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Gehinnom גיהנום

Gehinnom — in Hebrew גיהנום — Gehinnom, the place of purification of souls. Gehinnom appears 463 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–60,969), in line with the 468 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah · every skip
463
Chance alone · every skip
468
P (≥ found) · every skip
0.60
Shortest skip
68
Longest skip found
58,694

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 6 letters (2–60,969), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 60 found · chance alone about 73.6 (probability of 60 or more by chance alone: 0.95).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 463 sequences of גיהנום across every skip (2–60,969) — about what chance alone gives (about 468).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 68 — at Leviticus 17:8, reading backward.

The longest skip at which גיהנום was found in the Torah is 58,694 — at Deuteronomy 28:51, reading backward; a spelling of 6 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 60,969.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 131
  • Exodus 76
  • Leviticus 88
  • Numbers 79
  • Deuteronomy 89

Examples across the range

5 of the 463 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.

  1. shortest skipLeviticus 17:8ויקרא יז:חskip 68, backward

    Letter by letter

    1. גLeviticus 17:8

      … מִבֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמִן־הַגֵּר אֲשֶׁר־יָגוּר בְּתוֹכָם …

      And thou shalt say unto them: Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that offereth a …

    2. יLeviticus 17:7

      … עוֹד אֶת־זִבְחֵיהֶם לַשְּׂעִירִם אֲשֶׁר הֵם זֹנִים …

      And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the satyrs, after whom they go astray. This shall be a statute for ever unto them …

    3. הLeviticus 17:6

      וְזָרַק הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַדָּם עַל־מִזְבַּח יְהוָה …

      And the priest shall dash the blood against the altar of the LORD at the door of the tent of meeting, and make the fat smoke for a sweet …

    4. נLeviticus 17:5

      … הֵם זֹבְחִים עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה וֶֽהֱבִיאֻם לַֽיהוָה …

      To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them …

    5. וLeviticus 17:4

      … דָּם יֵחָשֵׁב לָאִישׁ הַהוּא דָּם שָׁפָךְ וְנִכְרַת …

      and hath not brought it unto the door of the tent of meeting, to present it as an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD …

    6. מLeviticus 17:3

      … עֵז בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה אוֹ אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁחַט מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה

      What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it without the camp,

    גיהנום at skip 68, backward from Leviticus 17:8הכהניםועלכלעםהקהליכפרהויעשכאשרצוהיקוקאתמשהואמרתאליהםזההדבראשרצוהאואשרישחטחוץלמחנהואיחשבלאישההאדםשפךונכרהםזבחיםעלפיהשדהוהביאוזרקהכהןאתדםעלמזבחיקתזבחיהםלשערםאשרהםזניתישראלומןהראשריגורבתליקוקונכרתהאישההואמעמיפניבנפשהאכלתאתהדםוהכלכפרעלנפשתיכםכיהדםהואגיהנומ
    skip 68, width 68 — one row is 68 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 168,480 of the TorahOpen at skip 68 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skipGenesis 16:4בראשית טז:דskip 211, backward
    1. גGenesis 16:4

      … כִּי הָרָתָה וַתֵּקַל גְּבִרְתָּהּ בְּעֵינֶֽיהָ

      And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. יGenesis 16:1

      וְשָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם לֹא …

      Now Sarai Abram’s wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

    2. הGenesis 15:17

      וַיְהִי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בָּאָה וַעֲלָטָה הָיָה וְהִנֵּה תַנּוּר …

      And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed …

    3. נGenesis 15:12

      … הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לָבוֹא וְתַרְדֵּמָה נָפְלָה עַל־אַבְרָם וְהִנֵּה …

      And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon …

    4. וGenesis 15:7

      … אֲנִי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים לָתֶת …

      And He said unto him: ‘I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.’

