Hope תקוה

Hope is written תקוה in Hebrew. Hope appears 264,472 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 2.1% more than chance alone would give (about 258,925; probability 8.7 × 10⁻²⁸).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 264,472
Chance alone · every skip: 258,925
P (≥ found) · every skip: 8.7 × 10⁻²⁸
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 101,276

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 24,865 found · chance alone about 24,849 (probability of 24,865 or more by chance alone: 0.46).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–101,616), תקוה appears 264,472 times in the Torah — 2.1% more than the 258,925 chance alone would give; the probability of 264,472 or more by chance alone is 8.7 × 10⁻²⁸.

The shortest skip at which תקוה appears in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 26:30, reading backward.

The longest skip at which תקוה was found in the Torah is 101,276 — at Deuteronomy 33:27, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

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

Genesis 61,230
Exodus 62,674
Leviticus 47,145
Numbers 50,887
Deuteronomy 42,536

Examples across the range

5 of the 264,472 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 skipExodus 26:30שמות כו:לskip 2, backward
Letter by letter
1. ת ק וExodus 26:30
  וַהֲקֵמֹתָ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן כְּמִשְׁפָּטוֹ אֲשֶׁר הָרְאֵיתָ בָּהָֽר
  And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been shown thee in the mount.
2. הExodus 26:29
  וְֽאֶת־הַקְּרָשִׁים תְּצַפֶּה זָהָב וְאֶת־טַבְּעֹֽתֵיהֶם תַּעֲשֶׂה זָהָב בָּתִּים לַבְּרִיחִם וְצִפִּיתָ אֶת־הַבְּרִיחִם זָהָֽב
  And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for holders for the bars; and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 116,762 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
also at the shortest skipDeuteronomy 7:25דברים ז:כהskip 2, backward
Letter by letter
1. ת ק ו הDeuteronomy 7:25
  … בָּאֵשׁ לֹֽא־תַחְמֹד כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב עֲלֵיהֶם וְלָקַחְתָּ לָךְ פֶּן תִּוָּקֵשׁ בּוֹ כִּי …
  The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 264,100 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 12:20בראשית יב:כskip 101, forward
1. תGenesis 12:20
  וַיְצַו עָלָיו פַּרְעֹה אֲנָשִׁים וַֽיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֽוֹ
  And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him; and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. קGenesis 13:3
  … מִנֶּגֶב וְעַד־בֵּֽית־אֵל עַד־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה שָׁם אהלה בַּתְּחִלָּה …
  And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai;
2. וGenesis 13:5
  וְגַם־לְלוֹט הַהֹלֵךְ אֶת־אַבְרָם הָיָה צֹאן־וּבָקָר וְאֹהָלִֽים
  And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
3. הGenesis 13:7
  … וּבֵין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵה־לוֹט וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי אָז יֹשֵׁב בָּאָֽרֶץ
  And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 15,149 of the TorahOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 8:10ויקרא ח:יskip 1,000, forward
1. תLeviticus 8:10
  וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וַיִּמְשַׁח אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתָֽם
  And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. קLeviticus 8:26
  … אֶחָד וַיָּשֶׂם עַל־הַחֲלָבִים וְעַל שׁוֹק הַיָּמִֽין
  And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and upon the right thigh.
2. וLeviticus 9:7
  … הָעָם וַעֲשֵׂה אֶת־קָרְבַּן הָעָם וְכַפֵּר בַּֽעֲדָם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָֽה
  And Moses said unto Aaron: ‘Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for the people; and present the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.’
3. הLeviticus 10:3
  … אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן הוּא אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה לֵאמֹר בִּקְרֹבַי אֶקָּדֵשׁ וְעַל־פְּנֵי …
  Then Moses said unto Aaron: ‘This is it that the LORD spoke, saying: Through them that are nigh unto Me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ And Aaron held his peace.
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 151,301 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 33:27דברים לג:כזskip 101,276, backward
1. תDeuteronomy 33:27
  מְעֹנָה אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם וּמִתַּחַת זְרֹעֹת עוֹלָם וַיְגָרֶשׁ מִפָּנֶיךָ אוֹיֵב וַיֹּאמֶר הַשְׁמֵֽד
  The eternal God is a dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said: ‘Destroy.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. קNumbers 8:8
  וְלָֽקְחוּ פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר וּמִנְחָתוֹ סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשָּׁמֶן וּפַר־שֵׁנִי בֶן־בָּקָר תִּקַּח לְחַטָּֽאת
  Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
2. וExodus 16:5
  וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי וְהֵכִינוּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יָבִיאוּ וְהָיָה מִשְׁנֶה עַל אֲשֶֽׁר־יִלְקְטוּ יוֹם יֽוֹם
  And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.’
3. הGenesis 1:6
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
  And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
skip 101,276, width 101,276 — one row is 101,276 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 304,047 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,276 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 3,129,745 sequences of תקוה across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 3,162,832).

