Gemara גמרא
Gemara — in Hebrew גמרא — the Gemara, the Talmud's discussion of the Mishnah. Gemara appears 92,350 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 93,084 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 92,350
- Chance alone · every skip
- 93,084
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.99
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,341
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 9,096 found · chance alone about 8,933 (probability of 9,096 or more by chance alone: 0.04).
In the Torah
92,350 sequences of גמרא across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 93,084 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 24:19, reading backward.
The longest skip at which גמרא was found in the Torah is 101,341 — at Deuteronomy 34:6, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 24,597
- Exodus 15,916
- Leviticus 16,907
- Numbers 17,744
- Deuteronomy 17,186
Examples across the range
5 of the 92,350 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.
Letter by letter
- ג ם ר אGenesis 24:19
וַתְּכַל לְהַשְׁקֹתוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר גַּם לִגְמַלֶּיךָ אֶשְׁאָב עַד אִם־כִּלּוּ לִשְׁתֹּֽת
And when she had done giving him drink, she said: ‘I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 30,375 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ג ם ר אGenesis 24:19
Letter by letter
- ג ם ר אExodus 2:17
וַיָּבֹאוּ הָרֹעִים וַיְגָרְשׁוּם וַיָּקָם מֹשֶׁה וַיּוֹשִׁעָן וַיַּשְׁקְ אֶת־צֹאנָֽם
And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 79,922 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- ג ם ר אExodus 2:17
- גExodus 10:11
… יְהוָה כִּי אֹתָהּ אַתֶּם מְבַקְשִׁים וַיְגָרֶשׁ אֹתָם מֵאֵת פְּנֵי פַרְעֹֽה
Not so; go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what ye desire.’ And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- מExodus 10:13
וַיֵּט מֹשֶׁה אֶת־מַטֵּהוּ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם …
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
- רExodus 10:14
וַיַּעַל הָֽאַרְבֶּה עַל כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַיָּנַח בְּכֹל גְּבוּל מִצְרָיִם כָּבֵד …
And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
- אExodus 10:15
… וַיֹּאכַל אֶת־כָּל־עֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ וְאֵת כָּל־פְּרִי הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר הוֹתִיר …
For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left; and there remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 92,280 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- גExodus 10:11
- גLeviticus 6:4
וּפָשַׁט אֶת־בְּגָדָיו וְלָבַשׁ בְּגָדִים אֲחֵרִים וְהוֹצִיא אֶת …
And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- םLeviticus 7:2
בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁחֲטוּ אֶת־הָעֹלָה יִשְׁחֲטוּ אֶת־הָאָשָׁם וְאֶת־דָּמוֹ יִזְרֹק עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִֽיב
In the place where they kill the burnt-offering shall they kill the guilt-offering: and the blood thereof shall be dashed against the altar round about.
- רLeviticus 7:21
… אוֹ בְּכָל־שֶׁקֶץ טָמֵא וְאָכַל מִבְּשַׂר־זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים אֲשֶׁר לַיהוָה וְנִכְרְתָה …
And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, whether it be the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean detestable thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- אLeviticus 8:5
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־הָעֵדָה זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה לַעֲשֽׂוֹת
And Moses said unto the congregation: ‘This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded to be done.’
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 148,003 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- גLeviticus 6:4
- גDeuteronomy 34:6
וַיִּקְבֹּר אֹתוֹ בַגַּיְ בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב מוּל בֵּית פְּעוֹר …
And he was buried in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor; and no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- םNumbers 8:16
כִּי נְתֻנִים נְתֻנִים הֵמָּה לִי מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל …
For they are wholly given unto Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto Me.
- רExodus 16:10
… אַהֲרֹן אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּפְנוּ אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּר וְהִנֵּה כְּבוֹד …
And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
- אGenesis 1:11
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּֽדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע …
And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 101,341, width 101,341 — one row is 101,341 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,483 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,341 in the laboratory →
- גDeuteronomy 34:6
Across the Tanakh
1,511,109 sequences of גמרא across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,510,783 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 37,583 found · chance alone about 37,618 (probability of 37,583 or more by chance alone: 0.57).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 87,298
- Exodus 55,778
- Leviticus 58,421
- Numbers 59,276
- Deuteronomy 57,434
- Joshua 78,077
- Judges 55,362
- Samuel 129,467
- Kings 87,815
- Isaiah 109,371
- Jeremiah 96,540
- Ezekiel 103,523
- The Twelve 99,147
- Psalms 109,591
- Proverbs 34,996
- Job 47,780
- Song of Songs 9,812
- Ruth 9,041
- Lamentations 11,266
- Ecclesiastes 16,853
- Esther 15,627
- Daniel 35,406
- Ezra–Nehemiah 43,006
- Chronicles 100,222
Outside the Torah
- ג םPsalms 105:29
הָפַךְ אֶת־מֵימֵיהֶם לְדָם וַיָּמֶת אֶת־דְּגָתָֽם
He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- ר אPsalms 105:30
שָׁרַץ אַרְצָם צְפַרְדְּעִים בְּחַדְרֵי מַלְכֵיהֶֽם
Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 915,067 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ג םPsalms 105:29
- גJudges 20:20
וַיֵּצֵא אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל לַמִּלְחָמָה עִם־בִּנְיָמִן וַיַּעַרְכוּ אִתָּם אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִלְחָמָה אֶל־הַגִּבְעָֽה
And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- םJudges 20:22
וַיִּתְחַזֵּק הָעָם אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּסִפוּ לַעֲרֹךְ מִלְחָמָה בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־עָרְכוּ שָׁם בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשֽׁוֹן
And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.
- רJudges 20:23
… לַמִּלְחָמָה עִם־בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן אָחִי וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה עֲלוּ אֵלָֽיו
And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even; and they asked of the LORD, saying: ‘Shall I again draw nigh to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?’ And the LORD said: ‘Go up against him.’
- אJudges 20:25
… בִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹד שְׁמֹנַת עָשָׂר אֶלֶף אִישׁ אָרְצָה כָּל־אֵלֶּה שֹׁלְפֵי …
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 380,260 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- גJudges 20:20
- ג2 Chronicles 36:20
וַיֶּגֶל הַשְּׁאֵרִית מִן־הַחֶרֶב אֶל־בָּבֶל וַֽיִּהְיוּ־לוֹ וּלְבָנָיו לַעֲבָדִים עַד־מְלֹךְ מַלְכוּת פָּרָֽס
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- םEzekiel 46:20
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי זֶה הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יְבַשְּׁלוּ־שָׁם הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת …
And he said unto me: ‘This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt-offering and the sin-offering, where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they bring them not forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.’
- ר1 Samuel 12:1
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנֵּה …
And Samuel said unto all Israel: ‘Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
- אGenesis 1:16
… אֶת־שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדֹלִים אֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַגָּדֹל לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־הַמָּאוֹר …
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
skip 398,659, width 398,659 — one row is 398,659 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,724 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,659 in the laboratory →
- ג2 Chronicles 36:20
The spelling
גמרא — a Hebrew word: the Gemara, the Talmud's discussion of the Mishnah. Searched as גמרא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 244.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Gemara in the Torah codes?
92,350 sequences of גמרא across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 93,084 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Gemara in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 24:19 — the shortest of 92,350 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 93,084.
How is Gemara spelled in Hebrew?
Gemara is spelled גמרא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 244.
Is Gemara in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
1,511,109 sequences of גמרא across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,510,783 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 93,084 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.