כֶּסֶף לְאָחִיךְ הִנֵּה הוּא־לָךְ כְּסוּת עֵינַיִם לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר אִתָּךְ וְאֵת כֹּל וְנֹכָֽחַת
And unto Sarah he said: ‘Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee; and before all men thou art righted.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 25,220Open in the laboratory →
וְגַם־מִקְנֵנוּ יֵלֵךְ עִמָּנוּ לֹא תִשָּׁאֵר פַּרְסָה כִּי מִמֶּנּוּ נִקַּח לַעֲבֹד אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַאֲנַחְנוּ לֹֽא־נֵדַע מַֽה־נַּעֲבֹד אֶת־יְהוָה עַד־בֹּאֵנוּ שָֽׁמָּה
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 93,154Open in the laboratory →
אַךְ אֶת־זֶה לֹא תֹֽאכְלוּ מִֽמַּעֲלֵי הַגֵּרָה וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵי הַפַּרְסָה אֶֽת־הַגָּמָל כִּֽי־מַעֲלֵה גֵרָה הוּא וּפַרְסָה אֵינֶנּוּ מַפְרִיס טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶֽם
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that only chew the cud, or of them that only part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 155,584Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־הַשָּׁפָן כִּֽי־מַעֲלֵה גֵרָה הוּא וּפַרְסָה לֹא יַפְרִיס טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶֽם
And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 155,627Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־הָאַרְנֶבֶת כִּֽי־מַעֲלַת גֵּרָה הִוא וּפַרְסָה לֹא הִפְרִיסָה טְמֵאָה הִוא לָכֶֽם
And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 155,669Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 94,546 sequences of אפס at skips 2–5,000, 1.9% above what chance alone gives (about 92,811); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.9 × 10⁻⁹ by chance alone.
- Genesis 7,990
- Exodus 5,161
- Leviticus 3,633
- Numbers 7,041
- Deuteronomy 3,399
- Joshua 1,793
- Judges 3,181
- Samuel 4,346
- Kings 6,788
- Isaiah 6,708
- Jeremiah 4,714
- Ezekiel 5,708
- The Twelve 4,919
- Psalms 8,954
- Proverbs 3,891
- Job 4,030
- Song of Songs 365
- Ruth 429
- Lamentations 396
- Ecclesiastes 885
- Esther 1,061
- Daniel 2,386
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,049
- Chronicles 4,719
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר הָאִישׁ אֶל־יוֹאָב ולא אָנֹכִי שֹׁקֵל עַל־כַּפַּי אֶלֶף כֶּסֶף לֹֽא־אֶשְׁלַח יָדִי אֶל־בֶּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי בְאָזְנֵינוּ צִוָּה הַמֶּלֶךְ אֹתְךָ וְאֶת־אֲבִישַׁי וְאֶת־אִתַּי לֵאמֹר שִׁמְרוּ־מִי בַּנַּעַר בְּאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם
And the man said unto Joab: ‘Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying: Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 464,419Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִֽהְיֶה כָל־מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִֽהְיֶה־שָּׁם אֶלֶף גֶּפֶן בְּאֶלֶף כָּסֶף לַשָּׁמִיר וְלַשַּׁיִת יִֽהְיֶֽה
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall even be for briers and thorns.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 582,961Open in the laboratory →
אָסֹף אֲסִיפֵם נְאֻם־יְהֹוָה אֵין עֲנָבִים בַּגֶּפֶן וְאֵין תְּאֵנִים בַּתְּאֵנָה וְהֶֽעָלֶה נָבֵל וָאֶתֵּן לָהֶם יַעַבְרֽוּם
I will utterly consume them, saith the LORD; there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is faded; and I gave them that which they transgress.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 654,910Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אפס דמים — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אפס, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 141.
As a plain word it stands 17 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 47:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- דמים — the Tanakh's own spelling found 49,092 in the Torah (chance 48,083)
Questions
Is Ephes-dammim in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 27,118 sequences of אפס at skips 2–5,000, 7.5% above what chance alone gives (about 25,220); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻³² by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Ephes-dammim in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 20:16 — the shortest of 27,118 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 25,220.
How is Ephes-dammim spelled in Hebrew?
Ephes-dammim is spelled אפס דמים — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 141; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Ephes-dammim in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 94,546 sequences of אפס at skips 2–5,000, 1.9% above what chance alone gives (about 92,811); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.9 × 10⁻⁹ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 25,220 here) beside the count.