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 78,122 found · chance alone about 78,754 (probability of 78,122 or more by chance alone: 0.99).

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

Genesis 213,656
Exodus 203,349
Leviticus 139,937
Numbers 158,729
Deuteronomy 150,344
Joshua 87,076
Judges 88,598
Samuel 207,335
Kings 240,224
Isaiah 147,708
Jeremiah 225,532
Ezekiel 253,642
The Twelve 144,026
Psalms 205,030
Proverbs 77,823
Job 83,099
Song of Songs 16,094
Ruth 19,638
Lamentations 14,960
Ecclesiastes 30,026
Esther 36,390
Daniel 57,352
Ezra–Nehemiah 90,004
Chronicles 239,173

Open the whole Tanakh in the laboratory

Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 3:7דברי הימים ב ג:זskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ת ק ו ה2 Chronicles 3:7
  וַיְחַף אֶת־הַבַּיִת הַקֹּרוֹת הַסִּפִּים וְקִֽירוֹתָיו וְדַלְתוֹתָיו זָהָב וּפִתַּח כְּרוּבִים עַל־הַקִּירֽוֹת
  He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 1,144,934 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skip1 Kings 8:59מלכים א ח:נטskip 100, forward
1. ת1 Kings 8:59
  … אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה לַעֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדּוֹ וּמִשְׁפַּט עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל …
  And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that He maintain the cause of His servant, and the cause of His people Israel, as every day shall require;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. ק1 Kings 8:61
  וְהָיָה לְבַבְכֶם שָׁלֵם עִם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ לָלֶכֶת בְּחֻקָּיו וְלִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתָיו כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
  Let your heart therefore be whole with the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes, and to keep His commandments, as at this day.’
2. ו1 Kings 8:63
  … לַיהוָה בָּקָר עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנַיִם אֶלֶף וְצֹאן מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים אָלֶף וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ אֶת …
  And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
3. ה1 Kings 8:64
  … עָשָׂה שָׁם אֶת־הָֽעֹלָה וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָה וְאֵת חֶלְבֵי הַשְּׁלָמִים כִּֽי־מִזְבַּח …
  The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD; for there he offered the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings; because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt-offering…
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 496,863 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:22דברי הימים ב לו:כבskip 398,940, backward
1. ת2 Chronicles 36:22
  וּבִשְׁנַת אַחַת לְכוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר …
  Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. קEzekiel 46:18
  וְלֹא־יִקַּח הַנָּשִׂיא מִנַּחֲלַת הָעָם לְהֽוֹנֹתָם מֵאֲחֻזָּתָם …
  Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them wrongfully out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession; that My people be not scattered every man from his possession.’
2. ו1 Samuel 11:9
  … יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד מָחָר תִּהְיֶֽה־לָכֶם תְּשׁוּעָה בחם הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וַיָּבֹאוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים וַיַּגִּידוּ …
  And they said unto the messengers that came: ‘Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead: To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance.’ And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
3. הGenesis 1:2
  וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
  Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 398,940, width 398,940 — one row is 398,940 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,850 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,940 in the laboratory →

The spelling

תקוה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as תקוה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 511.

As a plain word it stands 14 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 22:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Tikvah.

Other spellings

תקווה — the Tanakh's own spelling Torah · every skip: 19,403 (chance 19,450)

The name Tikvah in the Tanakh “hope” in Hebrew

Questions

Does Hope appear in the Torah codes?

What is the shortest skip for Hope in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Exodus 26:30 — the shortest of 264,472 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 258,925.

What is the gematria of Hope in Hebrew?

Hope is spelled תקוה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 511; one other spelling is counted on this page.

How many times is Hope found in the whole Tanakh?