Family משפחה
Family — in Hebrew משפחה — family, clan. Family appears 415 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 425 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 415
- Chance alone
- 425
- P (≥ found)
- 0.69
- Shortest skip
- 14
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 415 sequences of משפחה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 425).
The shortest skip at which משפחה appears in the Torah is 14 — the first at Deuteronomy 11:4, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), משפחה is found 3,728 times; chance alone would give about 3,346.
- Genesis 81
- Exodus 105
- Leviticus 75
- Numbers 127
- Deuteronomy 27
The shortest skips
וַאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְחֵיל מִצְרַיִם לְסוּסָיו וּלְרִכְבּוֹ אֲשֶׁר הֵצִיף אֶת־מֵי יַם־סוּף עַל־פְּנֵיהֶם בְּרָדְפָם אַחֲרֵיכֶם וַיְאַבְּדֵם יְהוָה עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
and what He did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how He made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 268,763Open in the laboratory →
וּשְׁמִידָע מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשְּׁמִידָעִי וְחֵפֶר מִשְׁפַּחַת הַֽחֶפְרִֽי
and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 232,443Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּגְוַע וַיָּמָת אַבְרָהָם בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה זָקֵן וְשָׂבֵעַ וַיֵּאָסֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו
And Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 33,184Open in the laboratory →
וְרָאָהוּ הַכֹּהֵן בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וְהִנֵּה הַנֶּגַע עָמַד בְּעֵינָיו לֹֽא־פָשָׂה הַנֶּגַע בָּעוֹר וְהִסְגִּירוֹ הַכֹּהֵן שִׁבְעַת יָמִים שֵׁנִֽית
And the priest shall look on him the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague stay in its appearance, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more.
skip 23, width 23 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 158,348Open in the laboratory →
לֹֽא־יָמִישׁ עַמּוּד הֶֽעָנָן יוֹמָם וְעַמּוּד הָאֵשׁ לָיְלָה לִפְנֵי הָעָֽם
the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.
skip 33, width 33 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 98,020Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,457 sequences of משפחה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,430).
- Genesis 81
- Exodus 105
- Leviticus 75
- Numbers 127
- Deuteronomy 34
- Joshua 56
- Judges 36
- Samuel 88
- Kings 106
- Isaiah 62
- Jeremiah 87
- Ezekiel 122
- The Twelve 65
- Psalms 108
- Proverbs 36
- Job 47
- Song of Songs 8
- Ruth 5
- Lamentations 9
- Ecclesiastes 18
- Esther 23
- Daniel 14
- Ezra–Nehemiah 40
- Chronicles 105
Outside the Torah
זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם
The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,011,699Open in the laboratory →
חִדְלוּ לָכֶם מִן־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר נְשָׁמָה בְּאַפּוֹ כִּֽי־בַמֶּה נֶחְשָׁב הֽוּא
Cease ye from man, in whose nostrils is a breath; For how little is he to be accounted!
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 578,057Open in the laboratory →
וַיְבִיאֵנִי אֶל־הַהֵיכָל וַיָּמָד אֶת־הָאֵילִים שֵׁשׁ־אַמּוֹת רֹחַב־מִפּוֹ וְשֵׁשׁ־אַמּֽוֹת־רֹחַב מִפּוֹ רֹחַב הָאֹֽהֶל
And he brought me to athe temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tent.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 788,885Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
משפחה — the Tanakh's own spelling: family, clan. Searched as משפחה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 433.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 29:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Family in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 415 sequences of משפחה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 425).
What is the shortest skip for Family in the Torah?
Skip 14, reading forward from Deuteronomy 11:4 — the shortest of 415 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 425.
What is the gematria of Family in Hebrew?
Family is spelled משפחה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 433.
How many times is Family found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,457 sequences of משפחה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,430).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 425 here) beside the count.