Heart לבב
Heart is written לבב in Hebrew. Heart appears 618,165 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% more than chance alone would give (about 609,784; probability 4.6 × 10⁻²⁷).
- Found in the Torah
- 618,165
- Chance alone
- 609,784
- P (≥ found)
- 4.6 × 10⁻²⁷
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, לבב appears 618,165 times in the Torah — 1.4% more than the 609,784 chance alone would give; the probability of 618,165 or more by chance alone is 4.6 × 10⁻²⁷.
The shortest skip at which לבב appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 12:13, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), לבב is found 9,375,595 times; chance alone would give about 9,451,381.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 609,784 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 159,846
- Exodus 105,714
- Leviticus 88,905
- Numbers 150,352
- Deuteronomy 113,348
The shortest skips
אִמְרִי־נָא אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ לְמַעַן יִֽיטַב־לִי בַעֲבוּרֵךְ וְחָיְתָה נַפְשִׁי בִּגְלָלֵֽךְ
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,803Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַל לוֹט מִצּוֹעַר וַיֵּשֶׁב בָּהָר וּשְׁתֵּי בְנֹתָיו עִמּוֹ כִּי יָרֵא לָשֶׁבֶת בְּצוֹעַר וַיֵּשֶׁב בַּמְּעָרָה הוּא וּשְׁתֵּי בְנֹתָֽיו
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,883Open in the laboratory →
וַעֲשֵׂה־לִי מַטְעַמִּים כַּאֲשֶׁר אָהַבְתִּי וְהָבִיאָה לִּי וְאֹכֵלָה בַּעֲבוּר תְּבָרֶכְךָ נַפְשִׁי בְּטֶרֶם אָמֽוּת
and make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 36,405Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח יִצְחָק אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹב וַיֵּלֶךְ פַּדֶּנָֽה אֲרָם אֶל־לָבָן בֶּן־בְּתוּאֵל הָֽאֲרַמִּי אֲחִי רִבְקָה אֵם יַעֲקֹב וְעֵשָֽׂו
And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,838Open in the laboratory →
וַיֻּגַּד לְלָבָן בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי כִּי בָרַח יַעֲקֹֽב
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 44,682Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, לבב appears 2,636,489 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 2,609,484 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,636,489 or more by chance alone is 8.0 × 10⁻⁶³.
- Genesis 159,846
- Exodus 105,714
- Leviticus 88,905
- Numbers 150,352
- Deuteronomy 116,852
- Joshua 84,223
- Judges 85,582
- Samuel 222,322
- Kings 247,043
- Isaiah 115,607
- Jeremiah 201,627
- Ezekiel 155,845
- The Twelve 108,306
- Psalms 155,350
- Proverbs 62,436
- Job 54,298
- Song of Songs 8,720
- Ruth 10,961
- Lamentations 12,374
- Ecclesiastes 26,571
- Esther 24,335
- Daniel 57,342
- Ezra–Nehemiah 102,764
- Chronicles 279,114
Outside the Torah
וַיְהֻמֵּם יְהוָה לִפְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּכֵּם מַכָּֽה־גְדוֹלָה בְּגִבְעוֹן וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם דֶּרֶךְ מַעֲלֵה בֵית־חוֹרֹן וַיַּכֵּם עַד־עֲזֵקָה וְעַד־מַקֵּדָֽה
And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon; and they chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 320,051Open in the laboratory →
וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל בֵּית חָגְלָה וְעָבַר מִצְּפוֹן לְבֵית הָעֲרָבָה וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל אֶבֶן בֹּהַן בֶּן־רְאוּבֵֽן
And the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 327,998Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹא יָכְלוּ בְּנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה לְהוֹרִישׁ אֶת־הֶֽעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיּוֹאֶל הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי לָשֶׁבֶת בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּֽאת
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites were resolved to dwell in that land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 331,358Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לבב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as לבב, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 34.
As a plain word it stands 43 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 14:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Heart in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, לבב appears 618,165 times in the Torah — 1.4% more than the 609,784 chance alone would give; the probability of 618,165 or more by chance alone is 4.6 × 10⁻²⁷.
What is the shortest skip for Heart in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 12:13 — the shortest of 618,165 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 609,784.
What is the gematria of Heart in Hebrew?
Heart is spelled לבב — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 34.
How many times is Heart found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, לבב appears 2,636,489 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 2,609,484 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,636,489 or more by chance alone is 8.0 × 10⁻⁶³.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 609,784 here) beside the count.