Moon ירח
Moon is written ירח in Hebrew. Moon appears 426,613 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 435,095 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 426,613
- Chance alone
- 435,095
- 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
426,613 sequences of ירח at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 435,095 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:5, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 6,589,854 sequences of ירח, against about 6,743,785 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 435,095 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 124,867
- Exodus 92,484
- Leviticus 53,136
- Numbers 94,569
- Deuteronomy 61,557
The shortest skips
וַיַּרְא יְהוָה כִּי רַבָּה רָעַת הָאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וְכָל־יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבֹת לִבּוֹ רַק רַע כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם
And the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,084Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּזְכֹּר אֱלֹהִים אֶת־נֹחַ וְאֵת כָּל־הַֽחַיָּה וְאֶת־כָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ בַּתֵּבָה וַיַּעֲבֵר אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיָּשֹׁכּוּ הַמָּֽיִם
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,187Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ חָֽרְבוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ וַיָּסַר נֹחַ אֶת־מִכְסֵה הַתֵּבָה וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה חָֽרְבוּ פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dried.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,794Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּהְיוּ יְמֵי־תֶרַח חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת תֶּרַח בְּחָרָֽן
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,111Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּגַּשׁ וַיִּשַּׁק־לוֹ וַיָּרַח אֶת־רֵיחַ בְּגָדָיו וַֽיְבָרֲכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר רְאֵה רֵיחַ בְּנִי כְּרֵיחַ שָׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר בֵּרֲכוֹ יְהוָֽה
And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said: See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,461Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,788,702 sequences of ירח at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,799,467).
- Genesis 124,867
- Exodus 92,484
- Leviticus 53,136
- Numbers 94,569
- Deuteronomy 65,540
- Joshua 65,940
- Judges 58,009
- Samuel 115,142
- Kings 155,631
- Isaiah 111,664
- Jeremiah 102,014
- Ezekiel 109,126
- The Twelve 81,276
- Psalms 142,876
- Proverbs 58,037
- Job 69,028
- Song of Songs 9,486
- Ruth 7,917
- Lamentations 11,055
- Ecclesiastes 16,036
- Esther 15,221
- Daniel 32,341
- Ezra–Nehemiah 56,264
- Chronicles 141,043
Outside the Torah
וַיֵּצֵא הַגּוֹרָל לִבְנֵי יוֹסֵף מִיַּרְדֵּן יְרִיחוֹ לְמֵי יְרִיחוֹ מִזְרָחָה הַמִּדְבָּר עֹלֶה מִירִיחוֹ בָּהָר בֵּֽית־אֵֽל
And the lot for the children of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to the wilderness, even to Beth-el.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 329,979Open in the laboratory →
וַתַּעַבְרוּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן וַתָּבֹאוּ אֶל־יְרִיחוֹ וַיִּלָּחֲמוּ בָכֶם בַּעֲלֵֽי־יְרִיחוֹ הָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַֽחִתִּי וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁי הַֽחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי וָאֶתֵּן אוֹתָם בְּיֶדְכֶֽם
And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho; and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 343,105Open in the laboratory →
וַתְּהִי עָלָיו רֽוּחַ־יְהוָה וַיִּשְׁפֹּט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה וַיִּתֵּן יְהוָה בְּיָדוֹ אֶת־כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַיִם מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם וַתָּעָז יָדוֹ עַל כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתָֽיִם
And the spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 348,749Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ירח — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ירח, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 218.
As a plain word it stands 12 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:26. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Jerah.
Questions
Is Moon in the Bible code?
426,613 sequences of ירח at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 435,095 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Moon in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 6:5 — the shortest of 426,613 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 435,095.
How is Moon spelled in Hebrew?
Moon is spelled ירח — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 218.
Is Moon in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,788,702 sequences of ירח at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,799,467).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 435,095 here) beside the count.