Eye עין
Eye — in Hebrew עין — eye; spring. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 530,962 sequences of Eye, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 13:16); chance alone would give about 530,651.
- Found in the Torah
- 530,962
- Chance alone
- 530,651
- P (≥ found)
- 0.34
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
530,962 sequences of עין at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 530,651 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 13:16, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 7,906,085 sequences of עין, against about 8,224,868 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 530,651 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 155,064
- Exodus 112,005
- Leviticus 61,391
- Numbers 125,811
- Deuteronomy 76,691
The shortest skips
וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ כַּעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אִם־יוּכַל אִישׁ לִמְנוֹת אֶת־עֲפַר הָאָרֶץ גַּֽם־זַרְעֲךָ יִמָּנֶֽה
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth; so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,948Open in the laboratory →
וּמַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ שָׁלֵם הוֹצִיא לֶחֶם וָיָיִן וְהוּא כֹהֵן לְאֵל עֶלְיֽוֹן
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was priest of God the Most High.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,040Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְבָרְכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמַר בָּרוּךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָֽרֶץ
And he blessed him, and said: ‘Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,068Open in the laboratory →
וּבָרוּךְ אֵל עֶלְיוֹן אֲשֶׁר־מִגֵּן צָרֶיךָ בְּיָדֶךָ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ מַעֲשֵׂר מִכֹּֽל
and blessed be God the Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.’ And he gave him a tenth of all.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,091Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֶל־מֶלֶךְ סְדֹם הֲרִימֹתִי יָדִי אֶל־יְהוָה אֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָֽרֶץ
And Abram said to the king of Sodom: ‘I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,191Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 2,380,487 sequences of עין at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 2,364,993); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.0 × 10⁻²⁴ by chance alone.
- Genesis 155,064
- Exodus 112,005
- Leviticus 61,391
- Numbers 125,811
- Deuteronomy 81,838
- Joshua 89,389
- Judges 87,675
- Samuel 165,075
- Kings 157,899
- Isaiah 138,908
- Jeremiah 151,808
- Ezekiel 135,642
- The Twelve 106,418
- Psalms 202,925
- Proverbs 58,725
- Job 98,013
- Song of Songs 11,838
- Ruth 13,571
- Lamentations 12,941
- Ecclesiastes 21,898
- Esther 18,627
- Daniel 66,251
- Ezra–Nehemiah 109,982
- Chronicles 196,793
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי הַשַּׁעַר לִסְגּוֹר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ וְהָאֲנָשִׁים יָצָאוּ לֹא יָדַעְתִּי אָנָה הָלְכוּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים רִדְפוּ מַהֵר אַחֲרֵיהֶם כִּי תַשִּׂיגֽוּם
and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not; pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,336Open in the laboratory →
כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּכָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה מִזְבַּח אֲבָנִים שְׁלֵמוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־הֵנִיף עֲלֵיהֶן בַּרְזֶל וַיַּעֲלוּ עָלָיו עֹלוֹת לַֽיהוָה וַֽיִּזְבְּחוּ שְׁלָמִֽים
as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron; and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,287Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְבָרְכֵהוּ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־חֶבְרוֹן לְכָלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה לְנַחֲלָֽה
And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 327,531Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עין — the Tanakh's own spelling: eye; spring. Searched as עין, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 130.
As a plain word it stands 57 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 14:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Ain, Ayin.
Questions
Is Eye in the Bible code?
530,962 sequences of עין at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 530,651 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Eye in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 13:16 — the shortest of 530,962 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 530,651.
How is Eye spelled in Hebrew?
Eye is spelled עין — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 130.
Is Eye in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 2,380,487 sequences of עין at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 2,364,993); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.0 × 10⁻²⁴ by chance alone.
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