Joep יופ
In Hebrew letters the first name Joep is written יופ — male given name. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 490,369 sequences of Joep, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:20); chance alone would give about 489,892.
- Found in the Torah
- 490,369
- Chance alone
- 489,892
- P (≥ found)
- 0.25
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
490,369 sequences of יופ at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 489,892 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which יופ appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:20, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), יופ is found 7,506,076 times; chance alone would give about 7,593,117.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 489,892 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 146,455
- Exodus 101,586
- Leviticus 66,212
- Numbers 108,963
- Deuteronomy 67,153
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל־הָאָרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי רְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 935Open in the laboratory →
וְשֵׁם הַנָּהָר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי חִדֶּקֶל הוּא הַֽהֹלֵךְ קִדְמַת אַשּׁוּר וְהַנָּהָר הָֽרְבִיעִי הוּא פְרָֽת
And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,341Open in the laboratory →
וּלְאַבְרָם הֵיטִיב בַּעֲבוּרָהּ וַֽיְהִי־לוֹ צֹאן־וּבָקָר וַחֲמֹרִים וַעֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחֹת וַאֲתֹנֹת וּגְמַלִּֽים
And he dealt well with Abram for her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,956Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹא־יִקָּרֵא עוֹד אֶת־שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָם וְהָיָה שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָהָם כִּי אַב־הֲמוֹן גּוֹיִם נְתַתִּֽיךָ
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,308Open in the laboratory →
וּבֵרַכְתִּי אֹתָהּ וְגַם נָתַתִּי מִמֶּנָּה לְךָ בֵּן וּבֵֽרַכְתִּיהָ וְהָֽיְתָה לְגוֹיִם מַלְכֵי עַמִּים מִמֶּנָּה יִהְיֽוּ
And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,900Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, יופ appears 2,279,984 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 2,270,083 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,279,984 or more by chance alone is 2.6 × 10⁻¹¹.
- Genesis 146,455
- Exodus 101,586
- Leviticus 66,212
- Numbers 108,963
- Deuteronomy 70,644
- Joshua 67,844
- Judges 83,620
- Samuel 168,220
- Kings 143,330
- Isaiah 160,401
- Jeremiah 131,650
- Ezekiel 143,876
- The Twelve 125,571
- Psalms 215,129
- Proverbs 75,095
- Job 110,088
- Song of Songs 13,328
- Ruth 9,803
- Lamentations 11,900
- Ecclesiastes 15,172
- Esther 15,997
- Daniel 39,363
- Ezra–Nehemiah 63,839
- Chronicles 191,898
Outside the Torah
וַיִּקְרַע יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שִׂמְלֹתָיו וַיִּפֹּל עַל־פָּנָיו אַרְצָה לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה עַד־הָעֶרֶב הוּא וְזִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּעֲלוּ עָפָר עַל־רֹאשָֽׁם
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,752Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וּזְקֵנָיו וְשֹׁטְרִים וְשֹׁפְטָיו עֹמְדִים מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה לָאָרוֹן נֶגֶד הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה כַּגֵּר כָּֽאֶזְרָח חֶצְיוֹ אֶל־מוּל הַר־גְּרִזִים וְהַֽחֶצְיוֹ אֶל־מוּל הַר־עֵיבָל כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה לְבָרֵךְ אֶת־הָעָם יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּרִאשֹׁנָֽה
And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,389Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעֲנוּ אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיֹּאמְרוּ כִּי הֻגֵּד הֻגַּד לַעֲבָדֶיךָ אֵת אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־מֹשֶׁה עַבְדּוֹ לָתֵת לָכֶם אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ וּלְהַשְׁמִיד אֶת־כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶם וַנִּירָא מְאֹד לְנַפְשֹׁתֵינוּ מִפְּנֵיכֶם וַֽנַּעֲשֵׂה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה
And they answered Joshua, and said: ‘Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,201Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
יופ — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as יופ, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 96.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Joep in the Torah codes?
490,369 sequences of יופ at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 489,892 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Joep in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:20 — the shortest of 490,369 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 489,892.
What is the gematria of Joep in Hebrew?
Joep is spelled יופ — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 96.
How many times is Joep found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, יופ appears 2,279,984 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 2,270,083 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,279,984 or more by chance alone is 2.6 × 10⁻¹¹.
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