Gudgodah גדגדה

Gudgodah (גדגדה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Gudgod. Gudgodah appears 67 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), in line with the 54.4 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 67
Chance alone · every skip: 54.4
P (≥ found) · every skip: 0.05
Shortest skip: 2,321
Longest skip found: 71,044

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 8 found · chance alone about 6.9 (probability of 8 or more by chance alone: 0.39).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 67 sequences of גדגדה across every skip (2–76,212) — about what chance alone gives (about 54.4).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2,321 — at Deuteronomy 9:29, reading backward.

The longest skip at which גדגדה was found in the Torah is 71,044 — at Deuteronomy 28:66, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

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

Genesis 16
Exodus 11
Leviticus 20
Numbers 7
Deuteronomy 13

Examples across the range

5 of the 67 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 skipDeuteronomy 9:29דברים ט:כטskip 2,321, backward
Letter by letter
1. גDeuteronomy 9:29
  וְהֵם עַמְּךָ וְנַחֲלָתֶךָ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתָ בְּכֹחֲךָ הַגָּדֹל וּבִֽזְרֹעֲךָ הַנְּטוּיָֽה
  Yet they are Thy people and Thine inheritance, that Thou didst bring out by Thy great power and by Thy outstretched arm.’
2. דDeuteronomy 8:15
  הַמּוֹלִיכֲךָ בַּמִּדְבָּר הַגָּדֹל וְהַנּוֹרָא נָחָשׁ שָׂרָף וְעַקְרָב …
  who led thee through the great and dreadful wilderness, wherein were serpents, fiery serpents, and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
3. גDeuteronomy 7:1
  … וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַֽחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי שִׁבְעָה גוֹיִם רַבִּים וַעֲצוּמִים מִמֶּֽךָּ
  When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
4. דDeuteronomy 5:16
  … יָמֶיךָ וּלְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ עַל הָֽאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָֽךְ …
  Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
5. הDeuteronomy 4:26
  … וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ כִּֽי־אָבֹד תֹּאבֵדוּן מַהֵר מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים …
  I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
skip 2,321, width 2,321 — one row is 2,321 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 267,293 of the TorahOpen at skip 2,321 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 49:6בראשית מט:וskip 2,343, backward
1. גGenesis 49:6
  … כְּבֹדִי כִּי בְאַפָּם הָרְגוּ אִישׁ וּבִרְצֹנָם עִקְּרוּ …
  Let my soul not come into their council; Unto their assembly let my glory not be not united; For in their anger they slew men, And in their …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. דGenesis 47:19
  … וְנִֽחְיֶה וְלֹא נָמוּת וְהָאֲדָמָה לֹא תֵשָֽׁם
  Wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bondmen unto …
2. גGenesis 46:11
  וּבְנֵי לֵוִי גֵּרְשׁוֹן קְהָת וּמְרָרִֽי
  And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
3. דGenesis 44:28
  … טֹרָף וְלֹא רְאִיתִיו עַד־הֵֽנָּה
  and the one went out from me, and I said: Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since;
4. הGenesis 43:18
  … מֽוּבָאִים לְהִתְגֹּלֵל עָלֵינוּ וּלְהִתְנַפֵּל עָלֵינוּ וְלָקַחַת אֹתָנוּ …
  And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said: ‘Because of the money that was returned in our sacks …
skip 2,343, width 2,343 — one row is 2,343 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 75,472 of the TorahOpen at skip 2,343 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 4:6שמות ד:וskip 2,671, forward
1. גExodus 4:6
  … בְּחֵיקוֹ וַיּוֹצִאָהּ וְהִנֵּה יָדוֹ מְצֹרַעַת כַּשָּֽׁלֶג
  And the LORD said furthermore unto him: ‘Put now thy hand into thy bosom.’ And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. דExodus 6:2
  וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־מֹשֶׁה …
  And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him: ‘I am the LORD;
2. גExodus 7:21
  וְהַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר־בַּיְאֹר מֵתָה וַיִּבְאַשׁ הַיְאֹר …
  And the fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood …
3. דExodus 9:11
  וְלֹֽא־יָכְלוּ הַֽחַרְטֻמִּים לַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי מֹשֶׁה מִפְּנֵי …
  And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
4. הExodus 10:20
  … יְהוָה אֶת־לֵב פַּרְעֹה וְלֹא שִׁלַּח אֶת …
  But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
skip 2,671, width 2,671 — one row is 2,671 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 82,164 of the TorahOpen at skip 2,671 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 35:23שמות לה:כגskip 2,732, forward
1. גExodus 35:23
  … נִמְצָא אִתּוֹ תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ …
  And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’hair, and rams’skins dyed red, and sealskins …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. דExodus 36:38
  … רָאשֵׁיהֶם וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶם זָהָב וְאַדְנֵיהֶם חֲמִשָּׁה נְחֹֽשֶׁת
  and the five pillars of it with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of …
2. גExodus 38:26
  בֶּקַע לַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ לְכֹל …
  a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that are numbered, from …
3. דExodus 40:6
  … פֶּתַח מִשְׁכַּן אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵֽד
  And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
4. הLeviticus 2:8
  … לַיהוָה וְהִקְרִיבָהּ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן וְהִגִּישָׁהּ אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
  And thou shalt bring the meal-offering that is made of these things unto the LORD; and it shall be presented unto the priest, and he shall …
skip 2,732, width 2,732 — one row is 2,732 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 132,012 of the TorahOpen at skip 2,732 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 28:66דברים כח:סוskip 71,044, backward
1. גDeuteronomy 28:66
  … חַיֶּיךָ תְּלֻאִים לְךָ מִנֶּגֶד וּפָֽחַדְתָּ לַיְלָה וְיוֹמָם …
  And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. דNumbers 21:12
  מִשָּׁם נָסָעוּ וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּנַחַל זָֽרֶד
  From thence they journeyed, and pitched in the valley of Zered.
2. גLeviticus 9:3
  … שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים לְחַטָּאת וְעֵגֶל וָכֶבֶשׂ בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה …
  And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying: Take ye a he-goat for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first …
3. דExodus 4:4
  … אֶל־מֹשֶׁה שְׁלַח יָֽדְךָ וֶאֱחֹז בִּזְנָבוֹ וַיִּשְׁלַח …
  And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail—and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a …
4. הGenesis 9:15
  … וּבֵין כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה בְּכָל־בָּשָׂר וְלֹֽא …
  that I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a …
skip 71,044, width 71,044 — one row is 71,044 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 295,140 of the TorahOpen at skip 71,044 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 1,791 sequences of גדגדה across every skip (2–299,260), 13% above what chance alone gives (about 1,582); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.4 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 64 found · chance alone about 52.4 (probability of 64 or more by chance alone: 0.07).

