Koa קוע
Koa (קוע) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Koa is found 2,612,898 times across every skip (2–152,424), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 24:61) — about what chance alone gives (about 2,645,044).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 2,612,898
- Chance alone · every skip
- 2,645,044
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,331
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 170,124 found · chance alone about 170,653 (probability of 170,124 or more by chance alone: 0.90).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), קוע appears 2,612,898 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 2,645,044, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 24:61, reading forward.
The longest skip at which קוע was found in the Torah is 152,331 — at Genesis 1:5, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 2,645,044 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 749,406
- Exodus 525,438
- Leviticus 438,231
- Numbers 545,917
- Deuteronomy 353,906
Examples across the range
5 of the 2,612,898 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ק ו עGenesis 24:61
וַתָּקָם רִבְקָה וְנַעֲרֹתֶיהָ וַתִּרְכַּבְנָה עַל־הַגְּמַלִּים וַתֵּלַכְנָה אַחֲרֵי הָאִישׁ וַיִּקַּח הָעֶבֶד אֶת־רִבְקָה וַיֵּלַֽךְ
And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 32,509 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק ו עGenesis 24:61
- קGenesis 25:33
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב הִשָּׁבְעָה לִּי כַּיּוֹם וַיִּשָּׁבַע לוֹ וַיִּמְכֹּר אֶת־בְּכֹרָתוֹ לְיַעֲקֹֽב
And Jacob said: ‘Swear to me first’; and he swore unto him; and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- ו עGenesis 25:34
וְיַעֲקֹב נָתַן לְעֵשָׂו לֶחֶם וּנְזִיד עֲדָשִׁים וַיֹּאכַל וַיֵּשְׁתְּ וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלַךְ וַיִּבֶז עֵשָׂו אֶת־הַבְּכֹרָֽה
And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 34,339 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- קGenesis 25:33
- קExodus 26:5
… בַּיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת וַחֲמִשִּׁים לֻֽלָאֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה בִּקְצֵה הַיְרִיעָה אֲשֶׁר בַּמַּחְבֶּרֶת הַשֵּׁנִית מַקְבִּילֹת …
Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one to another.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וExodus 26:7
וְעָשִׂיתָ יְרִיעֹת עִזִּים לְאֹהֶל עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן עַשְׁתֵּי־עֶשְׂרֵה יְרִיעֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתָֽם
And thou shalt make curtains of goats’hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
- עExodus 26:8
… הַיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת מִדָּה אַחַת לְעַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה יְרִיעֹֽת
The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 115,483 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- קExodus 26:5
- קNumbers 22:41
וַיְהִי בַבֹּקֶר וַיִּקַּח בָּלָק אֶת־בִּלְעָם וַֽיַּעֲלֵהוּ בָּמוֹת בָּעַל וַיַּרְא מִשָּׁם קְצֵה הָעָֽם
And it came to pass in the morning that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into Bamoth-baal, and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וNumbers 23:21
לֹֽא־הִבִּיט אָוֶן בְּיַעֲקֹב וְלֹא־רָאָה עָמָל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וּתְרוּעַת מֶלֶךְ בּֽוֹ
None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob, Neither hath one seen perverseness in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the shouting for the King is among them.
- עNumbers 24:12
וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם אֶל־בָּלָק הֲלֹא גַּם אֶל־מַלְאָכֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַחְתָּ אֵלַי דִּבַּרְתִּי לֵאמֹֽר
And Balaam said unto Balak: ‘Spoke I not also to thy messengers that thou didst send unto me, saying:
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 227,579 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- קNumbers 22:41
- קGenesis 1:5
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד
And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וLeviticus 8:30
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה מִשֶּׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וּמִן־הַדָּם אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַיַּז …
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’garments with him.
- עDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
skip 152,331, width 152,331 — one row is 152,331 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 171 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,331 in the laboratory →
- קGenesis 1:5
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 39,655,664 sequences of קוע across every skip (2–598,520), 0.4% above what chance alone gives (about 39,488,067); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 8.5 × 10⁻¹⁵⁷ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 655,943 found · chance alone about 656,876 (probability of 655,943 or more by chance alone: 0.88).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 3,103,868
- Exodus 2,251,009
- Leviticus 1,922,072
- Numbers 2,409,892
- Deuteronomy 1,569,720
- Joshua 1,042,724
- Judges 1,132,530
- Samuel 2,554,723
- Kings 2,938,481
- Isaiah 2,861,033
- Jeremiah 2,793,988
- Ezekiel 2,288,584
- The Twelve 2,024,546
- Psalms 2,722,895
- Proverbs 1,213,975
- Job 1,209,918
- Song of Songs 149,772
- Ruth 197,208
- Lamentations 199,780
- Ecclesiastes 323,940
- Esther 256,860
- Daniel 939,612
- Ezra–Nehemiah 984,740
- Chronicles 2,563,794
Outside the Torah
- קJoshua 15:35
יַרְמוּת וַעֲדֻלָּם שׂוֹכֹה וַעֲזֵקָֽה
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- ו עJoshua 15:36
וְשַׁעֲרַיִם וַעֲדִיתַיִם וְהַגְּדֵרָה וּגְדֵרֹתָיִם עָרִים אַרְבַּֽע־עֶשְׂרֵה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן
and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, with Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 329,201 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- קJoshua 15:35
- קJudges 7:20
וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת הָרָאשִׁים בַּשּֽׁוֹפָרוֹת וַיִּשְׁבְּרוּ הַכַּדִּים …
And the three companies blew the horns, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands wherewith to blow; and they cried: ‘The sword for the LORD and for Gideon! ’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וJudges 7:21
וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ אִישׁ תַּחְתָּיו סָבִיב לַֽמַּחֲנֶה וַיָּרָץ כָּל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וַיָּרִיעוּ ויניסו
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and fled.
- עJudges 7:22
… בְּרֵעֵהוּ וּבְכָל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וַיָּנָס הַֽמַּחֲנֶה עַד־בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה צְֽרֵרָתָה עַד שְׂפַת …
And they blew the three hundred horns, and the LORD set every man’s sword a against his fellow, even throughout all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 357,228 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- קJudges 7:20
- ק2 Chronicles 36:23
… לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וIsaiah 25:4
כִּֽי־הָיִיתָ מָעוֹז לַדָּל מָעוֹז לָאֶבְיוֹן בַּצַּר־לוֹ …
For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, A stronghold to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall.
- עGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 598,468, width 598,468 — one row is 598,468 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,985 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,468 in the laboratory →
- ק2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
קוע — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קוע, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 176.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Koa in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–152,424), קוע appears 2,612,898 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 2,645,044, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Koa in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 24:61 — the shortest of 2,612,898 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 2,645,044.
How is Koa spelled in Hebrew?
Koa is spelled קוע — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 176.
Is Koa in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 39,655,664 sequences of קוע across every skip (2–598,520), 0.4% above what chance alone gives (about 39,488,067); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 8.5 × 10⁻¹⁵⁷ 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 2,645,044 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.