Biblical names

Jewry יהוד

Jewry (יהוד) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Judah. Jewry appears 63,930 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 65,429 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
63,930
Chance alone
65,429
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

The Torah holds 63,930 sequences of יהוד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 65,429).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 48:5, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 678,731 sequences of יהוד, against about 681,764 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 17,252
  • Exodus 13,848
  • Leviticus 8,672
  • Numbers 13,397
  • Deuteronomy 10,761

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 48:5בראשית מח:הskip 2, forward

    וְעַתָּה שְׁנֵֽי־בָנֶיךָ הַנּוֹלָדִים לְךָ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם עַד־בֹּאִי אֵלֶיךָ מִצְרַיְמָה לִי־הֵם אֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה כִּרְאוּבֵן וְשִׁמְעוֹן יִֽהְיוּ־לִֽי

    And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.

    יהוד at skip 2, forward from Genesis 48:5השניבנךנליםלךבאריהוד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 74,130Open in the laboratory →

  2. Leviticus 17:4ויקרא יז:דskip 2, forward

    וְאֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לֹא הֱבִיאוֹ לְהַקְרִיב קָרְבָּן לַֽיהוָה לִפְנֵי מִשְׁכַּן יְהוָה דָּם יֵחָשֵׁב לָאִישׁ הַהוּא דָּם שָׁפָךְ וְנִכְרַת הָאִישׁ הַהוּא מִקֶּרֶב עַמּֽוֹ

    and hath not brought it unto the door of the tent of meeting, to present it as an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people.

    יהוד at skip 2, forward from Leviticus 17:4יחשבלאשהאםשפךונכיהוד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 168,204Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 14:15בראשית יד:טוskip 3, forward

    וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו וַיַּכֵּם וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם עַד־חוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר מִשְּׂמֹאל לְדַמָּֽשֶׂק

    And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

    יהוד at skip 3, forward from Genesis 14:15יחלקעליהםללהואעביוויכםוירדיהוד
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 16,843Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 18:18בראשית יח:יחskip 3, forward

    וְאַבְרָהָם הָיוֹ יִֽהְיֶה לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל וְעָצוּם וְנִבְרְכוּ בוֹ כֹּל גּוֹיֵי הָאָֽרֶץ

    seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

    יהוד at skip 3, forward from Genesis 18:18הואברהםהיוהילגיגולועצוםונביהוד
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 21,286Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 2:4שמות ב:דskip 3, forward

    וַתֵּתַצַּב אֲחֹתוֹ מֵרָחֹק לְדֵעָה מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂה לֽוֹ

    And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

    יהוד at skip 3, forward from Exodus 2:4מרחקלדעהמהעשלותרבתפרעהלרחץיהוד
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 79,188Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 335,691 sequences of יהוד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 341,620).

  • Genesis 17,252
  • Exodus 13,848
  • Leviticus 8,672
  • Numbers 13,397
  • Deuteronomy 11,606
  • Joshua 10,880
  • Judges 10,281
  • Samuel 36,596
  • Kings 27,122
  • Isaiah 18,566
  • Jeremiah 26,051
  • Ezekiel 21,440
  • The Twelve 17,884
  • Psalms 24,053
  • Proverbs 5,542
  • Job 6,833
  • Song of Songs 1,373
  • Ruth 1,297
  • Lamentations 1,603
  • Ecclesiastes 2,834
  • Esther 3,888
  • Daniel 8,085
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 12,770
  • Chronicles 33,818

Outside the Torah

  1. Judges 16:16שופטים טז:טזskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי כִּֽי־הֵצִיקָה לּוֹ בִדְבָרֶיהָ כָּל־הַיָּמִים וַתְּאַֽלֲצֵהוּ וַתִּקְצַר נַפְשׁוֹ לָמֽוּת

    And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.

    יהוד at skip 2, forward from Judges 16:16היכיהצקלבבריהכלהיהוד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 372,961Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Kings 11:15מלכים א יא:טוskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי בִּֽהְיוֹת דָּוִד אֶת־אֱדוֹם בַּעֲלוֹת יוֹאָב שַׂר הַצָּבָא לְקַבֵּר אֶת־הַחֲלָלִים וַיַּךְ כָּל־זָכָר בֶּאֱדֽוֹם

    For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, and had smitten every male in Edom—

    יהוד at skip 2, forward from 1 Kings 11:15דוםויהביתודאתאדויהוד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 501,813Open in the laboratory →

  3. Jeremiah 46:17ירמיהו מו:יזskip 2, forward

    קָרְאוּ שָׁם פַּרְעֹה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם שָׁאוֹן הֶעֱבִיר הַמּוֹעֵֽד

    They cried there: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; He hath let the appointed time pass by.’

    יהוד at skip 2, forward from Jeremiah 46:17אוןהעברמעחיאנינאיהוד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 713,496Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

יהוד — the Tanakh's own spelling: Judah. Searched as יהוד, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 25.

As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Daniel 2:25. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Jewry in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 63,930 sequences of יהוד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 65,429).

What is the shortest skip for Jewry in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 48:5 — the shortest of 63,930 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 65,429.

How is Jewry spelled in Hebrew?

Jewry is spelled יהוד — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 25.

Is Jewry in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 335,691 sequences of יהוד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 341,620).

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