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Jonas Salk יונה סאלק

Jonas Salk (יונה סאלק): Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995). יונה (from Jonas Salk) appears 129,149 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 131,436 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah (יונה)
129,149
Chance alone
131,436
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

A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for יונה, and סאלק has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.

The Torah holds 129,149 sequences of יונה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 131,436).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 31:16, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 1,370,129 sequences of יונה, against about 1,369,539 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 36,262
  • Exodus 25,361
  • Leviticus 18,561
  • Numbers 29,079
  • Deuteronomy 19,886

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 31:16בראשית לא:טזskip 2, forward

    כִּי כָל־הָעֹשֶׁר אֲשֶׁר הִצִּיל אֱלֹהִים מֵֽאָבִינוּ לָנוּ הוּא וּלְבָנֵינוּ וְעַתָּה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר אָמַר אֱלֹהִים אֵלֶיךָ עֲשֵֽׂה

    For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children’s. Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.’

    יונה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 31:16היםמאבנלוואולבנייונה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 44,403Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 32:14בראשית לב:ידskip 2, forward

    וַיָּלֶן שָׁם בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיִּקַּח מִן־הַבָּא בְיָדוֹ מִנְחָה לְעֵשָׂו אָחִֽיו

    And he lodged there that night; and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother:

    יונה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 32:14מןהבאבדמחלעשואחייונה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 47,200Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 36:24בראשית לו:כדskip 2, forward

    וְאֵלֶּה בְנֵֽי־צִבְעוֹן וְאַיָּה וַעֲנָה הוּא עֲנָה אֲשֶׁר מָצָא אֶת־הַיֵּמִם בַּמִּדְבָּר בִּרְעֹתוֹ אֶת־הַחֲמֹרִים לְצִבְעוֹן אָבִֽיו

    And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah—this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

    יונה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 36:24בעוןואהעהואענהאשיונה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 53,301Open in the laboratory →

  4. 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.

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

    letter 74,172Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 10:35במדבר י:להskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי בִּנְסֹעַ הָאָרֹן וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה קוּמָה יְהוָה וְיָפֻצוּ אֹֽיְבֶיךָ וְיָנֻסוּ מְשַׂנְאֶיךָ מִפָּנֶֽיךָ

    And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said: ‘Rise up, O LORD, and let Thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate Thee flee before Thee.’

    יונה at skip 2, forward from Numbers 10:35איךמפנךבחיאמרשוביונה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 206,656Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, יונה appears 571,386 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 581,412, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 36,262
  • Exodus 25,361
  • Leviticus 18,561
  • Numbers 29,079
  • Deuteronomy 21,969
  • Joshua 23,305
  • Judges 21,709
  • Samuel 44,316
  • Kings 41,284
  • Isaiah 32,791
  • Jeremiah 43,345
  • Ezekiel 34,879
  • The Twelve 30,192
  • Psalms 38,851
  • Proverbs 8,655
  • Job 13,296
  • Song of Songs 2,229
  • Ruth 2,213
  • Lamentations 3,251
  • Ecclesiastes 4,096
  • Esther 4,292
  • Daniel 12,304
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 25,257
  • Chronicles 53,889

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 9:13יהושע ט:יגskip 2, forward

    וְאֵלֶּה נֹאדוֹת הַיַּיִן אֲשֶׁר מִלֵּאנוּ חֲדָשִׁים וְהִנֵּה הִתְבַּקָּעוּ וְאֵלֶּה שַׂלְמוֹתֵינוּ וּנְעָלֵינוּ בָּלוּ מֵרֹב הַדֶּרֶךְ מְאֹֽד

    And these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent. And these our garments and our shoes are worn by reason of the very long journey.’

    יונה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 9:13אנוחדשםההתבקעוואיונה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 318,445Open in the laboratory →

  2. Judges 3:15שופטים ג:טוskip 2, forward

    וַיִּזְעֲקוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה וַיָּקֶם יְהוָה לָהֶם מוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת־אֵהוּד בֶּן־גֵּרָא בֶּן־הַיְמִינִי אִישׁ אִטֵּר יַד־יְמִינוֹ וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיָדוֹ מִנְחָה לְעֶגְלוֹן מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָֽב

    But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed; and the children of Israel sent a present by him unto Eglon the king of Moab.

    יונה at skip 2, forward from Judges 3:15ישראלבדמחלעגלוןמיונה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 349,120Open in the laboratory →

  3. Judges 9:33שופטים ט:לגskip 2, forward

    וְהָיָה בַבֹּקֶר כִּזְרֹחַ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ תַּשְׁכִּים וּפָשַׁטְתָּ עַל־הָעִיר וְהִנֵּה־הוּא וְהָעָם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּוֹ יֹצְאִים אֵלֶיךָ וְעָשִׂיתָ לּוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָא יָדֶֽךָ

    And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city; and, behold, when he and the people that are with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt be able.’

    יונה at skip 2, forward from Judges 9:33טתעלהערההואוהעםאיונה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 361,784Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

יונה סאלק — the name in Hebrew letters: Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995). Searched as יונה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 71.

As a plain word it stands 27 times in the Tanakh, first at Leviticus 5:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

  • סאלק — the name in Hebrew letters found 1,645 in the Torah (chance 1,729)

Questions

Does Jonas Salk appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 129,149 sequences of יונה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 131,436).

What is the shortest skip for Jonas Salk in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 31:16 — the shortest of 129,149 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 131,436.

How is Jonas Salk spelled in Hebrew?

Jonas Salk is spelled יונה סאלק — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 71; one other spelling is counted on this page.

Is Jonas Salk in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, יונה appears 571,386 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 581,412, so the count is in line with chance.

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