Nefesh נפש
Nefesh — in Hebrew נפש — soul, life, person. In the Torah codes, Nefesh is found 115,959 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 9:16) — 3.5% above the 112,009 chance alone would give (probability of 115,959 or more by chance alone: 4.3 × 10⁻³²).
- Found in the Torah
- 115,959
- Chance alone
- 112,009
- P (≥ found)
- 4.3 × 10⁻³²
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 115,959 sequences of נפש at skips 2–5,000, 3.5% above what chance alone gives (about 112,009); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.3 × 10⁻³² by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 9:16, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 1,829,461 sequences of נפש, against about 1,736,094 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 112,009 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 25,323
- Exodus 23,323
- Leviticus 16,553
- Numbers 37,728
- Deuteronomy 13,032
The shortest skips
וְאוּלָם בַּעֲבוּר זֹאת הֶעֱמַדְתִּיךָ בַּעֲבוּר הַרְאֹתְךָ אֶת־כֹּחִי וּלְמַעַן סַפֵּר שְׁמִי בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ
But in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee My power, and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 90,489Open in the laboratory →
וְעָבַר יְהוָה לִנְגֹּף אֶת־מִצְרַיִם וְרָאָה אֶת־הַדָּם עַל־הַמַּשְׁקוֹף וְעַל שְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזֹת וּפָסַח יְהוָה עַל־הַפֶּתַח וְלֹא יִתֵּן הַמַּשְׁחִית לָבֹא אֶל־בָּתֵּיכֶם לִנְגֹּֽף
For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 95,412Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה קַח־לְךָ סַמִּים נָטָף וּשְׁחֵלֶת וְחֶלְבְּנָה סַמִּים וּלְבֹנָה זַכָּה בַּד בְּבַד יִהְיֶֽה
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense; of each shall there be a like weight.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 124,622Open in the laboratory →
וּנְחֹשֶׁת הַתְּנוּפָה שִׁבְעִים כִּכָּר וְאַלְפַּיִם וְאַרְבַּע־מֵאוֹת שָֽׁקֶל
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 137,691Open in the laboratory →
וְרָאָה אֹתָהּ הַכֹּהֵן וְהִנֵּה נֶהְפַּךְ שֵׂעָר לָבָן בַּבַּהֶרֶת וּמַרְאֶהָ עָמֹק מִן־הָעוֹר צָרַעַת הִוא בַּמִּכְוָה פָּרָחָה וְטִמֵּא אֹתוֹ הַכֹּהֵן נֶגַע צָרַעַת הִֽוא
then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 159,274Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 411,778 sequences of נפש at skips 2–5,000, 1.1% above what chance alone gives (about 407,335); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻¹² by chance alone.
- Genesis 25,323
- Exodus 23,323
- Leviticus 16,553
- Numbers 37,728
- Deuteronomy 13,798
- Joshua 13,584
- Judges 14,242
- Samuel 26,332
- Kings 23,496
- Isaiah 23,797
- Jeremiah 20,514
- Ezekiel 24,973
- The Twelve 16,776
- Psalms 31,851
- Proverbs 15,059
- Job 16,874
- Song of Songs 2,923
- Ruth 1,412
- Lamentations 2,861
- Ecclesiastes 2,841
- Esther 3,323
- Daniel 10,415
- Ezra–Nehemiah 14,597
- Chronicles 29,183
Outside the Torah
מִֽן־הַשִּׁיחוֹר אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי מִצְרַיִם וְעַד גְּבוּל עֶקְרוֹן צָפוֹנָה לַֽכְּנַעֲנִי תֵּחָשֵׁב חֲמֵשֶׁת סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים הָעַזָּתִי וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִי הָאֶשְׁקְלוֹנִי הַגִּתִּי וְהָעֶקְרוֹנִי וְהָעַוִּֽים
from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward—which is counted to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines: the Gazite, and the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite; also the Avvim
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 325,016Open in the laboratory →
חֲמֵשֶׁת סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וְכָל־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַצִּידֹנִי וְהַחִוִּי יֹשֵׁב הַר הַלְּבָנוֹן מֵהַר בַּעַל חֶרְמוֹן עַד לְבוֹא חֲמָֽת
namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Zidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entrance of Hamath.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 348,294Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּרְדוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ מִֽיהוּדָה אֶל־סְעִיף סֶלַע עֵיטָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ לְשִׁמְשׁוֹן הֲלֹא יָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־מֹשְׁלִים בָּנוּ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וּמַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לִי כֵּן עָשִׂיתִי לָהֶֽם
Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson: ‘Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us?’ And he said unto them: ‘As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 371,282Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
נפש — the Tanakh's own spelling: soul, life, person. Searched as נפש, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 430.
As a plain word it stands 140 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 1:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Nefesh in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 115,959 sequences of נפש at skips 2–5,000, 3.5% above what chance alone gives (about 112,009); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.3 × 10⁻³² by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Nefesh in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 9:16 — the shortest of 115,959 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 112,009.
How is Nefesh spelled in Hebrew?
Nefesh is spelled נפש — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 430.
Is Nefesh in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 411,778 sequences of נפש at skips 2–5,000, 1.1% above what chance alone gives (about 407,335); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻¹² by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 112,009 here) beside the count.