Hiroshima הירושימה

Hiroshima — in Hebrew הירושימה — city in Japan; struck by an atomic bomb in 1945. Hiroshima appears 42 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–43,549), 39% more than chance alone would give (about 30.2; probability 0.02).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 42
Chance alone · every skip: 30.2
P (≥ found) · every skip: 0.02
Shortest skip: 985
Longest skip found: 41,043

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 8 letters (2–43,549), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 8 found · chance alone about 6.5 (probability of 8 or more by chance alone: 0.33).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–43,549), הירושימה appears 42 times in the Torah — 39% more than the 30.2 chance alone would give; the probability of 42 or more by chance alone is 0.02.

The shortest skip at which הירושימה appears in the Torah is 985 — at Genesis 25:32, reading forward.

The longest skip at which הירושימה was found in the Torah is 41,043 — at Genesis 7:21, reading forward; a spelling of 8 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 43,549.

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

Genesis 12
Exodus 7
Leviticus 7
Numbers 10
Deuteronomy 6

Examples across the range

5 of the 42 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 25:32בראשית כה:לבskip 985, forward
Letter by letter
1. הGenesis 25:32
  … הוֹלֵךְ לָמוּת וְלָמָּה־זֶּה לִי בְּכֹרָֽה
  And Esau said: ‘Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?’
2. יGenesis 26:17
  וַיֵּלֶךְ מִשָּׁם יִצְחָק וַיִּחַן בְּנַֽחַל־גְּרָר …
  And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
3. רGenesis 27:1
  … יִצְחָק וַתִּכְהֶיןָ עֵינָיו מֵרְאֹת וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־עֵשָׂו …
  And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto …
4. וGenesis 27:22
  … וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר הַקֹּל קוֹל יַעֲקֹב וְהַיָּדַיִם יְדֵי …
  And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said: ‘The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of …
5. שGenesis 27:40
  … אָחִיךָ תַּעֲבֹד וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר תָּרִיד וּפָרַקְתָּ עֻלּוֹ …
  And by thy sword shalt thou live, And thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt …
6. יGenesis 28:12
  … הַשָּׁמָיְמָה וְהִנֵּה מַלְאֲכֵי אֱלֹהִים עֹלִים וְיֹרְדִים בּֽוֹ
  And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and …
7. מGenesis 29:8
  … וְגָֽלֲלוּ אֶת־הָאֶבֶן מֵעַל פִּי הַבְּאֵר וְהִשְׁקִינוּ …
  And they said: ‘We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the …
8. הGenesis 29:30
  … גַּם אֶל־רָחֵל וַיֶּאֱהַב גַּֽם־אֶת־רָחֵל …
  And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
skip 985, width 985 — one row is 985 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 34,290 of the TorahOpen at skip 985 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipDeuteronomy 8:18דברים ח:יחskip 1,188, backward
1. הDeuteronomy 8:18
  … לַעֲשׂוֹת חָיִל לְמַעַן הָקִים אֶת־בְּרִיתוֹ אֲשֶׁר …
Letter by letter: the other 7 letters
1. יDeuteronomy 7:23
  וּנְתָנָם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ וְהָמָם מְהוּמָה גְדֹלָה …
2. רDeuteronomy 7:4
  … מֵֽאַחֲרַי וְעָבְדוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וְחָרָה אַף־יְהוָה …
3. וDeuteronomy 6:7
  וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ …
4. שDeuteronomy 5:21
  … תִתְאַוֶּה בֵּית רֵעֶךָ שָׂדֵהוּ וְעַבְדּוֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ שׁוֹרוֹ …
5. יDeuteronomy 4:45
  … מֹשֶׁה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּצֵאתָם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם
