Kiddush קידוש
Kiddush — in Hebrew קידוש — the blessing over wine that sanctifies the day. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 579 sequences of Kiddush, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 24:30); chance alone would give about 555.
- Found in the Torah
- 579
- Chance alone
- 555
- P (≥ found)
- 0.16
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, קידוש appears 579 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 555, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which קידוש appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 24:30, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), קידוש is found 4,219 times; chance alone would give about 4,377.
- Genesis 167
- Exodus 105
- Leviticus 79
- Numbers 148
- Deuteronomy 80
The shortest skips
וַיְהִי כִּרְאֹת אֶת־הַנֶּזֶם וְֽאֶת־הַצְּמִדִים עַל־יְדֵי אֲחֹתוֹ וּכְשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי רִבְקָה אֲחֹתוֹ לֵאמֹר כֹּֽה־דִבֶּר אֵלַי הָאִישׁ וַיָּבֹא אֶל־הָאִישׁ וְהִנֵּה עֹמֵד עַל־הַגְּמַלִּים עַל־הָעָֽיִן
And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying: ‘Thus spoke the man unto me, ‘that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 30,879Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אֶת־הָאֵבֶל בְּגֹרֶן הָֽאָטָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵֽבֶל־כָּבֵד זֶה לְמִצְרָיִם עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמָהּ אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּֽן
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said: ‘This is a grievous amourning to the Egyptians.’ Wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 77,236Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא חֲמוֹר אֲבִֽי־שְׁכֶם אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב לְדַבֵּר אִתּֽוֹ
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him.
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 49,437Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יְהוָה לָכֵן כָּל־הֹרֵג קַיִן שִׁבְעָתַיִם יֻקָּם וַיָּשֶׂם יְהוָה לְקַיִן אוֹת לְבִלְתִּי הַכּוֹת־אֹתוֹ כָּל־מֹצְאֽוֹ
And the LORD said unto him: ‘Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.’ And the LORD set a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
skip 20, width 20 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 4,856Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יְהוָה לָכֵן כָּל־הֹרֵג קַיִן שִׁבְעָתַיִם יֻקָּם וַיָּשֶׂם יְהוָה לְקַיִן אוֹת לְבִלְתִּי הַכּוֹת־אֹתוֹ כָּל־מֹצְאֽוֹ
And the LORD said unto him: ‘Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.’ And the LORD set a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
skip 25, width 25 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 4,877Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, קידוש appears 2,608 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,646, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 167
- Exodus 105
- Leviticus 79
- Numbers 148
- Deuteronomy 91
- Joshua 49
- Judges 85
- Samuel 270
- Kings 198
- Isaiah 180
- Jeremiah 178
- Ezekiel 137
- The Twelve 119
- Psalms 221
- Proverbs 83
- Job 85
- Song of Songs 13
- Ruth 16
- Lamentations 7
- Ecclesiastes 26
- Esther 15
- Daniel 86
- Ezra–Nehemiah 68
- Chronicles 182
Outside the Torah
וְנָתַתִּי חחיים בִּלְחָיֶיךָ וְהִדְבַּקְתִּי דְגַת־יְאֹרֶיךָ בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶיךָ וְהַעֲלִיתִיךָ מִתּוֹךְ יְאֹרֶיךָ וְאֵת כָּל־דְּגַת יְאֹרֶיךָ בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶיךָ תִּדְבָּֽק
And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 768,505Open in the laboratory →
שִׁמְעוּ וְהָעִידוּ בְּבֵית יַֽעֲקֹב נְאֻם־אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה אֱלֹהֵי הַצְּבָאֽוֹת
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, Saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 817,531Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשָׁב מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה שֵׁנִית וַיִּגַּע־בּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר קוּם אֱכֹל כִּי רַב מִמְּךָ הַדָּֽרֶךְ
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said: ‘Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.’
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 518,858Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
קידוש — a Hebrew word: the blessing over wine that sanctifies the day. Searched as קידוש, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 420.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Kiddush appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, קידוש appears 579 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 555, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Kiddush in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading backward from Genesis 24:30 — the shortest of 579 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 555.
What is the gematria of Kiddush in Hebrew?
Kiddush is spelled קידוש — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 420.
How many times is Kiddush found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, קידוש appears 2,608 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,646, so the count is in line with chance.
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