    5. מGenesis 15:2

      … עֲרִירִי וּבֶן־מֶשֶׁק בֵּיתִי הוּא דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶֽזֶר

      And Abram said: ‘O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of …

    גיהנום at skip 211, backward from Genesis 16:4יביתושמנהעשךשלםהוציאלחםאקחמכלאשרליהואדשקאליקאשרהצאתיךתרדמהפלהעלהויהישמשבאסיושראשתאבהותקלברתהבמזהבאתואנהתיוישכןותקראוקאלאברםויאגיהנומ
    skip 211, width 211 — one row is 211 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 18,496 of the TorahOpen at skip 211 in the laboratory →

  3. a mid-range skipExodus 6:4שמות ו:דskip 234, forward
    1. גExodus 6:4

      … כְּנָעַן אֵת אֶרֶץ מְגֻרֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר־גָּרוּ בָֽהּ

      And I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. יExodus 6:7

      … אֱלֹהֵיכֶם הַמּוֹצִיא אֶתְכֶם מִתַּחַת סִבְלוֹת מִצְרָֽיִם

      and I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from …

    2. הExodus 6:12

      … אֵלַי וְאֵיךְ יִשְׁמָעֵנִי פַרְעֹה וַאֲנִי עֲרַל שְׂפָתָֽיִם

      And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying: ‘Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am …

    3. ןExodus 6:16

      … בְּנֵֽי־לֵוִי לְתֹלְדֹתָם גֵּרְשׁוֹן וּקְהָת וּמְרָרִי וּשְׁנֵי …

      And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of …

    4. וExodus 6:21

      וּבְנֵי יִצְהָר קֹרַח וָנֶפֶג וְזִכְרִֽי

      And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

    5. םExodus 6:26

      … אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהוָה לָהֶם הוֹצִיאוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי …

      These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said: ‘Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.’

    גיהנום at skip 234, forward from Exodus 6:4כושטריבניישבןלאינתןלכםהזהשלחתניומתארץמריהםאותמצרםוהבאניפרעואניעםגרשווקהתוחונפגזכריוקוקלההוציאקאלמשהראהנתאנייקוקבנטתשוכןכאשרצוהגיהןום
    skip 234, width 234 — one row is 234 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 84,952 of the TorahOpen at skip 234 in the laboratory →

  4. a mid-range skipNumbers 35:25במדבר לה:כהskip 1,011, backward
    1. גNumbers 35:25

      … עַד־מוֹת הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדֹל אֲשֶׁר־מָשַׁח אֹתוֹ …

      and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his …

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. יNumbers 35:5

      … צָפוֹן אַלְפַּיִם בָּאַמָּה וְהָעִיר בַּתָּוֶךְ זֶה יִהְיֶה …

      And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west …

    2. הNumbers 34:10

      וְהִתְאַוִּיתֶם לָכֶם לִגְבוּל קֵדְמָה מֵחֲצַר עֵינָן שְׁפָֽמָה

      And ye shall mark out your line for the east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;

    3. ןNumbers 33:46

      וַיִּסְעוּ מִדִּיבֹן גָּד וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּעַלְמֹן דִּבְלָתָֽיְמָה

      And they journeyed from Dibon-gad, and pitched in Almon-diblathaim.

    4. וNumbers 33:8

      … דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים בְּמִדְבַּר אֵתָם וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּמָרָֽה

      And they journeyed from Penehahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness; and they went three days’journey in the …

    5. םNumbers 32:29

      … יְהוָה וְנִכְבְּשָׁה הָאָרֶץ לִפְנֵיכֶם וּנְתַתֶּם לָהֶם אֶת …

      And Moses said unto them: ‘If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to …

    גיהנום at skip 1,011, backward from Numbers 35:25אשתעבירובאשמשהממחצתבנימצריםמבןעשרלפניכונתתםםויחנבמרהוומדיבגדויחולקדממחצרעמהוהערבתוךהכהןהדלאשראלוכלבתירשתידעיםלשבטיכךלפניכםהואיגיהןום
    skip 1,011, width 1,011 — one row is 1,011 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 248,610 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,011 in the laboratory →

  5. the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 28:51דברים כח:נאskip 58,694, backward
    1. גDeuteronomy 28:51

      … דָּגָן תִּירוֹשׁ וְיִצְהָר שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ וְעַשְׁתְּרֹת צֹאנֶךָ …

      And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee corn, wine …

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. יNumbers 28:5

      … לְמִנְחָה בְּלוּלָה בְּשֶׁמֶן כָּתִית רְבִיעִת הַהִֽין

      and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.

