Levites לוים
Levites — in Hebrew לוים — the Levites. Levites appears 179,005 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 179,487 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 179,005
- Chance alone
- 179,487
- P (≥ found)
- 0.87
- Shortest skip
- 2
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, לוים appears 179,005 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 179,487, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which לוים appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:5, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), לוים is found 1,796,715 times; chance alone would give about 1,870,233.
- Genesis 48,720
- Exodus 37,913
- Leviticus 21,616
- Numbers 40,887
- Deuteronomy 29,869
The shortest skips
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.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 159Open in the laboratory →
הֲלוֹא אִם־תֵּיטִיב שְׂאֵת וְאִם לֹא תֵיטִיב לַפֶּתַח חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ וְאֵלֶיךָ תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּֽוֹ
If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,522Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּנָּחֶם יְהוָה כִּֽי־עָשָׂה אֶת־הָֽאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וַיִּתְעַצֵּב אֶל־לִבּֽוֹ
And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,137Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לָבוֹא וְתַרְדֵּמָה נָפְלָה עַל־אַבְרָם וְהִנֵּה אֵימָה חֲשֵׁכָה גְדֹלָה נֹפֶלֶת עָלָֽיו
And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,894Open in the laboratory →
וְאַבְרָהָם בֶּן־תִּשְׁעִים וָתֵשַׁע שָׁנָה בְּהִמֹּלוֹ בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתֽוֹ
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,369Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, לוים appears 907,979 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 904,155 chance alone would give; the probability of 907,979 or more by chance alone is 2.9 × 10⁻⁵.
- Genesis 48,720
- Exodus 37,913
- Leviticus 21,616
- Numbers 40,887
- Deuteronomy 32,469
- Joshua 28,231
- Judges 34,080
- Samuel 84,819
- Kings 77,238
- Isaiah 50,386
- Jeremiah 66,779
- Ezekiel 50,586
- The Twelve 44,681
- Psalms 69,216
- Proverbs 17,977
- Job 26,951
- Song of Songs 3,301
- Ruth 3,821
- Lamentations 4,445
- Ecclesiastes 8,222
- Esther 8,660
- Daniel 17,594
- Ezra–Nehemiah 32,081
- Chronicles 97,306
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי בִּֽהְיוֹת יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּירִיחוֹ וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ עֹמֵד לְנֶגְדּוֹ וְחַרְבּוֹ שְׁלוּפָה בְּיָדוֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֵלָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הֲלָנוּ אַתָּה אִם־לְצָרֵֽינוּ
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand; and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him: ‘Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?’ .
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,259Open in the laboratory →
בַּעֲלָה וְעִיִּים וָעָֽצֶם
Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 329,052Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־הַיְבוּסִי יוֹשְׁבֵי יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם לֹֽא־יוכלו בְנֵֽי־יְהוּדָה לְהֽוֹרִישָׁם וַיֵּשֶׁב הַיְבוּסִי אֶת־בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה בִּירוּשָׁלִַם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, unto this day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 329,907Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לוים — the Tanakh's own spelling: the Levites. Searched as לוים, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 86.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- לויים — the Tanakh's own spelling found 18,412 in the Torah (chance 18,423)
Questions
Is Levites in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, לוים appears 179,005 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 179,487, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Levites in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:5 — the shortest of 179,005 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 179,487.
What is the gematria of Levites in Hebrew?
Levites is spelled לוים — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 86; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Levites found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, לוים appears 907,979 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 904,155 chance alone would give; the probability of 907,979 or more by chance alone is 2.9 × 10⁻⁵.
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