6. מDeuteronomy 4:26
  … עֹבְרִים אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ לֹֽא־תַאֲרִיכֻן …
7. הDeuteronomy 4:9
  רַק הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ וּשְׁמֹר נַפְשְׁךָ מְאֹד פֶּן …
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skip 1,188, width 1,188 — one row is 1,188 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 265,165 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,188 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 16:22במדבר טז:כבskip 1,948, forward
1. הNumbers 16:22
  … פְּנֵיהֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵל אֱלֹהֵי הָרוּחֹת לְכָל־בָּשָׂר …
Letter by letter: the other 7 letters
1. יNumbers 17:23
  … וַיֹּצֵֽא פֶרַח וַיָּצֵֽץ צִיץ וַיִּגְמֹל שְׁקֵדִֽים
2. רNumbers 18:28
  … תָּרִימוּ גַם־אַתֶּם תְּרוּמַת יְהוָה מִכֹּל מַעְשְׂרֹתֵיכֶם …
3. וNumbers 20:8
  … לְעֵינֵיהֶם וְנָתַן מֵימָיו וְהוֹצֵאתָ לָהֶם מַיִם מִן …
4. שNumbers 21:15
  … נָטָה לְשֶׁבֶת עָר וְנִשְׁעַן לִגְבוּל מוֹאָֽב
5. יNumbers 22:18
  וַיַּעַן בִּלְעָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־עַבְדֵי בָלָק …
6. םNumbers 23:11
  וַיֹּאמֶר בָּלָק אֶל־בִּלְעָם מֶה עָשִׂיתָ לִי …
7. הNumbers 24:22
  … לְבָעֵֽר קָיִן עַד־מָה אַשּׁוּר תִּשְׁבֶּֽךָּ
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 1,948, width 1,948 — one row is 1,948 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 216,448 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,948 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 2:16בראשית ב:טזskip 2,878, forward
1. הGenesis 2:16
  … יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים עַל־הָֽאָדָם לֵאמֹר מִכֹּל עֵֽץ …
Letter by letter: the other 7 letters
1. יGenesis 4:23
  … כִּי אִישׁ הָרַגְתִּי לְפִצְעִי וְיֶלֶד לְחַבֻּרָתִֽי
2. רGenesis 7:4
  … אֶֽת־כָּל־הַיְקוּם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי …
3. וGenesis 9:16
  … עוֹלָם בֵּין אֱלֹהִים וּבֵין כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה …
4. שGenesis 11:28
  … בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתּוֹ בְּאוּר כַּשְׂדִּֽים
5. יGenesis 14:14
  … אָחִיו וַיָּרֶק אֶת־חֲנִיכָיו יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ שְׁמֹנָה …
6. מGenesis 17:12
  … בָּיִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף מִכֹּל בֶּן־נֵכָר אֲשֶׁר …
7. הGenesis 19:8
  הִנֵּה־נָא לִי שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת אֲשֶׁר …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 2,878, width 2,878 — one row is 2,878 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 2,405 of the TorahOpen at skip 2,878 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 7:21בראשית ז:כאskip 41,043, forward
1. הGenesis 7:21
  … עַל־הָאָרֶץ בָּעוֹף וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבַחַיָּה וּבְכָל־הַשֶּׁרֶץ …
Letter by letter: the other 7 letters
1. יGenesis 34:18
  וַיִּֽיטְבוּ דִבְרֵיהֶם בְּעֵינֵי חֲמוֹר …
2. רExodus 9:26
  רַק בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן אֲשֶׁר …
3. וExodus 35:24
  … וּנְחֹשֶׁת הֵבִיאוּ אֵת תְּרוּמַת יְהוָה וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר …
4. שLeviticus 20:22
  … אֲנִי מֵבִיא אֶתְכֶם שָׁמָּה לָשֶׁבֶת בָּֽהּ
5. יNumbers 15:20
  … כִּתְרוּמַת גֹּרֶן כֵּן תָּרִימוּ אֹתָֽהּ
6. מDeuteronomy 3:12
  … יָרַשְׁנוּ בָּעֵת הַהִוא מֵעֲרֹעֵר אֲשֶׁר־עַל־נַחַל …
7. הDeuteronomy 29:16
  … כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב אֲשֶׁר עִמָּהֶֽם
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 41,043, width 41,043 — one row is 41,043 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 8,959 of the TorahOpen at skip 41,043 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