    2. הLeviticus 23:12

      … בֶּן־שְׁנָתוֹ לְעֹלָה לַיהוָֽה

      And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt-offering unto the LORD.

    3. נExodus 27:17

      … וָוֵיהֶם כָּסֶף וְאַדְנֵיהֶם נְחֹֽשֶׁת

      All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.

    4. וGenesis 40:10

      … כְפֹרַחַת עָלְתָה נִצָּהּ הִבְשִׁילוּ אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶיהָ עֲנָבִֽים

      and in the vine were three branches; and as it was budding, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes,

    5. םGenesis 1:14

      … הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַיּוֹם וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה וְהָיוּ …

      And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for …

    גיהנום at skip 58,694, backward from Deuteronomy 28:51יןהיווביןההבשילאשכלתדניהםחשתארעלהליוקומנשמןכתתרביעיצהרשראלפיגיקנום
    skip 58,694, width 58,694 — one row is 58,694 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 294,114 of the TorahOpen at skip 58,694 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 9,429 sequences of גיהנום across every skip (2–239,408) — about what chance alone gives (about 9,750).

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 410 found · chance alone about 403 (probability of 410 or more by chance alone: 0.37).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 502
  • Exodus 282
  • Leviticus 352
  • Numbers 341
  • Deuteronomy 355
  • Joshua 485
  • Judges 344
  • Samuel 887
  • Kings 540
  • Isaiah 717
  • Jeremiah 581
  • Ezekiel 651
  • The Twelve 611
  • Psalms 719
  • Proverbs 211
  • Job 258
  • Song of Songs 79
  • Ruth 65
  • Lamentations 79
  • Ecclesiastes 90
  • Esther 93
  • Daniel 211
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 305
  • Chronicles 671
Open the whole Tanakh in the laboratory

Outside the Torah

  1. shortest skip outside the TorahJeremiah 46:14ירמיהו מו:ידskip 38, forward
    1. ג יJeremiah 46:14

      הַגִּידוּ בְמִצְרַיִם וְהַשְׁמִיעוּ בְמִגְדּוֹל וְהַשְׁמִיעוּ בְנֹף וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵס אִמְרוּ הִתְיַצֵּב וְהָכֵן לָךְ כִּֽי־אָכְלָה חֶרֶב סְבִיבֶֽיךָ

      Declare ye in Egypt, and announce in Migdol, And announce in Noph and in Tahpanhes; Say ye: ‘Stand forth, and prepare thee, For the sword …

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. הJeremiah 46:15

      … לֹא עָמַד כִּי יְהוָה הֲדָפֽוֹ

      Why is thy strong one overthrown? He stood not, because the LORD did thrust him down.

    2. נJeremiah 46:16

      … רֵעֵהוּ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ קוּמָה וְנָשֻׁבָה אֶל־עַמֵּנוּ וְאֶל …

      He made many to stumble; Yea, they fell one upon another, And said: ‘Arise, and let us return to our own people, And to the land of our …

    3. וJeremiah 46:17

      קָרְאוּ שָׁם פַּרְעֹה מֶֽלֶךְ …

      They cried there: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; He hath let the appointed time pass by.’

    4. מJeremiah 46:18

      חַי־אָנִי נְאֻם־הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ …

      As I live, saith the King, Whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely like Tabor among the mountains, And like Carmel by the sea, so shall he …

    גיהנום at skip 38, forward from Jeremiah 46:14ךמלאההארץכיהדבראשרדבריצרמלךבבללהכיעובמדולוהכןלךכאכלהחכייקוהדפוהקומהושבהאלנהקראשםפרעינאםהלךיקוביםיבואכליגהתהיהונצתהמפוןבאבאגםשכגיקנומ
    skip 38, width 38 — one row is 38 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 713,322 of the TanakhOpen at skip 38 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skipAmos 7:17עמוס ז:יזskip 110, forward
    1. גAmos 7:17

