Flag דגל
Flag — in Hebrew דגל — banner, flag. In the Torah codes, Flag is found 32,824 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 16:15) — about what chance alone gives (about 33,850).
- Found in the Torah
- 32,824
- Chance alone
- 33,850
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
32,824 sequences of דגל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 33,850 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which דגל appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 16:15, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), דגל is found 519,627 times; chance alone would give about 524,663.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 33,850 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 8,848
- Exodus 5,582
- Leviticus 5,163
- Numbers 7,339
- Deuteronomy 5,892
The shortest skips
וַתֵּלֶד הָגָר לְאַבְרָם בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אַבְרָם שֶׁם־בְּנוֹ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָה הָגָר יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל
And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,009Open in the laboratory →
וַיֶּחֱרַד יִצְחָק חֲרָדָה גְּדֹלָה עַד־מְאֹד וַיֹּאמֶר מִֽי־אֵפוֹא הוּא הַצָּֽד־צַיִד וַיָּבֵא לִי וָאֹכַל מִכֹּל בְּטֶרֶם תָּבוֹא וָאֲבָרֲכֵהוּ גַּם־בָּרוּךְ יִהְיֶֽה
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said: ‘Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,777Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּשְׁבוּ לֶֽאֱכָל־לֶחֶם וַיִּשְׂאוּ עֵֽינֵיהֶם וַיִּרְאוּ וְהִנֵּה אֹרְחַת יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים בָּאָה מִגִּלְעָד וּגְמַלֵּיהֶם נֹֽשְׂאִים נְכֹאת וּצְרִי וָלֹט הוֹלְכִים לְהוֹרִיד מִצְרָֽיְמָה
And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 55,395Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה לְתָמָר כַּלָּתוֹ שְׁבִי אַלְמָנָה בֵית־אָבִיךְ עַד־יִגְדַּל שֵׁלָה בְנִי כִּי אָמַר פֶּן־יָמוּת גַּם־הוּא כְּאֶחָיו וַתֵּלֶךְ תָּמָר וַתֵּשֶׁב בֵּית אָבִֽיהָ
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law: ‘Remain a widow in thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown up’; for he said: ‘Lest he also die, like his brethren.’ And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 56,430Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַיָּד הַגְּדֹלָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה בְּמִצְרַיִם וַיִּֽירְאוּ הָעָם אֶת־יְהוָה וַיַּֽאֲמִינוּ בַּֽיהוָה וּבְמֹשֶׁה עַבְדּֽוֹ
And Israel saw the great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared the LORD; and they believed in the LORD, and in His servant Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 99,836Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, דגל appears 201,574 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 200,199 chance alone would give; the probability of 201,574 or more by chance alone is 0.0011.
- Genesis 8,848
- Exodus 5,582
- Leviticus 5,163
- Numbers 7,339
- Deuteronomy 6,230
- Joshua 9,156
- Judges 6,526
- Samuel 25,160
- Kings 11,500
- Isaiah 12,772
- Jeremiah 12,275
- Ezekiel 12,735
- The Twelve 10,743
- Psalms 16,764
- Proverbs 4,692
- Job 6,179
- Song of Songs 1,475
- Ruth 1,067
- Lamentations 1,555
- Ecclesiastes 2,276
- Esther 3,059
- Daniel 9,908
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,967
- Chronicles 14,603
Outside the Torah
וַיַּעֲנוּ אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיֹּאמְרוּ כִּי הֻגֵּד הֻגַּד לַעֲבָדֶיךָ אֵת אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־מֹשֶׁה עַבְדּוֹ לָתֵת לָכֶם אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ וּלְהַשְׁמִיד אֶת־כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶם וַנִּירָא מְאֹד לְנַפְשֹׁתֵינוּ מִפְּנֵיכֶם וַֽנַּעֲשֵׂה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה
And they answered Joshua, and said: ‘Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,113Open in the laboratory →
וְכִי יִרְדֹּף גֹּאֵל הַדָּם אַֽחֲרָיו וְלֹֽא־יַסְגִּרוּ אֶת־הָרֹצֵחַ בְּיָדוֹ כִּי בִבְלִי־דַעַת הִכָּה אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וְלֹֽא־שֹׂנֵא הוּא לוֹ מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם
And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unawares, and hated him not beforetime.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 335,706Open in the laboratory →
וְחַנָּה לֹא עָלָתָה כִּֽי־אָמְרָה לְאִישָׁהּ עַד יִגָּמֵל הַנַּעַר וַהֲבִאֹתִיו וְנִרְאָה אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה וְיָשַׁב שָׁם עַד־עוֹלָֽם
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 384,808Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
דגל — the Tanakh's own spelling: banner, flag. Searched as דגל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 37.
As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 2:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Flag appear in the Torah codes?
32,824 sequences of דגל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 33,850 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Flag in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 16:15 — the shortest of 32,824 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 33,850.
What is the gematria of Flag in Hebrew?
Flag is spelled דגל — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 37.
How many times is Flag found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, דגל appears 201,574 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 200,199 chance alone would give; the probability of 201,574 or more by chance alone is 0.0011.
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