Jehu יהוא
Jehu (יהוא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Jehu appears 248,766 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 251,780 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 248,766
- Chance alone
- 251,780
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- 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, יהוא appears 248,766 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 251,780, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which יהוא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:6, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), יהוא is found 2,607,204 times; chance alone would give about 2,623,512.
- Genesis 71,997
- Exodus 51,183
- Leviticus 36,157
- Numbers 45,069
- Deuteronomy 44,360
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־קָיִן לָמָּה חָרָה לָךְ וְלָמָּה נָפְלוּ פָנֶֽיךָ
And the LORD said unto Cain: ‘Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,467Open in the laboratory →
הַנְּפִלִים הָיוּ בָאָרֶץ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְגַם אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בְּנֵי הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶל־בְּנוֹת הָֽאָדָם וְיָלְדוּ לָהֶם הֵמָּה הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּֽׁם
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of nobles came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,973Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּקַּח שָׂרַי אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָם אֶת־הָגָר הַמִּצְרִית שִׁפְחָתָהּ מִקֵּץ עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים לְשֶׁבֶת אַבְרָם בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַתִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ לְאַבְרָם אִישָׁהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,460Open in the laboratory →
וְזֶה לָכֶם הַטָּמֵא בַּשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל־הָאָרֶץ הַחֹלֶד וְהָעַכְבָּר וְהַצָּב לְמִינֵֽהוּ
And these are they which are unclean unto you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 156,657Open in the laboratory →
וְעַבְדִּי כָלֵב עֵקֶב הָֽיְתָה רוּחַ אַחֶרֶת עִמּוֹ וַיְמַלֵּא אַחֲרָי וַהֲבִֽיאֹתִיו אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־בָּא שָׁמָּה וְזַרְעוֹ יוֹרִשֶֽׁנָּה
But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 212,190Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 999,117 sequences of יהוא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,009,790).
- Genesis 71,997
- Exodus 51,183
- Leviticus 36,157
- Numbers 45,069
- Deuteronomy 47,540
- Joshua 35,092
- Judges 39,136
- Samuel 95,903
- Kings 96,387
- Isaiah 51,025
- Jeremiah 82,291
- Ezekiel 61,040
- The Twelve 53,943
- Psalms 48,500
- Proverbs 10,892
- Job 17,415
- Song of Songs 3,432
- Ruth 3,286
- Lamentations 3,996
- Ecclesiastes 6,793
- Esther 7,834
- Daniel 15,162
- Ezra–Nehemiah 29,882
- Chronicles 85,162
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם גִּדְעוֹן אֶשְׁאֲלָה מִכֶּם שְׁאֵלָה וּתְנוּ־לִי אִישׁ נֶזֶם שְׁלָלוֹ כִּֽי־נִזְמֵי זָהָב לָהֶם כִּי יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים הֵֽם
And Gideon said unto them: ‘I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil.’—For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 359,191Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה הַיּוֹצֵא אֲשֶׁר יֵצֵא מִדַּלְתֵי בֵיתִי לִקְרָאתִי בְּשׁוּבִי בְשָׁלוֹם מִבְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וְהָיָה לַֽיהוָה וְהַעֲלִיתִהוּ עוֹלָֽה
then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be the LORD’S, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 366,153Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּרְדוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ מִֽיהוּדָה אֶל־סְעִיף סֶלַע עֵיטָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ לְשִׁמְשׁוֹן הֲלֹא יָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־מֹשְׁלִים בָּנוּ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וּמַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לִי כֵּן עָשִׂיתִי לָהֶֽם
Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson: ‘Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us?’ And he said unto them: ‘As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 371,326Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
יהוא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as יהוא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 22.
As a plain word it stands 48 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 16:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Yehu.
Other spellings
- ג׳הוא — the name in Hebrew letters found 17,103 in the Torah (chance 16,827)
Questions
Is Jehu in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, יהוא appears 248,766 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 251,780, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Jehu in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:6 — the shortest of 248,766 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 251,780.
What is the gematria of Jehu in Hebrew?
Jehu is spelled יהוא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 22; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Jehu found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 999,117 sequences of יהוא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,009,790).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 251,780 here) beside the count.