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

Genesis 70
Exodus 56
Leviticus 66
Numbers 54
Deuteronomy 66
Joshua 86
Judges 66
Samuel 165
Kings 124
Isaiah 110
Jeremiah 89
Ezekiel 128
The Twelve 130
Psalms 144
Proverbs 50
Job 65
Song of Songs 13
Ruth 13
Lamentations 13
Ecclesiastes 26
Esther 20
Daniel 41
Ezra–Nehemiah 58
Chronicles 138

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the Torah1 Samuel 23:5שמואל א כג:הskip 57, forward
1. ג1 Samuel 23:5
  … וַיַּךְ בָּהֶם מַכָּה גְדוֹלָה וַיֹּשַׁע דָּוִד אֵת …
  And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ד1 Samuel 23:6
  … אֶל־דָּוִד קְעִילָה אֵפוֹד יָרַד בְּיָדֽוֹ
  And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
2. ג1 Samuel 23:7
  … אֱלֹהִים בְּיָדִי כִּי נִסְגַּר לָבוֹא בְּעִיר דְּלָתַיִם …
  And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said: ‘God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering …
3. ד1 Samuel 23:8
  … קְעִילָה לָצוּר אֶל־דָּוִד וְאֶל־אֲנָשָֽׁיו
  And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
4. ה1 Samuel 23:9
  … אֶל־אֶבְיָתָר הַכֹּהֵן הַגִּישָׁה הָאֵפֽוֹד
  And David knew that Saul devised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest: ‘Bring hither the ephod.’
skip 57, width 57 — one row is 57 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 421,485 of the TanakhOpen at skip 57 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipRuth 4:6רות ד:וskip 115, forward
1. גRuth 4:6
  … הַגֹּאֵל לֹא אוּכַל לגאול־לִי פֶּן־אַשְׁחִית …
  And the near kinsman said: ‘I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance; take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. דRuth 4:7
  … אִישׁ נַעֲלוֹ וְנָתַן לְרֵעֵהוּ וְזֹאת הַתְּעוּדָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
  Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his …
2. גRuth 4:10
  וְגַם אֶת־רוּת הַמֹּאֲבִיָּה אֵשֶׁת מַחְלוֹן …
  Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I acquired to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that …
3. דRuth 4:11
  … אֲשֶׁר־בַּשַּׁעַר וְהַזְּקֵנִים עֵדִים יִתֵּן יְהוָה אֶֽת …
  And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said: ‘We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like …
4. הRuth 4:12
  … תָמָר לִֽיהוּדָה מִן־הַזֶּרַע אֲשֶׁר יִתֵּן יְהוָה …
  and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.’
skip 115, width 115 — one row is 115 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 1,005,022 of the TanakhOpen at skip 115 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 32:18דברי הימים ב לב:יחskip 294,302, backward
1. ג2 Chronicles 32:18
  וַיִּקְרְאוּ בְקוֹל־גָּדוֹל יְהוּדִית עַל־עַם …
  And they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’language unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to terrify them, and to affright …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. דPsalms 69:36
  … צִיּוֹן וְיִבְנֶה עָרֵי יְהוּדָה וְיָשְׁבוּ שָׁם וִירֵשֽׁוּהָ
  For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
2. גIsaiah 26:20
  … בַּעֲדֶךָ חֲבִי כִמְעַט־רֶגַע עַד־יעבור־זָֽעַם
  Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, And shut thy doors about thee; Hide thyself for a little moment, Until the indignation be …
3. דJoshua 1:11
  … אַתֶּם עֹֽבְרִים אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה לָבוֹא לָרֶשֶׁת …
  ’Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying: Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this …
4. הGenesis 9:20
  וַיָּחֶל נֹחַ אִישׁ הָֽאֲדָמָה וַיִּטַּע כָּֽרֶם
  And Noah, the man of the land, began and planted a vineyard.
skip 294,302, width 294,302 — one row is 294,302 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,188,409 of the TanakhOpen at skip 294,302 in the laboratory →

The spelling

גדגדה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Gudgod. Searched as גדגדה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 19.

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

Gudgodah in the Tanakh

Questions

Does Gudgodah appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 67 sequences of גדגדה across every skip (2–76,212) — about what chance alone gives (about 54.4).

What is the shortest skip for Gudgodah in the Torah?

Skip 2,321, reading backward from Deuteronomy 9:29 — the shortest of 67 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 54.4.

How is Gudgodah spelled in Hebrew?

Gudgodah is spelled גדגדה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 19.

Is Gudgodah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

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