Month חדש
Month — in Hebrew חדש — month; new moon. Month appears 85,661 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.7% more than chance alone would give (about 83,424; probability 6.2 × 10⁻¹⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 85,661
- Chance alone
- 83,424
- P (≥ found)
- 6.2 × 10⁻¹⁵
- 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, חדש appears 85,661 times in the Torah — 2.7% more than the 83,424 chance alone would give; the probability of 85,661 or more by chance alone is 6.2 × 10⁻¹⁵.
The shortest skip at which חדש appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 21:23, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), חדש is found 1,287,141 times; chance alone would give about 1,293,028.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 83,424 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 19,705
- Exodus 19,140
- Leviticus 12,736
- Numbers 24,152
- Deuteronomy 9,928
The shortest skips
וְעַתָּה הִשָּׁבְעָה לִּי בֵֽאלֹהִים הֵנָּה אִם־תִּשְׁקֹר לִי וּלְנִינִי וּלְנֶכְדִּי כַּחֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי עִמְּךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה עִמָּדִי וְעִם־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־גַּרְתָּה בָּֽהּ
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 26,473Open in the laboratory →
לֹא תַחְמֹד בֵּית רֵעֶךָ לֹֽא־תַחְמֹד אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ וְעַבְדּוֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ וְשׁוֹרוֹ וַחֲמֹרוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לְרֵעֶֽךָ
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 107,599Open in the laboratory →
יְהוָה אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב־חֶסֶד נֹשֵׂא עָוֺן וָפָשַׁע וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה פֹּקֵד עֲוֺן אָבוֹת עַל־בָּנִים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִֽים
The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 211,904Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹא תַחְמֹד אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ וְלֹא תִתְאַוֶּה בֵּית רֵעֶךָ שָׂדֵהוּ וְעַבְדּוֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ שׁוֹרוֹ וַחֲמֹרוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לְרֵעֶֽךָ
Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 260,390Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה עֵקֶב תִּשְׁמְעוּן אֵת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים הָאֵלֶּה וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם וְשָׁמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְךָ אֶֽת־הַבְּרִית וְאֶת־הַחֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ
And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which He swore unto thy fathers,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 263,327Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
360,382 sequences of חדש at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 361,258 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 19,705
- Exodus 19,140
- Leviticus 12,736
- Numbers 24,152
- Deuteronomy 10,515
- Joshua 10,728
- Judges 9,760
- Samuel 34,945
- Kings 28,171
- Isaiah 19,155
- Jeremiah 17,608
- Ezekiel 22,187
- The Twelve 12,636
- Psalms 27,067
- Proverbs 12,405
- Job 11,744
- Song of Songs 1,854
- Ruth 1,173
- Lamentations 2,187
- Ecclesiastes 4,506
- Esther 3,737
- Daniel 10,726
- Ezra–Nehemiah 13,190
- Chronicles 30,355
Outside the Torah
וְעַתָּה קְרָא נָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם לֵאמֹר מִֽי־יָרֵא וְחָרֵד יָשֹׁב וְיִצְפֹּר מֵהַר הַגִּלְעָד וַיָּשָׁב מִן־הָעָם עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנַיִם אֶלֶף וַעֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים נִשְׁאָֽרוּ
Now therefore make proclamation in the ears of the people, saying: Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead.’ And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 355,938Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם מֵהָֽאֹכֵל יָצָא מַאֲכָל וּמֵעַז יָצָא מָתוֹק וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לְהַגִּיד הַחִידָה שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִֽים
And he said unto them: Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 370,129Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו אִישׁ עָלָה לִקְרָאתֵנוּ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֵינוּ לְכוּ שׁוּבוּ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח אֶתְכֶם וְדִבַּרְתֶּם אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הַֽמִבְּלִי אֵין־אֱלֹהִים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אַתָּה שֹׁלֵחַ לִדְרֹשׁ בְּבַעַל זְבוּב אֱלֹהֵי עֶקְרוֹן לָכֵן הַמִּטָּה אֲשֶׁר־עָלִיתָ שָּׁם לֹֽא־תֵרֵד מִמֶּנָּה כִּֽי־מוֹת תָּמֽוּת
And they said unto him: ‘There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us: Go, return unto the king that sent you, and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 528,164Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חדש — the Tanakh's own spelling: month; new moon. Searched as חדש, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 312.
As a plain word it stands 64 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 29:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Hodesh.
Other spellings
- חודש — the Tanakh's own spelling found 8,423 in the Torah (chance 8,286)
Questions
Is Month in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, חדש appears 85,661 times in the Torah — 2.7% more than the 83,424 chance alone would give; the probability of 85,661 or more by chance alone is 6.2 × 10⁻¹⁵.
What is the shortest skip for Month in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 21:23 — the shortest of 85,661 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 83,424.
What is the gematria of Month in Hebrew?
Month is spelled חדש — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 312; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Month found in the whole Tanakh?
360,382 sequences of חדש at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 361,258 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 83,424 here) beside the count.