Lee Harvey Oswald לי הארווי אוסוואלד
Lee Harvey Oswald (לי הארווי אוסוואלד): assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939–1963). In the Torah codes, הארווי (from Lee Harvey Oswald) is found 1,422 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 20:9) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,474).
- Found in the Torah (הארווי)
- 1,422
- Chance alone
- 1,474
- P (≥ found)
- 0.92
- 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 הארווי, and לי, אוסוואלד have their own figures under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, הארווי appears 1,422 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,474, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 20:9, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 8,971 sequences of הארווי, against about 9,373 from chance alone.
- Genesis 455
- Exodus 287
- Leviticus 202
- Numbers 235
- Deuteronomy 243
The shortest skips
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הַמַּטֶּה מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּֽהוּ
And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as He commanded him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 222,351Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 110Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי הָעָם כְּמִתְאֹנְנִים רַע בְּאָזְנֵי יְהוָה וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהוָה וַיִּחַר אַפּוֹ וַתִּבְעַר־בָּם אֵשׁ יְהוָה וַתֹּאכַל בִּקְצֵה הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of the LORD; and when the LORD heard it, His anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 206,757Open in the laboratory →
וְשֵֽׁם־הַנָּהָר הַשֵּׁנִי גִּיחוֹן הוּא הַסּוֹבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ כּֽוּשׁ
And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,281Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הָאֹהֶל וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו קְרָסָיו קְרָשָׁיו בריחו וְעַמֻּדָיו וַאֲדָנָֽיו
And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets;
skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 139,459Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
6,193 sequences of הארווי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 6,190 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 455
- Exodus 287
- Leviticus 202
- Numbers 235
- Deuteronomy 290
- Joshua 249
- Judges 251
- Samuel 614
- Kings 612
- Isaiah 328
- Jeremiah 500
- Ezekiel 381
- The Twelve 377
- Psalms 304
- Proverbs 66
- Job 115
- Song of Songs 20
- Ruth 14
- Lamentations 13
- Ecclesiastes 45
- Esther 47
- Daniel 116
- Ezra–Nehemiah 165
- Chronicles 507
Outside the Torah
רָאִיתִי הַלַּיְלָה וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ רֹכֵב עַל־סוּס אָדֹם וְהוּא עֹמֵד בֵּין הַהֲדַסִּים אֲשֶׁר בַּמְּצֻלָה וְאַחֲרָיו סוּסִים אֲדֻמִּים שְׂרֻקִּים וּלְבָנִֽים
I saw in the night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 843,290Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בִּתְחִלַּת שִׁבְתָּם שָׁם לֹא יָרְאוּ אֶת־יְהוָה וַיְשַׁלַּח יְהוָה בָּהֶם אֶת־הָאֲרָיוֹת וַיִּֽהְיוּ הֹרְגִים בָּהֶֽם
And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 559,030Open in the laboratory →
יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת עִמָּנוּ מִשְׂגָּֽב־לָנוּ אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶֽלָה
The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our high tower. Selah
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 882,141Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לי הארווי אוסוואלד — the name in Hebrew letters: assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939–1963). Searched as הארווי, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 228.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- אוסוואלד — the name in Hebrew letters found 1 in the Torah (chance 0.22)
Questions
Does Lee Harvey Oswald appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, הארווי appears 1,422 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,474, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Lee Harvey Oswald in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 20:9 — the shortest of 1,422 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,474.
How is Lee Harvey Oswald spelled in Hebrew?
Lee Harvey Oswald is spelled לי הארווי אוסוואלד — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 228; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Lee Harvey Oswald in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
6,193 sequences of הארווי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 6,190 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,474 here) beside the count.