Lud לוד
Lud (לוד) is the name of a people in the Tanakh. Lud appears 488,184 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 490,066 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 488,184
- Chance alone
- 490,066
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 488,184 sequences of לוד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 490,066).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:14, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 7,496,617 sequences of לוד, against about 7,595,804 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 490,066 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 130,647
- Exodus 96,008
- Leviticus 65,833
- Numbers 114,421
- Deuteronomy 81,275
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי מְאֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַיּוֹם וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה וְהָיוּ לְאֹתֹת וּלְמוֹעֲדִים וּלְיָמִים וְשָׁנִֽים
And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 663Open in the laboratory →
וְיָקְטָן יָלַד אֶת־אַלְמוֹדָד וְאֶת־שָׁלֶף וְאֶת־חֲצַרְמָוֶת וְאֶת־יָֽרַח
And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 12,475Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי־נֹחַ לְתוֹלְדֹתָם בְּגוֹיֵהֶם וּמֵאֵלֶּה נִפְרְדוּ הַגּוֹיִם בָּאָרֶץ אַחַר הַמַּבּֽוּל
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 12,652Open in the laboratory →
וַתְּהִי שָׂרַי עֲקָרָה אֵין לָהּ וָלָֽד
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,001Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אַמְרָפֶל מֶֽלֶךְ־שִׁנְעָר אַרְיוֹךְ מֶלֶךְ אֶלָּסָר כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר מֶלֶךְ עֵילָם וְתִדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גּוֹיִֽם
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,080Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 2,601,809 sequences of לוד at skips 2–5,000, 1.1% above what chance alone gives (about 2,574,093); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.2 × 10⁻⁶⁷ by chance alone.
- Genesis 130,647
- Exodus 96,008
- Leviticus 65,833
- Numbers 114,421
- Deuteronomy 85,167
- Joshua 74,580
- Judges 78,430
- Samuel 328,408
- Kings 198,003
- Isaiah 138,649
- Jeremiah 177,530
- Ezekiel 146,745
- The Twelve 108,858
- Psalms 201,787
- Proverbs 55,572
- Job 70,620
- Song of Songs 9,150
- Ruth 10,797
- Lamentations 11,470
- Ecclesiastes 23,833
- Esther 35,323
- Daniel 90,780
- Ezra–Nehemiah 90,457
- Chronicles 258,741
Outside the Torah
וַתֹּאמֶר לָהֶם הָהָרָה לֵּכוּ פֶּֽן־יִפְגְּעוּ בָכֶם הָרֹדְפִים וְנַחְבֵּתֶם שָׁמָּה שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים עַד שׁוֹב הָרֹֽדְפִים וְאַחַר תֵּלְכוּ לְדַרְכְּכֶֽם
And she said unto them: ‘Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned; and afterward may ye go your way.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,091Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר שַׂר־צְבָא יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שַׁל־נַֽעַלְךָ מֵעַל רַגְלֶךָ כִּי הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹמֵד עָלָיו קֹדֶשׁ הוּא וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כֵּֽן
And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua: ‘Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.’ And Joshua did so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,411Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כִּרְאוֹת מֶֽלֶךְ־הָעַי וַֽיְמַהֲרוּ וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ וַיֵּצְאוּ אַנְשֵֽׁי־הָעִיר לִקְרַֽאת־יִשְׂרָאֵל לַֽמִּלְחָמָה הוּא וְכָל־עַמּוֹ לַמּוֹעֵד לִפְנֵי הָֽעֲרָבָה וְהוּא לֹא יָדַע כִּֽי־אֹרֵב לוֹ מֵאַחֲרֵי הָעִֽיר
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hastened and rose up early and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, in front of the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,181Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לוד — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as לוד, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 40.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Lud appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 488,184 sequences of לוד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 490,066).
What is the shortest skip for Lud in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:14 — the shortest of 488,184 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 490,066.
How is Lud spelled in Hebrew?
Lud is spelled לוד — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 40.
Is Lud in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 2,601,809 sequences of לוד at skips 2–5,000, 1.1% above what chance alone gives (about 2,574,093); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.2 × 10⁻⁶⁷ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 490,066 here) beside the count.