Love אהבה
Love is written אהבה in Hebrew. Love appears 1,252,325 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 0.3% more than chance alone would give (about 1,248,610; probability 0.00045).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 1,252,325
- Chance alone · every skip
- 1,248,610
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.00045
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,598
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 120,054 found · chance alone about 119,830 (probability of 120,054 or more by chance alone: 0.26).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), אהבה appears 1,252,325 times in the Torah — 0.3% more than the 1,248,610 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,252,325 or more by chance alone is 0.00045.
The shortest skip at which אהבה appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 1:9, reading forward.
The longest skip at which אהבה was found in the Torah is 101,598 — at Genesis 1:1, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 327,835
- Exodus 256,199
- Leviticus 198,509
- Numbers 243,772
- Deuteronomy 226,010
Examples across the range
5 of the 1,252,325 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
- א ה ב הGenesis 1:9
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 385 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ה ב הGenesis 1:9
- א ה בGenesis 7:13
… נֹחַ וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת נְשֵֽׁי־בָנָיו אִתָּם אֶל־הַתֵּבָֽה
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
Letter by letter: the other 1 letter
- הGenesis 7:14
הֵמָּה וְכָל־הַֽחַיָּה לְמִינָהּ וְכָל־הַבְּהֵמָה …
they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every sort.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,574 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ה בGenesis 7:13
- אExodus 4:8
וְהָיָה אִם־לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ לָךְ וְלֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ לְקֹל הָאֹת הָרִאשׁוֹן וְהֶֽאֱמִינוּ לְקֹל הָאֹת הָאַחֲרֽוֹן
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הExodus 4:9
… וְלֹא יִשְׁמְעוּן לְקֹלֶךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ מִמֵּימֵי הַיְאֹר וְשָׁפַכְתָּ הַיַּבָּשָׁה וְהָיוּ הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר …
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.’
- בExodus 4:10
… מִתְּמוֹל גַּם מִשִּׁלְשֹׁם גַּם מֵאָז דַּבֶּרְךָ אֶל־עַבְדֶּךָ כִּי כְבַד־פֶּה …
And Moses said unto the LORD: ‘Oh Lord, I am not a man of words, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.’
- הExodus 4:12
וְעַתָּה לֵךְ וְאָנֹכִי אֶֽהְיֶה עִם־פִּיךָ וְהוֹרֵיתִיךָ אֲשֶׁר תְּדַבֵּֽר
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.’
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 82,225 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אExodus 4:8
- אNumbers 7:68
כַּף אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מְלֵאָה קְטֹֽרֶת
one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הNumbers 7:88
… שִׁשִּׁים זֹאת חֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אַחֲרֵי הִמָּשַׁח אֹתֽוֹ
and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace-offerings twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication-offering of the altar, after that it was anointed.
- בNumbers 8:19
… לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֹהֶל …
And I have given the Levites— they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel…
- הNumbers 9:10
… לָכֶם אוֹ לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם וְעָשָׂה פֶסַח לַיהוָֽה
’Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD;
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 201,331 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- אNumbers 7:68
- אGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הExodus 16:8
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה בְּתֵת יְהוָה לָכֶם בָּעֶרֶב בָּשָׂר …
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
- בNumbers 8:17
… כָל־בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה בְּיוֹם הַכֹּתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ …
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- הDeuteronomy 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 101,598, width 101,598 — one row is 101,598 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 26 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,598 in the laboratory →
- אGenesis 1:1
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), אהבה appears 15,089,282 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 15,091,465, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 386,683 found · chance alone about 375,776 (probability of 386,683 or more by chance alone: 1.8 × 10⁻⁷⁰).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,276,133
- Exodus 877,703
- Leviticus 676,418
- Numbers 855,316
- Deuteronomy 787,671
- Joshua 476,072
- Judges 537,006
- Samuel 1,379,990
- Kings 1,354,652
- Isaiah 744,304
- Jeremiah 1,125,154
- Ezekiel 951,189
- The Twelve 679,788
- Psalms 712,334
- Proverbs 230,590
- Job 365,035
- Song of Songs 41,825
- Ruth 63,922
- Lamentations 53,540
- Ecclesiastes 120,496
- Esther 119,424
- Daniel 303,022
- Ezra–Nehemiah 370,431
- Chronicles 987,267
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- א ה ב הJoshua 9:24
… וַנִּירָא מְאֹד לְנַפְשֹׁתֵינוּ מִפְּנֵיכֶם וַֽנַּעֲשֵׂה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה
And they answered Joshua, and said: ‘Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you…
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,215 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ה ב הJoshua 9:24
- אJudges 10:6
… מוֹאָב וְאֵת אֱלֹהֵי בְנֵי־עַמּוֹן וְאֵת אֱלֹהֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיַּעַזְבוּ אֶת־יְהוָה …
And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baalim, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the LORD…
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הJudges 10:8
וַֽיִּרְעֲצוּ וַיְרֹֽצְצוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִיא שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה אֶֽת …
And they oppressed and crushed the children of Israel that year; eighteen years [oppressed they] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
- בJudges 10:9
וַיַּעַבְרוּ בְנֵֽי־עַמּוֹן אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן לְהִלָּחֵם גַּם־בִּיהוּדָה וּבְבִנְיָמִין וּבְבֵית אֶפְרָיִם וַתֵּצֶר לְיִשְׂרָאֵל מְאֹֽד
And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was sore distressed.
- הJudges 10:11
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲלֹא מִמִּצְרַיִם וּמִן־הָאֱמֹרִי וּמִן־בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וּמִן־פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים
And the LORD said unto the children of Israel: ‘Did not I save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
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 363,553 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אJudges 10:6
- א2 Chronicles 36:23
… נָתַן לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת …
’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 3 letters
- הEzekiel 46:19
… הַשַּׁעַר אֶל־הַלִּשְׁכוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים הַפֹּנוֹת צָפוֹנָה וְהִנֵּה־שָׁם מָקוֹם …
Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north; and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward.
- ב1 Samuel 11:10
וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ מָחָר נֵצֵא אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָּנוּ כְּכָל־הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם
And the men of Jabesh said: ‘To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.’
- הGenesis 1:3
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר
And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light.
skip 398,965, width 398,965 — one row is 398,965 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,983 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,965 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
אהבה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אהבה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 13.
As a plain word it stands 14 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 13:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Love appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), אהבה appears 1,252,325 times in the Torah — 0.3% more than the 1,248,610 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,252,325 or more by chance alone is 0.00045.
What is the shortest skip for Love in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:9 — the shortest of 1,252,325 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 1,248,610.
What is the gematria of Love in Hebrew?
Love is spelled אהבה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 13.
How many times is Love found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), אהבה appears 15,089,282 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 15,091,465, 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 1,248,610 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.