Nineveh נינוה
Nineveh (נינוה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 5,880 sequences of Nineveh, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 13:7); chance alone would give about 6,039.
- Found in the Torah
- 5,880
- Chance alone
- 6,039
- P (≥ found)
- 0.98
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
5,880 sequences of נינוה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 6,039 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 13:7, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 47,135 sequences of נינוה, against about 47,595 from chance alone.
- Genesis 1,750
- Exodus 990
- Leviticus 777
- Numbers 1,553
- Deuteronomy 810
The shortest skips
וַֽיְהִי־רִיב בֵּין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵֽה־אַבְרָם וּבֵין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵה־לוֹט וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי אָז יֹשֵׁב בָּאָֽרֶץ
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,433Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה לְחֹבָב בֶּן־רְעוּאֵל הַמִּדְיָנִי חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה נֹסְעִים אֲנַחְנוּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהוָה אֹתוֹ אֶתֵּן לָכֶם לְכָה אִתָּנוּ וְהֵטַבְנוּ לָךְ כִּֽי־יְהוָה דִּבֶּר־טוֹב עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’father-in-law: ‘We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said: I will give it you; come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 206,301Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִם־מָצָאנוּ חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ יֻתַּן אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לַעֲבָדֶיךָ לַאֲחֻזָּה אַל־תַּעֲבִרֵנוּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן
And they said: ‘If we have found favour in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.’
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 242,254Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּצֵּג אֶת־הַמַּקְלוֹת אֲשֶׁר פִּצֵּל בָּרֳהָטִים בְּשִֽׁקֲתוֹת הַמָּיִם אֲשֶׁר תָּבֹאןָ הַצֹּאן לִשְׁתּוֹת לְנֹכַח הַצֹּאן וַיֵּחַמְנָה בְּבֹאָן לִשְׁתּֽוֹת
And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 43,340Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ אֲדֹנָי יֵֽלֶךְ־נָא אֲדֹנָי בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ כִּי עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹרֶף הוּא וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲוֺנֵנוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵנוּ וּנְחַלְתָּֽנוּ
And he said: ‘If now I have found grace in Thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray Thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Thine inheritance.’
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 129,491Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 26,380 sequences of נינוה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 26,703).
- Genesis 1,750
- Exodus 990
- Leviticus 777
- Numbers 1,553
- Deuteronomy 931
- Joshua 1,150
- Judges 1,064
- Samuel 1,745
- Kings 1,628
- Isaiah 1,392
- Jeremiah 1,934
- Ezekiel 1,600
- The Twelve 1,273
- Psalms 1,889
- Proverbs 398
- Job 724
- Song of Songs 130
- Ruth 99
- Lamentations 176
- Ecclesiastes 166
- Esther 161
- Daniel 925
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,527
- Chronicles 2,398
Outside the Torah
לָכֵן כֹּֽה־אָמַר יְהוָה עַל־אַנְשֵׁי עֲנָתוֹת הַֽמְבַקְשִׁים אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תִנָּבֵא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה וְלֹא תָמוּת בְּיָדֵֽנוּ
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying: ‘Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand’;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 659,502Open in the laboratory →
וַיְזַבֵּחַ וַיְקַטֵּר בַּבָּמוֹת וְעַל־הַגְּבָעוֹת וְתַחַת כָּל־עֵץ רַעֲנָֽן
And he sacrificed and offered in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy tree.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,179,759Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־שְׁמַעְנָה נָשִׁים דְּבַר־יְהוָה וְתִקַּח אָזְנְכֶם דְּבַר־פִּיו וְלַמֵּדְנָה בְנֽוֹתֵיכֶם נֶהִי וְאִשָּׁה רְעוּתָהּ קִינָֽה
Yea, hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of His mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation:
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 656,508Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
נינוה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as נינוה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 121.
As a plain word it stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Nineveh appear in the Torah codes?
5,880 sequences of נינוה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 6,039 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Nineveh in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 13:7 — the shortest of 5,880 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 6,039.
How is Nineveh spelled in Hebrew?
Nineveh is spelled נינוה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 121.
Is Nineveh in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 26,380 sequences of נינוה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 26,703).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 6,039 here) beside the count.