Hostages חטופים
Hostages — in Hebrew חטופים — hostages, abductees. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 3 sequences of Hostages, the shortest at skip 2,489 (Numbers 31:13); chance alone would give about 5.5.
- Found in the Torah
- 3
- Chance alone
- 5.5
- P (≥ found)
- 0.91
- Shortest skip
- 2,489
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
3 sequences of חטופים at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 5.5 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which חטופים appears in the Torah is 2,489 — the first at Numbers 31:13, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), חטופים is found 38 times; chance alone would give about 34.9.
- Exodus 1
- Numbers 2
The shortest skips
וַיֵּצְאוּ מֹשֶׁה וְאֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְכָל־נְשִׂיאֵי הָעֵדָה לִקְרָאתָם אֶל־מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
skip 2,489, width 2,489 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 240,064Open in the laboratory →
וְכִבֶּס בְּגָדָיו הַכֹּהֵן וְרָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ בַּמַּיִם וְאַחַר יָבוֹא אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְטָמֵא הַכֹּהֵן עַד־הָעָֽרֶב
Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
skip 2,678, width 2,678 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 220,966Open in the laboratory →
לָמָּה יֹאמְרוּ מִצְרַיִם לֵאמֹר בְּרָעָה הֽוֹצִיאָם לַהֲרֹג אֹתָם בֶּֽהָרִים וּלְכַלֹּתָם מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה שׁוּב מֵחֲרוֹן אַפֶּךָ וְהִנָּחֵם עַל־הָרָעָה לְעַמֶּֽךָ
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying: For evil did He bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people.
skip 3,171, width 3,171 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 126,442Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
26 sequences of חטופים at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 22.7 that chance alone would produce.
- Exodus 1
- Numbers 2
- Judges 1
- Samuel 2
- Kings 2
- Isaiah 3
- Jeremiah 1
- Ezekiel 2
- The Twelve 1
- Psalms 6
- Proverbs 1
- Song of Songs 2
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1
- Chronicles 1
Outside the Torah
כִּי אֵין חַרְצֻבּוֹת לְמוֹתָם וּבָרִיא אוּלָֽם
For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.
skip 53, width 53 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 895,927Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא רָעָב עַל־הָאָרֶץ כָּֽל־מַטֵּה־לֶחֶם שָׁבָֽר
And He called a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.
skip 662, width 662 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 914,747Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הַֽמַּאֲכֶלֶת וַיַּחֲזֵק בְּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ וַֽיְנַתְּחֶהָ לַעֲצָמֶיהָ לִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר נְתָחִים וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֶהָ בְּכֹל גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
skip 1,069, width 1,069 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 378,963Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חטופים — a Hebrew word: hostages, abductees. Searched as חטופים, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 153.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Hostages in the Torah codes?
3 sequences of חטופים at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 5.5 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Hostages in the Torah?
Skip 2,489, reading backward from Numbers 31:13 — the shortest of 3 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 5.5.
What is the gematria of Hostages in Hebrew?
Hostages is spelled חטופים — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 153.
How many times is Hostages found in the whole Tanakh?
26 sequences of חטופים at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 22.7 that chance alone would produce.
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