Justice משפט
Justice — in Hebrew משפט — judgment, justice, law. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,187 sequences of Justice, the shortest at skip 13 (Exodus 22:11); chance alone would give about 1,167.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,187
- Chance alone
- 1,167
- P (≥ found)
- 0.29
- Shortest skip
- 13
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,187 sequences of משפט at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,167 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 13 — the first at Exodus 22:11, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 13,452 sequences of משפט, against about 12,165 from chance alone.
- Genesis 151
- Exodus 288
- Leviticus 278
- Numbers 345
- Deuteronomy 125
The shortest skips
וְאִם־גָּנֹב יִגָּנֵב מֵעִמּוֹ יְשַׁלֵּם לִבְעָלָֽיו
But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 110,283Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן אֵת הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר נִקְּבוּ בְּשֵׁמֽוֹת
And Moses and Aaron took these men that are pointed out by name.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 186,921Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַתַּנִּינִם הַגְּדֹלִים וְאֵת כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ הַֽחַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 21, width 21 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 983Open in the laboratory →
הִשָּֽׁמְרוּ לָכֶם פֶּן יִפְתֶּה לְבַבְכֶם וְסַרְתֶּם וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶם לָהֶֽם
Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
skip 24, width 24 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 269,485Open in the laboratory →
וָאֹמַר אֲלֵכֶם בָּעֵת הַהִוא לֵאמֹר לֹא־אוּכַל לְבַדִּי שְׂאֵת אֶתְכֶֽם
And I spoke unto you at that time, saying: ‘I am not able to bear you myself alone;
skip 35, width 35 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 250,482Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,974 sequences of משפט at skips 2–5,000, 3.3% above what chance alone gives (about 3,848); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
- Genesis 151
- Exodus 288
- Leviticus 278
- Numbers 345
- Deuteronomy 133
- Joshua 91
- Judges 91
- Samuel 161
- Kings 231
- Isaiah 236
- Jeremiah 183
- Ezekiel 247
- The Twelve 215
- Psalms 358
- Proverbs 215
- Job 196
- Song of Songs 20
- Ruth 25
- Lamentations 28
- Ecclesiastes 50
- Esther 46
- Daniel 64
- Ezra–Nehemiah 112
- Chronicles 210
Outside the Torah
וּקְשָׁתוֹת נְעָרִים תְּרַטַּשְׁנָה וּפְרִי־בֶטֶן לֹא יְרַחֵמוּ עַל־בָּנִים לֹֽא־תָחוּס עֵינָֽם
And their bows shall dash the young men in pieces; And they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; Their eye shall not spare children.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 588,758Open in the laboratory →
כַּמָּה יְמֵֽי־עַבְדֶּךָ מָתַי תַּעֲשֶׂה בְרֹדְפַי מִשְׁפָּֽט
How many are the days of Thy servant? When wilt Thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 924,710Open in the laboratory →
פִּנִּיתָ לְפָנֶיהָ וַתַּשְׁרֵשׁ שָׁרָשֶׁיהָ וַתְּמַלֵּא־אָֽרֶץ
Thou didst clear a place before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 901,778Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
משפט — the Tanakh's own spelling: judgment, justice, law. Searched as משפט, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 429.
As a plain word it stands 135 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 14:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Justice appear in the Torah codes?
1,187 sequences of משפט at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,167 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Justice in the Torah?
Skip 13, reading forward from Exodus 22:11 — the shortest of 1,187 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,167.
How is Justice spelled in Hebrew?
Justice is spelled משפט — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 429.
Is Justice in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,974 sequences of משפט at skips 2–5,000, 3.3% above what chance alone gives (about 3,848); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,167 here) beside the count.