Nachum (Nahum · נחום)
Nachum (Nahum · נחום) is a person named in the Tanakh. Nachum (Nahum) appears 27,210 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.6% more than chance alone would give (about 26,779; probability 0.0043).
- Found in the Torah
- 27,210
- Chance alone
- 26,779
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0043
- 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, נחום appears 27,210 times in the Torah — 1.6% more than the 26,779 chance alone would give; the probability of 27,210 or more by chance alone is 0.0043.
The shortest skip at which נחום appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 21:29, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), נחום is found 284,175 times; chance alone would give about 279,030.
- Genesis 7,385
- Exodus 5,334
- Leviticus 3,683
- Numbers 7,749
- Deuteronomy 3,059
The shortest skips
וְאִם שׁוֹר נַגָּח הוּא מִתְּמֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם וְהוּעַד בִּבְעָלָיו וְלֹא יִשְׁמְרֶנּוּ וְהֵמִית אִישׁ אוֹ אִשָּׁה הַשּׁוֹר יִסָּקֵל וְגַם־בְּעָלָיו יוּמָֽת
But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and warning hath been given to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 109,267Open in the laboratory →
אוֹ נוֹדַע כִּי שׁוֹר נַגָּח הוּא מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם וְלֹא יִשְׁמְרֶנּוּ בְּעָלָיו שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם שׁוֹר תַּחַת הַשּׁוֹר וְהַמֵּת יִֽהְיֶה־לּֽוֹ
Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 109,605Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּנִּיחֻהוּ בַּמִּשְׁמָר לִפְרֹשׁ לָהֶם עַל־פִּי יְהוָֽה
And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 179,107Open in the laboratory →
מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּי אַחֲרֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן יַחֲנוּ יָֽמָּה
The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 191,264Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־נֹחַ אַחַר הַמַּבּוּל שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַֽחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָֽה
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 11,505Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, נחום appears 113,772 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.8% more than the 112,921 chance alone would give; the probability of 113,772 or more by chance alone is 0.0057.
- Genesis 7,385
- Exodus 5,334
- Leviticus 3,683
- Numbers 7,749
- Deuteronomy 3,323
- Joshua 4,414
- Judges 3,853
- Samuel 7,599
- Kings 7,141
- Isaiah 6,759
- Jeremiah 6,147
- Ezekiel 7,237
- The Twelve 4,687
- Psalms 9,034
- Proverbs 3,384
- Job 4,281
- Song of Songs 650
- Ruth 406
- Lamentations 843
- Ecclesiastes 970
- Esther 806
- Daniel 2,899
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,235
- Chronicles 9,953
Outside the Torah
מִן־שָׁמַיִם נִלְחָמוּ הַכּֽוֹכָבִים מִמְּסִלּוֹתָם נִלְחֲמוּ עִם־סִיסְרָֽא
They fought from heaven, The stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 352,606Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתֶּם קַמְתֶּם עַל־בֵּית אָבִי הַיּוֹם וַתַּהַרְגוּ אֶת־בָּנָיו שִׁבְעִים אִישׁ עַל־אֶבֶן אֶחָת וַתַּמְלִיכוּ אֶת־אֲבִימֶלֶךְ בֶּן־אֲמָתוֹ עַל־בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם כִּי אֲחִיכֶם הֽוּא
and ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 360,892Open in the laboratory →
וּבַיִת לֹֽא־תִבְנוּ וְזֶרַע לֹֽא־תִזְרָעוּ וְכֶרֶם לֹֽא־תִטָּעוּ וְלֹא יִֽהְיֶה לָכֶם כִּי בָּאֳהָלִים תֵּֽשְׁבוּ כָּל־יְמֵיכֶם לְמַעַן תִּֽחְיוּ יָמִים רַבִּים עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם גָּרִים שָֽׁם
neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents, that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 696,354Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
נחום — the Tanakh's own spelling: Nahum. Searched as נחום, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 104.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Nahum 1:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Nahum, Nehum.
Questions
Is Nachum (Nahum) in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, נחום appears 27,210 times in the Torah — 1.6% more than the 26,779 chance alone would give; the probability of 27,210 or more by chance alone is 0.0043.
What is the shortest skip for Nachum (Nahum) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 21:29 — the shortest of 27,210 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 26,779.
What is the gematria of Nachum (Nahum) in Hebrew?
Nachum is spelled נחום — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 104.
How many times is Nachum (Nahum) found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, נחום appears 113,772 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.8% more than the 112,921 chance alone would give; the probability of 113,772 or more by chance alone is 0.0057.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 26,779 here) beside the count.