Gog גוג

Gog (גוג) is a person named in the Tanakh. Counted across every skip (2–152,424), the Torah holds 109,661 sequences of Gog, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 24:32); chance alone would give about 111,370.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 109,661
Chance alone · every skip: 111,370
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.00
Shortest skip: 3
Longest skip found: 151,795

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 7,565 found · chance alone about 7,185 (probability of 7,565 or more by chance alone: 4.6 × 10⁻⁶).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–152,424), גוג appears 109,661 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 111,370, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — at Genesis 24:32, reading forward.

The longest skip at which גוג was found in the Torah is 151,795 — at Genesis 1:16, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.

A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 111,370 of it, so a large count is expected.

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

Genesis 53,289
Exodus 24,049
Leviticus 18,044
Numbers 10,854
Deuteronomy 3,425

Examples across the range

5 of the 109,661 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.

shortest skipGenesis 24:32בראשית כד:לבskip 3, forward
Letter by letter
1. ג ו גGenesis 24:32
  … תֶּבֶן וּמִסְפּוֹא לַגְּמַלִּים וּמַיִם לִרְחֹץ רַגְלָיו וְרַגְלֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר אִתּֽוֹ
  And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 31,036 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
also at the shortest skipGenesis 48:19בראשית מח:יטskip 3, forward
Letter by letter
1. ג ו גGenesis 48:19
  … יָדַעְתִּי גַּם־הוּא יִֽהְיֶה־לְּעָם וְגַם־הוּא יִגְדָּל וְאוּלָם אָחִיו הַקָּטֹן יִגְדַּל מִמֶּנּוּ …
  And his father refused, and said: ‘I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 75,012 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 25:45ויקרא כה:מהskip 100, forward
1. גLeviticus 25:45
  וְגַם מִבְּנֵי הַתּוֹשָׁבִים הַגָּרִים עִמָּכֶם מֵהֶם תִּקְנוּ וּמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּם אֲשֶׁר …
  Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land; and they may be your possession.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. וLeviticus 25:46
  … לָרֶשֶׁת אֲחֻזָּה לְעֹלָם בָּהֶם תַּעֲבֹדוּ וּבְאַחֵיכֶם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו לֹא …
  And ye may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession: of them may ye take your bondmen for ever; but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour.
2. גLeviticus 25:48
  אַחֲרֵי נִמְכַּר גְּאֻלָּה תִּהְיֶה־לּוֹ אֶחָד מֵאֶחָיו יִגְאָלֶֽנּוּ
  after that he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brethren may redeem him;
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 181,734 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 22:20שמות כב:כskip 1,000, forward
1. גExodus 22:20
  וְגֵר לֹא־תוֹנֶה וְלֹא תִלְחָצֶנּוּ כִּֽי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
  And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. וExodus 23:15
  … הַמַּצּוֹת תִּשְׁמֹר שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תֹּאכַל מַצּוֹת כַּֽאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִךָ לְמוֹעֵד חֹדֶשׁ הָֽאָבִיב …
  The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep; seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib—for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear before Me empty;
2. גExodus 24:2
  וְנִגַּשׁ מֹשֶׁה לְבַדּוֹ אֶל־יְהוָה וְהֵם לֹא יִגָּשׁוּ וְהָעָם לֹא יַעֲלוּ עִמּֽוֹ
  and Moses alone shall come near unto the LORD; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.’
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 110,546 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 1:16בראשית א:טזskip 151,795, forward
1. גGenesis 1:16
  וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדֹלִים אֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַגָּדֹל לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַיּוֹם …
  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.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. וLeviticus 8:30
  … הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַיַּז עַֽל־אַהֲרֹן עַל־בְּגָדָיו וְעַל־בָּנָיו וְעַל־בִּגְדֵי בָנָיו …
  And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’garments with him.
2. גDeuteronomy 34:3
  וְאֶת־הַנֶּגֶב וְֽאֶת־הַכִּכָּר בִּקְעַת יְרֵחוֹ עִיר הַתְּמָרִים עַד־צֹֽעַר
  and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.
skip 151,795, width 151,795 — one row is 151,795 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 738 of the TorahOpen at skip 151,795 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 2,766,284 sequences of גוג across every skip (2–598,520), 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 2,750,244); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.2 × 10⁻²² by chance alone.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 50,202 found · chance alone about 45,750 (probability of 50,202 or more by chance alone: 1.3 × 10⁻⁹³).

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

Genesis 301,330
Exodus 183,993
Leviticus 187,318
Numbers 184,032
Deuteronomy 173,695
Joshua 227,247
Judges 151,873
Samuel 318,063
Kings 190,863
Isaiah 206,797
Jeremiah 156,861
Ezekiel 145,058
The Twelve 116,295
Psalms 97,793
Proverbs 24,896
Job 28,493
Song of Songs 5,062
Ruth 4,657
Lamentations 5,739
Ecclesiastes 7,870
Esther 7,084
Daniel 14,153
Ezra–Nehemiah 13,976
Chronicles 13,136

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahJoshua 15:8יהושע טו:חskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ג ו גJoshua 15:8
  וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל גֵּי בֶן־הִנֹּם אֶל־כֶּתֶף הַיְבוּסִי …
  And the border went up by the Valley of the son of Hinnom unto the side of the Jebusite southward—the same is Jerusalem—and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the vale of Rephaim northward.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 328,118 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skip1 Samuel 27:6שמואל א כז:וskip 100, forward
1. ג1 Samuel 27:6
  … הַהוּא אֶת־צִֽקְלָג לָכֵן הָיְתָה צִֽקְלַג לְמַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה …
  Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day; wherefore Ziklag belongeth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. ו1 Samuel 27:8
  … וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ אֶל־הַגְּשׁוּרִי והגרזי וְהָעֲמָלֵקִי כִּי הֵנָּה יֹשְׁבוֹת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר …
  And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gizrites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
2. ג1 Samuel 27:9
  … וְלָקַח צֹאן וּבָקָר וַחֲמֹרִים וּגְמַלִּים וּבְגָדִים וַיָּשָׁב וַיָּבֹא אֶל־אָכִֽישׁ
  And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel. And he returned, and came to Achish.
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 429,332 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the TorahJoshua 1:8יהושע א:חskip 445,710, forward
1. גJoshua 1:8
  … יָמוּשׁ סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּה מִפִּיךָ וְהָגִיתָ בּוֹ יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה לְמַעַן תִּשְׁמֹר …
  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy ways prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. וEzekiel 18:19
  … הַבֵּן בַּעֲוֺן הָאָב וְהַבֵּן מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה עָשָׂה אֵת כָּל־חֻקּוֹתַי שָׁמַר …
  Yet say ye: Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father with him? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all My statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
2. 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;
skip 445,710, width 445,710 — one row is 445,710 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 305,304 of the TanakhOpen at skip 445,710 in the laboratory →

The spelling

גוג — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as גוג, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 12.

As a plain word it stands 10 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 38:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Gog in the Tanakh

Questions

Is Gog in the Torah codes?

Across every skip (2–152,424), גוג appears 109,661 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 111,370, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Gog in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 24:32 — the shortest of 109,661 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 111,370.

How is Gog spelled in Hebrew?

Gog is spelled גוג — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 12.

Is Gog in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

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