Iraq עיראק
Iraq — in Hebrew עיראק — country in western Asia. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 919 sequences of Iraq, the shortest at skip 14 (Exodus 23:5); chance alone would give about 915.
- Found in the Torah
- 919
- Chance alone
- 915
- P (≥ found)
- 0.46
- Shortest skip
- 14
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
919 sequences of עיראק at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 915 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 14 — the first at Exodus 23:5, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 6,969 sequences of עיראק, against about 7,213 from chance alone.
- Genesis 320
- Exodus 189
- Leviticus 113
- Numbers 197
- Deuteronomy 100
The shortest skips
כִּֽי־תִרְאֶה חֲמוֹר שֹׂנַאֲךָ רֹבֵץ תַּחַת מַשָּׂאוֹ וְחָדַלְתָּ מֵעֲזֹב לוֹ עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב עִמּֽוֹ
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, thou shalt forbear to pass by him; thou shalt surely release it with him.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 111,146Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא תַעֲבֹר וַיֵּצֵא אֱדוֹם לִקְרָאתוֹ בְּעַם כָּבֵד וּבְיָד חֲזָקָֽה
And he said: ‘Thou shalt not pass through.’ And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 223,014Open in the laboratory →
שְׁמָר־לְךָ אֵת אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם הִנְנִי גֹרֵשׁ מִפָּנֶיךָ אֶת־הָאֱמֹרִי וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
Observe thou that which I am commanding thee this day; behold, I am driving out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 129,710Open in the laboratory →
וּמִנְחָתָם סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשָּׁמֶן שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶשְׂרֹנִים לַפָּר שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים לָאַיִל הָאֶחָֽד
and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram,
skip 32, width 32 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 237,062Open in the laboratory →
שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים אֶחָד לְחַטָּֽאת
one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
skip 34, width 34 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 201,883Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,127 sequences of עיראק at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,163).
- Genesis 320
- Exodus 189
- Leviticus 113
- Numbers 197
- Deuteronomy 112
- Joshua 117
- Judges 107
- Samuel 178
- Kings 253
- Isaiah 210
- Jeremiah 214
- Ezekiel 152
- The Twelve 144
- Psalms 212
- Proverbs 79
- Job 111
- Song of Songs 19
- Ruth 12
- Lamentations 12
- Ecclesiastes 20
- Esther 19
- Daniel 60
- Ezra–Nehemiah 98
- Chronicles 179
Outside the Torah
אַחֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים וְהָאֱמֶת הָאֵלֶּה בָּא סַנְחֵרִיב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר וַיָּבֹא בִֽיהוּדָה וַיִּחַן עַל־הֶעָרִים הַבְּצֻרוֹת וַיֹּאמֶר לְבִקְעָם אֵלָֽיו
After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to make a breach therein for himself.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,187,216Open in the laboratory →
וּמִלְחָמָה הָיְתָה בֵין־רְחַבְעָם וּבֵין יָרָבְעָם כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 510,070Open in the laboratory →
וְדִבְרֵי רְחַבְעָם הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאֲחַרוֹנִים הֲלֹא־הֵם כְּתוּבִים בְּדִבְרֵי שְׁמַֽעְיָה הַנָּבִיא וְעִדּוֹ הַחֹזֶה לְהִתְיַחֵשׂ וּמִלְחֲמוֹת רְחַבְעָם וְיָרָבְעָם כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים
Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,158,885Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עיראק — the name in Hebrew letters: country in western Asia. Searched as עיראק, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 381.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Iraq in the Bible code?
919 sequences of עיראק at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 915 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Iraq in the Torah?
Skip 14, reading forward from Exodus 23:5 — the shortest of 919 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 915.
How is Iraq spelled in Hebrew?
Iraq is spelled עיראק — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 381.
Is Iraq in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,127 sequences of עיראק at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,163).
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