Naham נחם
Naham (נחם) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Naham is found 4,375,386 times across every skip (2–152,424), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 29:15) — 4.7% above the 4,178,916 chance alone would give (probability of 4,375,386 or more by chance alone: below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 4,375,386
- Chance alone · every skip
- 4,178,916
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- below 10⁻³⁰⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,352
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 276,072 found · chance alone about 269,615 (probability of 276,072 or more by chance alone: 1.6 × 10⁻³⁵).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 4,375,386 sequences of נחם across every skip (2–152,424), 4.7% above what chance alone gives (about 4,178,916); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 29:15, reading forward.
The longest skip at which נחם was found in the Torah is 152,352 — at Genesis 1:2, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 4,178,916 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,157,956
- Exodus 811,295
- Leviticus 615,237
- Numbers 1,121,880
- Deuteronomy 669,018
Examples across the range
5 of the 4,375,386 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- נ ח םGenesis 29:15
וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב הֲכִי־אָחִי אַתָּה וַעֲבַדְתַּנִי חִנָּם הַגִּידָה לִּי מַה־מַּשְׂכֻּרְתֶּֽךָ
And Laban said unto Jacob: ‘Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 40,577 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- נ ח םGenesis 29:15
Letter by letter
- נ ח מGenesis 37:9
… אַחֵר וַיְסַפֵּר אֹתוֹ לְאֶחָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה חָלַמְתִּֽי חֲלוֹם עוֹד וְהִנֵּה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְהַיָּרֵחַ …
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said: ‘Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 54,535 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- נ ח מGenesis 37:9
- ןExodus 8:3
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן הַֽחֲרְטֻמִּים בְּלָטֵיהֶם וַיַּעֲלוּ אֶת־הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִים עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- חExodus 8:4
… יְהוָה וְיָסֵר הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִים מִמֶּנִּי וּמֵֽעַמִּי וַאֲשַׁלְּחָה אֶת־הָעָם וְיִזְבְּחוּ לַיהוָֽה
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said: ‘Entreat the LORD, that He take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto the LORD.’
- מExodus 8:6
וַיֹּאמֶר לְמָחָר וַיֹּאמֶר כִּדְבָרְךָ לְמַעַן תֵּדַע כִּי־אֵין כַּיהוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ
And he said: ‘Against to-morrow.’ And he said: ‘Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 88,079 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ןExodus 8:3
- נLeviticus 4:7
וְנָתַן הַכֹּהֵן מִן־הַדָּם עַל־קַרְנוֹת מִזְבַּח קְטֹרֶת הַסַּמִּים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה …
And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the remaining blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- חLeviticus 4:25
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מִדַּם הַֽחַטָּאת בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ וְנָתַן …
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and the remaining blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering.
- מLeviticus 5:6
… עַל חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא נְקֵבָה מִן־הַצֹּאן כִּשְׂבָּה אֽוֹ־שְׂעִירַת עִזִּים …
and he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 144,607 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- נLeviticus 4:7
- נGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- חLeviticus 8:28
… עַל־הָעֹלָה מִלֻּאִים הֵם לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ אִשֶּׁה הוּא לַיהוָֽה
And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- םDeuteronomy 34:11
לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
skip 152,352, width 152,352 — one row is 152,352 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 52 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,352 in the laboratory →
- נGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 61,478,507 sequences of נחם across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 62,828,413).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,053,446 found · chance alone about 1,045,138 (probability of 1,053,446 or more by chance alone: 2.4 × 10⁻¹⁶).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 4,256,120
- Exodus 2,990,065
- Leviticus 2,191,400
- Numbers 3,833,583
- Deuteronomy 2,416,400
- Joshua 2,161,365
- Judges 2,008,979
- Samuel 4,230,709
- Kings 3,962,476
- Isaiah 3,245,510
- Jeremiah 4,074,484
- Ezekiel 3,873,419
- The Twelve 2,733,320
- Psalms 4,526,312
- Proverbs 1,442,521
- Job 1,846,890
- Song of Songs 370,064
- Ruth 249,507
- Lamentations 422,951
- Ecclesiastes 483,236
- Esther 563,642
- Daniel 1,906,263
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,689,755
- Chronicles 4,999,536
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ן ח מJoshua 4:9
… עֶשְׂרֵה אֲבָנִים הֵקִים יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן תַּחַת מַצַּב רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית …
Joshua also set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there unto this day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,427 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ן ח מJoshua 4:9
- נJudges 8:14
… אֵלָיו אֶת־שָׂרֵי סֻכּוֹת וְאֶת־זְקֵנֶיהָ שִׁבְעִים וְשִׁבְעָה אִֽישׁ
And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy and seven men.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- חJudges 8:15
… בְּיָדֶךָ כִּי נִתֵּן לַאֲנָשֶׁיךָ הַיְּעֵפִים לָֽחֶם
And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said: ‘Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying: Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?’
- מJudges 8:18
וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־זֶבַח וְאֶל־צַלְמֻנָּע אֵיפֹה הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הֲרַגְתֶּם בְּתָבוֹר …
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna: ‘Where are the men whom ye slew at Tabor?’ And they answered: ‘As thou art, so were they; of one form with the children of a king.’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 358,573 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- נJudges 8:14
- נ2 Chronicles 36:23
… אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בִּֽיהוּדָה …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- חIsaiah 25:4
… לַדָּל מָעוֹז לָאֶבְיוֹן בַּצַּר־לוֹ מַחְסֶה מִזֶּרֶם צֵל מֵחֹרֶב כִּי רוּחַ …
For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, A stronghold to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall.
- מGenesis 1:3
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר
And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light.
skip 598,454, width 598,454 — one row is 598,454 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,992 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,454 in the laboratory →
- נ2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
נחם — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as נחם, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 98.
As a plain word it stands 14 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 13:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Naham in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 4,375,386 sequences of נחם across every skip (2–152,424), 4.7% above what chance alone gives (about 4,178,916); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Naham in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 29:15 — the shortest of 4,375,386 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 4,178,916.
How is Naham spelled in Hebrew?
Naham is spelled נחם — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 98.
Is Naham in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 61,478,507 sequences of נחם across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 62,828,413).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 4,178,916 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.