Mitzvah מצוה
Mitzvah — in Hebrew מצוה — commandment. In the Torah codes, Mitzvah is found 29,053 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 31:13) — about what chance alone gives (about 29,311).
- Found in the Torah
- 29,053
- Chance alone
- 29,311
- P (≥ found)
- 0.93
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
29,053 sequences of מצוה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 29,311 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 31:13, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 289,544 sequences of מצוה, against about 305,414 from chance alone.
- Genesis 7,110
- Exodus 7,666
- Leviticus 3,814
- Numbers 5,197
- Deuteronomy 5,266
The shortest skips
אָנֹכִי הָאֵל בֵּֽית־אֵל אֲשֶׁר מָשַׁחְתָּ שָּׁם מַצֵּבָה אֲשֶׁר נָדַרְתָּ לִּי שָׁם נֶדֶר עַתָּה קוּם צֵא מִן־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וְשׁוּב אֶל־אֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ
I am the God of Beth-el, where thou didst anoint a pillar, where thou didst vow a vow unto Me. Now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 44,268Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־הָעָם הֶעֱבִיר אֹתוֹ לֶעָרִים מִקְצֵה גְבוּל־מִצְרַיִם וְעַד־קָצֵֽהוּ
And as for the people, he removed them city by city, from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 73,238Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּיטֶב אֱלֹהִים לַֽמְיַלְּדֹת וַיִּרֶב הָעָם וַיַּֽעַצְמוּ מְאֹֽד
And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 78,938Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל אֶלְעָזָר וְאֶל־אִיתָמָר בָּנָיו הַנּֽוֹתָרִים קְחוּ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה הַנּוֹתֶרֶת מֵאִשֵּׁי יְהוָה וְאִכְלוּהָ מַצּוֹת אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כִּי קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים הִֽוא
And Moses spoke unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left: ‘Take the meal-offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 154,867Open in the laboratory →
וְעַל־צְבָא מַטֵּה בְּנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה גַּמְלִיאֵל בֶּן־פְּדָה־צֽוּר
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 206,080Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
112,521 sequences of מצוה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 113,413 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 7,110
- Exodus 7,666
- Leviticus 3,814
- Numbers 5,197
- Deuteronomy 5,700
- Joshua 4,523
- Judges 2,648
- Samuel 6,261
- Kings 7,372
- Isaiah 9,382
- Jeremiah 10,077
- Ezekiel 7,358
- The Twelve 7,618
- Psalms 7,873
- Proverbs 2,258
- Job 2,132
- Song of Songs 333
- Ruth 342
- Lamentations 463
- Ecclesiastes 750
- Esther 759
- Daniel 1,296
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,964
- Chronicles 8,625
Outside the Torah
וְנָסַב הַגְּבוּל מִבַּעֲלָה יָמָּה אֶל־הַר שֵׂעִיר וְעָבַר אֶל־כֶּתֶף הַר־יְעָרִים מִצָּפוֹנָה הִיא כְסָלוֹן וְיָרַד בֵּֽית־שֶׁמֶשׁ וְעָבַר תִּמְנָֽה
And the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north—the same is Chesalon—and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 328,315Open in the laboratory →
נֶגְבָּה לְאֶפְרַיִם וְצָפוֹנָה לִמְנַשֶּׁה וַיְהִי הַיָּם גְּבוּלוֹ וּבְאָשֵׁר יִפְגְּעוּן מִצָּפוֹן וּבְיִשָּׂשכָר מִמִּזְרָֽח
southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 331,146Open in the laboratory →
וַֽתַּעֲלֶה וַתֵּצֵא מֶרְכָּבָה מִמִּצְרַיִם בְּשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת כֶּסֶף וְסוּס בַּחֲמִשִּׁים וּמֵאָה וְכֵן לְכָל־מַלְכֵי הַחִתִּים וּלְמַלְכֵי אֲרָם בְּיָדָם יֹצִֽאוּ
And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Aram, did they bring them out by their means.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 501,007Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מצוה — the Tanakh's own spelling: commandment. Searched as מצוה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 141.
As a plain word it stands 20 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 27:8. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- מצווה — the Tanakh's own spelling found 2,910 in the Torah (chance 2,911)
Questions
Is Mitzvah in the Bible code?
29,053 sequences of מצוה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 29,311 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Mitzvah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 31:13 — the shortest of 29,053 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 29,311.
How is Mitzvah spelled in Hebrew?
Mitzvah is spelled מצוה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 141; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Mitzvah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
112,521 sequences of מצוה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 113,413 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 29,311 here) beside the count.