      … תָּמוּת וְיִשְׂרָאֵל גָּלֹה יִגְלֶה מֵעַל אַדְמָתֽוֹ

      Therefore thus saith the LORD: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, And thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, And thy land …

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. יAmos 8:3

      וְהֵילִילוּ שִׁירוֹת הֵיכָל בַּיּוֹם …

      And the songs of the palace shall be wailings in that day, Saith the Lord GOD; The dead bodies shall be many; In every place silence shall …

    2. הAmos 8:5

      … הַחֹדֶשׁ וְנַשְׁבִּירָה שֶּׁבֶר וְהַשַּׁבָּת וְנִפְתְּחָה־בָּר לְהַקְטִין …

      Saying: ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may set forth corn? Making the ephah small, and …

    3. נAmos 8:7

      … יַעֲקֹב אִם־אֶשְׁכַּח לָנֶצַח כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם

      The LORD hath sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their works.

    4. וAmos 8:9

      … וְהֵבֵאתִי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בַּֽצָּהֳרָיִם וְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּי לָאָרֶץ בְּיוֹם אֽוֹר

      And it shall come to pass in that day, Saith the Lord GOD, That I will cause the sun to go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in the …

    5. םAmos 8:11

      הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּי …

      Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, That I will send a famine in the land, Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, But of …

    גיהנום at skip 110, forward from Amos 7:17מציהאלעמוסחהלאנביאאנכירלאתנבאעלישלגלהילהמעלרלווהלילושהשברושבתונאשכחלצחכלמצהריםהחשכתנהימיבאיםנריקוקולאימצראיתיאתאדנישםידיתקחםואגיהנום
    skip 110, width 110 — one row is 110 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 821,402 of the TanakhOpen at skip 110 in the laboratory →

  3. longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 32:15דברי הימים ב לב:טוskip 237,005, backward
    1. ג2 Chronicles 32:15

      … כָּל־אֱלוֹהַ כָּל־גּוֹי וּמַמְלָכָה לְהַצִּיל עַמּוֹ …

      Now therefore let not Hezekiah beguile you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe ye him; for no god of any nation or kingdom …

    Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
    1. יProverbs 17:10

      תֵּחַת גְּעָרָה בְמֵבִין מֵהַכּוֹת כְּסִיל מֵאָֽה

      A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

    2. הJeremiah 47:1

      … יַכֶּה פַרְעֹה אֶת־עַזָּֽה

      The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

    3. נ1 Kings 1:2

      … לוֹ עֲבָדָיו יְבַקְשׁוּ לַאדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ נַעֲרָה בְתוּלָה …

      Wherefore his servants said unto him: ‘Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin; and let her stand before the king, and be a …

    4. וNumbers 31:16

      … בַּיהוָה עַל־דְּבַר־פְּעוֹר וַתְּהִי הַמַּגֵּפָה בַּעֲדַת …

      Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to revolt so as to break faith with the LORD in the matter of …

    5. םGenesis 3:6

      … וְכִי תַֽאֲוָה־הוּא לָעֵינַיִם וְנֶחְמָד הָעֵץ לְהַשְׂכִּיל …

      And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make …

    גיהנום at skip 237,005, backward from 2 Chronicles 32:15לעיניונחמדדברפערותהישולאדיהמלךהאתעזכהאמררהבמבןמהכולוהכלויוממגיהנום
    skip 237,005, width 237,005 — one row is 237,005 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 1,188,208 of the TanakhOpen at skip 237,005 in the laboratory →

The spelling

גיהנום — a Hebrew word: Gehinnom, the place of purification of souls. Searched as גיהנום, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 114.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Gehinnom appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 463 sequences of גיהנום across every skip (2–60,969) — about what chance alone gives (about 468).

What is the shortest skip for Gehinnom in the Torah?

Skip 68, reading backward from Leviticus 17:8 — the shortest of 463 sequences across every skip (2–60,969), where chance alone would give about 468.

How is Gehinnom spelled in Hebrew?

Gehinnom is spelled גיהנום — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 114.

Is Gehinnom in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 9,429 sequences of גיהנום across every skip (2–239,408) — about what chance alone gives (about 9,750).

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