Lashon Hara לשון הרע
Lashon Hara — in Hebrew לשון הרע — evil speech, gossip. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 49,433 sequences of לשון (from Lashon Hara), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 32:19); chance alone would give about 49,941.
- Found in the Torah (לשון)
- 49,433
- Chance alone
- 49,941
- P (≥ found)
- 0.99
- 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 לשון, and הרע has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
The Torah holds 49,433 sequences of לשון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 49,941).
The shortest skip at which לשון appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 32:19, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), לשון is found 527,808 times; chance alone would give about 520,377.
- Genesis 11,922
- Exodus 9,592
- Leviticus 7,280
- Numbers 13,217
- Deuteronomy 7,422
The shortest skips
וְאָֽמַרְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ לְיַעֲקֹב מִנְחָה הִוא שְׁלוּחָה לַֽאדֹנִי לְעֵשָׂו וְהִנֵּה גַם־הוּא אַחֲרֵֽינוּ
then thou shalt say: They are thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord, even unto Esau; and, behold, he also is behind us.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,475Open in the laboratory →
כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ אַהֲרֹן לִפְנֵי הָעֵדֻת לְמִשְׁמָֽרֶת
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 103,080Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם כָּל־עֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁגּוּ וְנֶעְלַם דָּבָר מֵעֵינֵי הַקָּהָל וְעָשׂוּ אַחַת מִכָּל־מִצְוֺת יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־תֵעָשֶׂינָה וְאָשֵֽׁמוּ
And if the whole congregation of Israel shall err, the thing being hid from the eyes of the assembly, and do any of the things which the LORD hath commanded not to be done, and are guilty:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 144,974Open in the laboratory →
וְהַבָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר־יִגַּע בְּכָל־טָמֵא לֹא יֵֽאָכֵל בָּאֵשׁ יִשָּׂרֵף וְהַבָּשָׂר כָּל־טָהוֹר יֹאכַל בָּשָֽׂר
And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean may eat thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 149,885Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם אֶת־שְׂדֵה מִקְנָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר לֹא מִשְּׂדֵה אֲחֻזָּתוֹ יַקְדִּישׁ לַֽיהוָֽה
And if he sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the field of his possession;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 185,794Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, לשון appears 211,333 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 212,545, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 11,922
- Exodus 9,592
- Leviticus 7,280
- Numbers 13,217
- Deuteronomy 8,073
- Joshua 7,959
- Judges 7,873
- Samuel 20,023
- Kings 16,119
- Isaiah 10,476
- Jeremiah 13,013
- Ezekiel 10,902
- The Twelve 8,168
- Psalms 13,968
- Proverbs 4,382
- Job 5,649
- Song of Songs 915
- Ruth 1,021
- Lamentations 920
- Ecclesiastes 2,239
- Esther 2,483
- Daniel 5,224
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,542
- Chronicles 20,373
Outside the Torah
וַיָּבֹא אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הַֽמַּאֲכֶלֶת וַיַּחֲזֵק בְּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ וַֽיְנַתְּחֶהָ לַעֲצָמֶיהָ לִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר נְתָחִים וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֶהָ בְּכֹל גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 378,955Open in the laboratory →
וָֽאֹחֵז בְּפִֽילַגְשִׁי וָֽאֲנַתְּחֶהָ וָֽאֲשַׁלְּחֶהָ בְּכָל־שְׂדֵה נַחֲלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי עָשׂוּ זִמָּה וּנְבָלָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and wantonness in Israel
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 379,415Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וְהִנֵּה אִישׁ בָּא מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה מֵעִם שָׁאוּל וּבְגָדָיו קְרֻעִים וַאֲדָמָה עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ וַיְהִי בְּבֹאוֹ אֶל־דָּוִד וַיִּפֹּל אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ
it came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head; and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and prostrated himself.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 435,019Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לשון הרע — a Hebrew word: evil speech, gossip. Searched as לשון, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 386.
As a plain word it stands 37 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 4:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- הרע — a Hebrew word found 603,908 in the Torah (chance 605,336)
Questions
Is Lashon Hara in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 49,433 sequences of לשון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 49,941).
What is the shortest skip for Lashon Hara in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 32:19 — the shortest of 49,433 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 49,941.
What is the gematria of Lashon Hara in Hebrew?
Lashon Hara is spelled לשון הרע — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 386; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Lashon Hara found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, לשון appears 211,333 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 212,545, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 49,941 here) beside the count.