515 sequences of הירושימה across every skip (2–171,005) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 487 that chance alone would produce.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 32 found · chance alone about 28.1 (probability of 32 or more by chance alone: 0.25).

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

Genesis 27
Exodus 27
Leviticus 16
Numbers 33
Deuteronomy 28
Joshua 19
Judges 14
Samuel 38
Kings 51
Isaiah 29
Jeremiah 43
Ezekiel 37
The Twelve 27
Psalms 30
Proverbs 12
Job 6
Song of Songs 5
Ruth 2
Lamentations 2
Ecclesiastes 7
Esther 5
Daniel 5
Ezra–Nehemiah 12
Chronicles 40

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahJeremiah 4:9ירמיהו ד:טskip 259, forward
1. הJeremiah 4:9
  … וְנָשַׁמּוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַנְּבִיאִים יִתְמָֽהוּ
Letter by letter: the other 7 letters
1. יJeremiah 4:14
  … תִּוָּשֵׁעִי עַד־מָתַי תָּלִין בְּקִרְבֵּךְ מַחְשְׁבוֹת אוֹנֵֽךְ
2. רJeremiah 4:20
  שֶׁבֶר עַל־שֶׁבֶר נִקְרָא כִּי שֻׁדְּדָה כָּל …
3. וJeremiah 4:26
  … הַמִּדְבָּר וְכָל־עָרָיו נִתְּצוּ מִפְּנֵי יְהוָה מִפְּנֵי …
4. שJeremiah 4:30
  … תִּתְיַפִּי מָאֲסוּ־בָךְ עֹגְבִים נַפְשֵׁךְ יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ
5. יJeremiah 5:4
  וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי אַךְ־דַּלִּים הֵם נוֹאֲלוּ כִּי …
6. מJeremiah 5:8
  סוּסִים מְיֻזָּנִים מַשְׁכִּים הָיוּ אִישׁ …
7. הJeremiah 5:14
  לָכֵן כֹּֽה־אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת יַעַן …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 259, width 259 — one row is 259 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 647,634 of the TanakhOpen at skip 259 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipJoshua 23:7יהושע כג:זskip 1,008, backward
1. הJoshua 23:7
  … הָאֵלֶּה אִתְּכֶם וּבְשֵׁם אֱלֹהֵיהֶם לֹא־תַזְכִּירוּ וְלֹא …
Letter by letter: the other 7 letters
1. יJoshua 22:28
  … וְלֹא לְזֶבַח כִּי־עֵד הוּא בֵּינֵינוּ וּבֵינֵיכֶֽם
2. רJoshua 22:15
  … אֶל־אֶרֶץ הַגִּלְעָד וַיְדַבְּרוּ אִתָּם לֵאמֹֽר
3. וJoshua 22:3
  … יָמִים רַבִּים עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת …
4. שJoshua 21:27
  … וְאֶֽת־בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ עָרִים שְׁתָּֽיִם
5. יJoshua 21:7
  לִבְנֵי מְרָרִי לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם מִמַּטֵּה רְאוּבֵן …
6. םJoshua 20:2
  … יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר תְּנוּ לָכֶם אֶת־עָרֵי הַמִּקְלָט …
7. הJoshua 19:28
  וְעֶבְרֹן וּרְחֹב וְחַמּוֹן וְקָנָה עַד צִידוֹן רַבָּֽה
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 1,008, width 1,008 — one row is 1,008 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 341,575 of the TanakhOpen at skip 1,008 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 22:1דברי הימים ב כב:אskip 166,398, backward
1. ה2 Chronicles 22:1
  … הָרִאשֹׁנִים הָרַג הַגְּדוּד הַבָּא בָֽעַרְבִים לַֽמַּחֲנֶה וַיִּמְלֹךְ …
Letter by letter: the other 7 letters
1. יRuth 4:1
  … אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר־בֹּעַז וַיֹּאמֶר סוּרָה שְׁבָה־פֹּה …
2. רZephaniah 1:16
  יוֹם שׁוֹפָר וּתְרוּעָה עַל הֶעָרִים הַבְּצֻרוֹת …
3. וJeremiah 21:9
  … עֲלֵיכֶם יחיה וְהָֽיְתָה־לּוֹ נַפְשׁוֹ לְשָׁלָֽל
4. ש1 Kings 12:28
  וַיִּוָּעַץ הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיַּעַשׂ שְׁנֵי עֶגְלֵי זָהָב וַיֹּאמֶר …
5. יJoshua 22:9
  … נֹֽאחֲזוּ־בָהּ עַל־פִּי יְהוָה בְּיַד־מֹשֶֽׁה
6. מLeviticus 20:16
  … תִּקְרַב אֶל־כָּל־בְּהֵמָה לְרִבְעָה אֹתָהּ וְהָרַגְתָּ …
7. הGenesis 5:22
  וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ חֲנוֹךְ אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִים …
Each verse's English is on its verse page.
skip 166,398, width 166,398 — one row is 166,398 letters, so the 11 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,171,103 of the TanakhOpen at skip 166,398 in the laboratory →

The spelling

הירושימה — the name in Hebrew letters: city in Japan; struck by an atomic bomb in 1945. Searched as הירושימה, 8 letters, with a standard gematria value of 576.

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

Questions

Is Hiroshima in the Bible code?

Across every skip (2–43,549), הירושימה appears 42 times in the Torah — 39% more than the 30.2 chance alone would give; the probability of 42 or more by chance alone is 0.02.

What is the shortest skip for Hiroshima in the Torah?

Skip 985, reading forward from Genesis 25:32 — the shortest of 42 sequences across every skip (2–43,549), where chance alone would give about 30.2.

What is the gematria of Hiroshima in Hebrew?

Hiroshima is spelled הירושימה — 8 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 576.

How many times is Hiroshima found in the whole Tanakh?

515 sequences of הירושימה across every skip (2–171,005) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 487 that chance alone would produce.

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