Leviathan לויתן
Leviathan — in Hebrew לויתן — Leviathan, a great sea creature. Leviathan appears 5,763 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 5,900 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 5,763
- Chance alone
- 5,900
- P (≥ found)
- 0.96
- Shortest skip
- 5
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 5,763 sequences of לויתן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 5,900).
The shortest skip at which לויתן appears in the Torah is 5 — the first at Genesis 31:19, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), לויתן is found 44,451 times; chance alone would give about 46,500.
- Genesis 1,588
- Exodus 1,157
- Leviticus 843
- Numbers 1,242
- Deuteronomy 933
The shortest skips
וְלָבָן הָלַךְ לִגְזֹז אֶת־צֹאנוֹ וַתִּגְנֹב רָחֵל אֶת־הַתְּרָפִים אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִֽיהָ
Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 44,585Open in the laboratory →
וְהַחֹנִים לִפְנֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן קֵדְמָה לִפְנֵי אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵד מִזְרָחָה מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו שֹֽׁמְרִים מִשְׁמֶרֶת הַמִּקְדָּשׁ לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהַזָּר הַקָּרֵב יוּמָֽת
And those that were to pitch before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, were Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary, even the charge for the children of Israel; and the common man that drew nigh was to be put to death.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 191,934Open in the laboratory →
וְכִֽי־יָמוּת מֵת עָלָיו בְּפֶתַע פִּתְאֹם וְטִמֵּא רֹאשׁ נִזְרוֹ וְגִלַּח רֹאשׁוֹ בְּיוֹם טָהֳרָתוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי יְגַלְּחֶֽנּוּ
And if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 197,406Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן טוֹב תִּתִּי אֹתָהּ לָךְ מִתִּתִּי אֹתָהּ לְאִישׁ אַחֵר שְׁבָה עִמָּדִֽי
And Laban said: ‘It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.’
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 40,724Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי מְתוּשֶׁלַח אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־לֶמֶךְ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Methuselah lived after he begot Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,538Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 26,054 sequences of לויתן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 26,531).
- Genesis 1,588
- Exodus 1,157
- Leviticus 843
- Numbers 1,242
- Deuteronomy 1,018
- Joshua 850
- Judges 969
- Samuel 2,194
- Kings 1,820
- Isaiah 1,245
- Jeremiah 1,786
- Ezekiel 1,819
- The Twelve 1,109
- Psalms 2,018
- Proverbs 532
- Job 860
- Song of Songs 119
- Ruth 129
- Lamentations 141
- Ecclesiastes 260
- Esther 258
- Daniel 670
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,031
- Chronicles 2,396
Outside the Torah
בֵּהּ־זִמְנָא מַנְדְּעִי יְתוּב עֲלַי וְלִיקַר מַלְכוּתִי הַדְרִי וְזִוִי יְתוּב עֲלַי וְלִי הַדָּֽבְרַי וְרַבְרְבָנַי יְבַעוֹן וְעַל־מַלְכוּתִי הָתְקְנַת וּרְבוּ יַתִּירָה הוּסְפַת לִֽי
At the same time mine understanding returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and my splendour returned unto me; and my ministers and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and surpassing greatness was added unto me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,044,617Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת כָּל־עָרֵי הַֽמִּסְכְּנוֹת אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ לִשְׁלֹמֹה וְאֵת עָרֵי הָרֶכֶב וְאֵת עָרֵי הַפָּרָשִׁים וְאֵת חֵשֶׁק שְׁלֹמֹה אֲשֶׁר חָשַׁק לִבְנוֹת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם וּבַלְּבָנוֹן וּבְכֹל אֶרֶץ מֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ
and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 498,677Open in the laboratory →
וְהַבּוֹר אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁלִיךְ שָׁם יִשְׁמָעֵאל אֵת כָּל־פִּגְרֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הִכָּה בְּיַד־גְּדַלְיָהוּ הוּא אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הַמֶּלֶךְ אָסָא מִפְּנֵי בַּעְשָׁא מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֹתוֹ מִלֵּא יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָהוּ חֲלָלִֽים
Now the pit wherein Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain by the side of Gedaliah was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasa king of Israel; the same Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled with them that were slain.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 706,513Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לויתן — the Tanakh's own spelling: Leviathan, a great sea creature. Searched as לויתן, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 496.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 27:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- לווייתן — the Tanakh's own spelling found 65 in the Torah (chance 60.1)
Questions
Does Leviathan appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 5,763 sequences of לויתן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 5,900).
What is the shortest skip for Leviathan in the Torah?
Skip 5, reading forward from Genesis 31:19 — the shortest of 5,763 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 5,900.
What is the gematria of Leviathan in Hebrew?
Leviathan is spelled לויתן — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 496; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Leviathan found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 26,054 sequences of לויתן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 26,531).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 5,900 here) beside the count.