Jehud יהד
Jehud (יהד) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Jehud appears 10,426,378 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), 2.1% more than chance alone would give (about 10,210,484; probability below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 10,426,378
- Chance alone · every skip
- 10,210,484
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- below 10⁻³⁰⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,395
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 647,079 found · chance alone about 658,759 (probability of 647,079 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), יהד appears 10,426,378 times in the Torah — 2.1% more than the 10,210,484 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,426,378 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
The shortest skip at which יהד appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 2:5, reading forward.
The longest skip at which יהד was found in the Torah is 152,395 — at Genesis 1:1, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 10,210,484 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 2,894,529
- Exodus 2,147,285
- Leviticus 1,357,280
- Numbers 2,122,982
- Deuteronomy 1,904,302
Examples across the range
5 of the 10,426,378 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.
Letter by letter
- י ה דGenesis 2:5
וְכֹל שִׂיחַ הַשָּׂדֶה טֶרֶם יִֽהְיֶה בָאָרֶץ וְכָל־עֵשֶׂב …
No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,870 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ה דGenesis 2:5
Letter by letter
- י ה דGenesis 2:19
… יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָה כָּל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיָּבֵא …
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,541 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ה דGenesis 2:19
- יExodus 1:10
… מִלְחָמָה וְנוֹסַף גַּם־הוּא עַל־שֹׂנְאֵינוּ וְנִלְחַם־בָּנוּ וְעָלָה מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ …
come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there befalleth us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- הExodus 1:12
וְכַאֲשֶׁר יְעַנּוּ אֹתוֹ כֵּן יִרְבֶּה וְכֵן יִפְרֹץ וַיָּקֻצוּ מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were adread because of the children of Israel.
- דExodus 1:14
… וּבְכָל־עֲבֹדָה בַּשָּׂדֶה אֵת כָּל־עֲבֹדָתָם אֲשֶׁר־עָבְדוּ בָהֶם בְּפָֽרֶךְ
And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour.
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 78,393 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יExodus 1:10
- יGenesis 3:3
… הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹךְ־הַגָּן אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹֽאכְלוּ מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא תִגְּעוּ …
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said: Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- הGenesis 3:22
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים הֵן הָֽאָדָם הָיָה כְּאַחַד …
And the LORD God said: ‘Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.’
- דGenesis 4:18
… וְעִירָד יָלַד אֶת־מְחֽוּיָאֵל וּמְחִיּיָאֵל יָלַד אֶת־מְתוּשָׁאֵל וּמְתוּשָׁאֵל יָלַד אֶת …
And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
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 3,034 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- יGenesis 3:3
- יGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- הLeviticus 8:28
… הֵם לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ אִשֶּׁה הוּא לַיהוָֽה
And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- דDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
skip 152,395, width 152,395 — one row is 152,395 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 20 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,395 in the laboratory →
- יGenesis 1:1
Across the Tanakh
189,238,497 sequences of יהד across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 190,075,362 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 3,106,054 found · chance alone about 3,161,864 (probability of 3,106,054 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 12,942,040
- Exodus 9,388,466
- Leviticus 5,805,402
- Numbers 9,115,658
- Deuteronomy 8,121,444
- Joshua 6,200,388
- Judges 6,912,359
- Samuel 15,525,703
- Kings 16,483,080
- Isaiah 11,079,092
- Jeremiah 13,333,696
- Ezekiel 11,101,513
- The Twelve 8,862,736
- Psalms 13,653,331
- Proverbs 3,932,569
- Job 5,570,491
- Song of Songs 876,397
- Ruth 739,006
- Lamentations 1,021,198
- Ecclesiastes 1,535,200
- Esther 1,529,842
- Daniel 3,525,947
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,995,215
- Chronicles 15,987,724
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- י ה דJoshua 1:4
… פְּרָת כֹּל אֶרֶץ הַֽחִתִּים וְעַד־הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל מְבוֹא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶה גְּבוּלְכֶֽם …
From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,065 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ה דJoshua 1:4
- יJudges 1:7
… כֵּן שִׁלַּם־לִי אֱלֹהִים וַיְבִיאֻהוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם וַיָּמָת שָֽׁם
And Adoni-bezek said: ‘Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered food under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited me.’ And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- הJudges 1:9
וְאַחַר יָֽרְדוּ בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה לְהִלָּחֵם בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִי יוֹשֵׁב הָהָר וְהַנֶּגֶב וְהַשְּׁפֵלָֽה
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the Lowland.
- דJudges 1:11
וַיֵּלֶךְ מִשָּׁם אֶל־יוֹשְׁבֵי דְּבִיר וְשֵׁם־דְּבִיר לְפָנִים קִרְיַת־סֵֽפֶר
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir—now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.
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 345,084 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יJudges 1:7
- י2 Chronicles 36:23
… בִּֽיהוּדָה מִֽי־בָכֶם מִכָּל־עַמּוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וְיָֽעַל
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- הIsaiah 25:5
כְּחֹרֶב בְּצָיוֹן שְׁאוֹן זָרִים תַּכְנִיעַ חֹרֶב בְּצֵל עָב זְמִיר עָֽרִיצִים יַעֲנֶֽה
As the heat in a dry place, Thou didst subdue the noise of strangers; As the heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones was brought low.
- דGenesis 1:5
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד
And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
skip 598,415, width 598,415 — one row is 598,415 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,197,027 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,415 in the laboratory →
- י2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
יהד — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as יהד, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 19.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Jehud appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–152,424), יהד appears 10,426,378 times in the Torah — 2.1% more than the 10,210,484 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,426,378 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
What is the shortest skip for Jehud in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:5 — the shortest of 10,426,378 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 10,210,484.
What is the gematria of Jehud in Hebrew?
Jehud is spelled יהד — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 19.
How many times is Jehud found in the whole Tanakh?
189,238,497 sequences of יהד across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 190,075,362 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 10,210,484 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.