God's four-letter Name — the Tetragrammaton יהוה
God's four-letter Name — the Tetragrammaton (יהוה) is a Name of God in the Tanakh — the four-letter Name of God. God's four-letter Name — the Tetragrammaton appears 257,196 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 261,038 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 257,196
- Chance alone
- 261,038
- 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
The Torah holds 257,196 sequences of יהוה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 261,038).
The shortest skip at which יהוה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 8:11, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), יהוה is found 2,699,775 times; chance alone would give about 2,719,979.
- Genesis 60,408
- Exodus 57,735
- Leviticus 41,923
- Numbers 48,726
- Deuteronomy 48,404
The shortest skips
וַתָּבֹא אֵלָיו הַיּוֹנָה לְעֵת עֶרֶב וְהִנֵּה עֲלֵה־זַיִת טָרָף בְּפִיהָ וַיֵּדַע נֹחַ כִּי־קַלּוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָֽרֶץ
And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,644Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה תָּבוֹא אֶל־אֲבֹתֶיךָ בְּשָׁלוֹם תִּקָּבֵר בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָֽה
But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,026Open in the laboratory →
וּלְרִבְקָה אָח וּשְׁמוֹ לָבָן וַיָּרָץ לָבָן אֶל־הָאִישׁ הַחוּצָה אֶל־הָעָֽיִן
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 30,820Open 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 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 33,162Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כְּהַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וַיָּבֹא הַבַּיְתָה לַעֲשׂוֹת מְלַאכְתּוֹ וְאֵין אִישׁ מֵאַנְשֵׁי הַבַּיִת שָׁם בַּבָּֽיִת
And it came to pass on a certain day, when he went into the house to do his work, and there was none of the men of the house there within,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 58,152Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,077,095 sequences of יהוה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,076,033).
- Genesis 60,408
- Exodus 57,735
- Leviticus 41,923
- Numbers 48,726
- Deuteronomy 52,294
- Joshua 44,644
- Judges 37,160
- Samuel 84,081
- Kings 98,024
- Isaiah 57,053
- Jeremiah 95,873
- Ezekiel 65,561
- The Twelve 66,010
- Psalms 54,294
- Proverbs 10,660
- Job 13,133
- Song of Songs 3,239
- Ruth 3,481
- Lamentations 4,702
- Ecclesiastes 8,209
- Esther 8,526
- Daniel 13,908
- Ezra–Nehemiah 36,056
- Chronicles 111,395
Outside the Torah
וַתּוֹרִדֵם בַּחֶבֶל בְּעַד הַֽחַלּוֹן כִּי בֵיתָהּ בְּקִיר הַֽחוֹמָה וּבַֽחוֹמָה הִיא יוֹשָֽׁבֶת
Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,006Open in the laboratory →
וּלְמִשְׁפְּחוֹת בְּנֵֽי־קְהָת הַלְוִיִּם הַנּוֹתָרִים מִבְּנֵי קְהָת וַֽיְהִי עָרֵי גֽוֹרָלָם מִמַּטֵּה אֶפְרָֽיִם
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 337,170Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּמָת גִּדְעוֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָשׁ בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּקֶבֶר יוֹאָשׁ אָבִיו בְּעָפְרָה אֲבִי הָֽעֶזְרִֽי
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 359,609Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
יהוה — the Tanakh's own spelling: the four-letter Name of God. Searched as יהוה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 26.
As a plain word it stands 6,007 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 2:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: God's four-letter Name — pointed to be read Elohim.
Questions
Does God's four-letter Name — the Tetragrammaton appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 257,196 sequences of יהוה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 261,038).
What is the shortest skip for God's four-letter Name — the Tetragrammaton in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:11 — the shortest of 257,196 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 261,038.
What is the gematria of God's four-letter Name — the Tetragrammaton in Hebrew?
God's four-letter Name — the Tetragrammaton is spelled יהוה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 26.
How many times is God's four-letter Name — the Tetragrammaton found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,077,095 sequences of יהוה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,076,033).
Search it yourself
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