Money (silver · כסף)
Money (silver) — in Hebrew כסף — silver; money. In the Torah codes, Money (silver) is found 11,176 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 2:5) — about what chance alone gives (about 11,154).
- Found in the Torah
- 11,176
- Chance alone
- 11,154
- P (≥ found)
- 0.42
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
11,176 sequences of כסף at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 11,154 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which כסף appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 2:5, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), כסף is found 182,479 times; chance alone would give about 172,883.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 11,154 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 2,816
- Exodus 2,160
- Leviticus 1,641
- Numbers 2,605
- Deuteronomy 1,954
The shortest skips
וַתֵּרֶד בַּת־פַּרְעֹה לִרְחֹץ עַל־הַיְאֹר וְנַעֲרֹתֶיהָ הֹלְכֹת עַל־יַד הַיְאֹר וַתֵּרֶא אֶת־הַתֵּבָה בְּתוֹךְ הַסּוּף וַתִּשְׁלַח אֶת־אֲמָתָהּ וַתִּקָּחֶֽהָ
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 79,246Open in the laboratory →
וְגַם־מִקְנֵנוּ יֵלֵךְ עִמָּנוּ לֹא תִשָּׁאֵר פַּרְסָה כִּי מִמֶּנּוּ נִקַּח לַעֲבֹד אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַאֲנַחְנוּ לֹֽא־נֵדַע מַֽה־נַּעֲבֹד אֶת־יְהוָה עַד־בֹּאֵנוּ שָֽׁמָּה
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 93,160Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּרְאֶהָ יְהוּדָה וַֽיַּחְשְׁבֶהָ לְזוֹנָה כִּי כִסְּתָה פָּנֶֽיהָ
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 56,700Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי קוּם לֵךְ לְמַסַּע לִפְנֵי הָעָם וְיָבֹאוּ וְיִֽרְשׁוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָם לָתֵת לָהֶֽם
And the LORD said unto me: ‘Arise, go before the people, causing them to set forward, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore unto their fathers to give unto them.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 267,953Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּרְדְּפוּ מִצְרַיִם אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיַּשִּׂיגוּ אוֹתָם חֹנִים עַל־הַיָּם כָּל־סוּס רֶכֶב פַּרְעֹה וּפָרָשָׁיו וְחֵילוֹ עַל־פִּי הַֽחִירֹת לִפְנֵי בַּעַל צְפֹֽן
And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 98,479Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, כסף appears 48,741 times in the whole Tanakh — 5.9% more than the 46,042 chance alone would give; the probability of 48,741 or more by chance alone is 6.5 × 10⁻³⁶.
- Genesis 2,816
- Exodus 2,160
- Leviticus 1,641
- Numbers 2,605
- Deuteronomy 2,030
- Joshua 863
- Judges 1,144
- Samuel 1,736
- Kings 3,255
- Isaiah 4,134
- Jeremiah 2,527
- Ezekiel 2,851
- The Twelve 2,738
- Psalms 6,551
- Proverbs 3,039
- Job 2,093
- Song of Songs 293
- Ruth 159
- Lamentations 224
- Ecclesiastes 612
- Esther 936
- Daniel 1,029
- Ezra–Nehemiah 983
- Chronicles 2,322
Outside the Torah
פַּאֲרֵי פִשְׁתִּים יִהְיוּ עַל־רֹאשָׁם וּמִכְנְסֵי פִשְׁתִּים יִהְיוּ עַל־מָתְנֵיהֶם לֹא יַחְגְּרוּ בַּיָּֽזַע
They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 794,471Open in the laboratory →
אנתה־הוּא מַלְכָּא דִּי רְבַית וּתְקֵפְתְּ וּרְבוּתָךְ רְבָת וּמְטָת לִשְׁמַיָּא וְשָׁלְטָנָךְ לְסוֹף אַרְעָֽא
it is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,043,548Open in the laboratory →
עַד־כָּה סוֹפָא דִֽי־מִלְּתָא אֲנָה דָֽנִיֵּאל שַׂגִּיא רַעְיוֹנַי יְבַהֲלֻנַּנִי וְזִיוַי יִשְׁתַּנּוֹן עֲלַי וּמִלְּתָא בְּלִבִּי נִטְרֵֽת
Here is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my thoughts much affrighted me, and my countenance was changed in me; but I kept the matter in my heart.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,051,097Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
כסף — the Tanakh's own spelling: silver; money. Searched as כסף, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 160.
As a plain word it stands 211 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 17:12. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: silver.
Questions
Does Money (silver) appear in the Torah codes?
11,176 sequences of כסף at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 11,154 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Money (silver) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 2:5 — the shortest of 11,176 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 11,154.
What is the gematria of Money (silver) in Hebrew?
Money is spelled כסף — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 160.
How many times is Money (silver) found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, כסף appears 48,741 times in the whole Tanakh — 5.9% more than the 46,042 chance alone would give; the probability of 48,741 or more by chance alone is 6.5 × 10⁻³⁶.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 11,154 here) beside the count.