Nisan ניסן
Nisan — in Hebrew ניסן — the first month, in spring. In the Torah codes, Nisan is found 43,184 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 3 (Numbers 36:12) — 4.3% above the 41,398 chance alone would give (probability of 43,184 or more by chance alone: 1.4 × 10⁻¹⁸).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 43,184
- Chance alone · every skip
- 41,398
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.4 × 10⁻¹⁸
- Shortest skip
- 3
- Longest skip found
- 100,879
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 4,225 found · chance alone about 3,973 (probability of 4,225 or more by chance alone: 3.9 × 10⁻⁵).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 43,184 sequences of ניסן across every skip (2–101,616), 4.3% above what chance alone gives (about 41,398); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.4 × 10⁻¹⁸ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — at Numbers 36:12, reading backward.
The longest skip at which ניסן was found in the Torah is 100,879 — at Genesis 1:21, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 12,223
- Exodus 8,239
- Leviticus 5,968
- Numbers 10,165
- Deuteronomy 6,589
Examples across the range
5 of the 43,184 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 י ס ןNumbers 36:12
מִֽמִּשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵֽי־מְנַשֶּׁה בֶן־יוֹסֵף הָיוּ לְנָשִׁים וַתְּהִי נַחֲלָתָן עַל־מַטֵּה מִשְׁפַּחַת אֲבִיהֶֽן
They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 249,852 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- נ י ס ןNumbers 36:12
Letter by letter
- ן י ס נLeviticus 13:55
וְרָאָה הַכֹּהֵן אַחֲרֵי הֻכַּבֵּס אֶת־הַנֶּגַע וְהִנֵּה לֹֽא־הָפַךְ הַנֶּגַע אֶת …
And the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its colour, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is a fret, whether the bareness be within or without.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 160,922 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
- ן י ס נLeviticus 13:55
- נExodus 39:32
… עֲבֹדַת מִשְׁכַּן אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה …
Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting; and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יExodus 39:30
וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת־צִיץ נֵֽזֶר־הַקֹּדֶשׁ זָהָב טָהוֹר וַיִּכְתְּבוּ עָלָיו מִכְתַּב פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָֽה
And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet: HOLY TO THE LORD.
- סExodus 39:28
וְאֵת הַמִּצְנֶפֶת שֵׁשׁ וְאֶת־פַּאֲרֵי הַמִּגְבָּעֹת שֵׁשׁ וְאֶת־מִכְנְסֵי הַבָּד שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָֽר
and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,
- ןExodus 39:26
פַּעֲמֹן וְרִמֹּן פַּעֲמֹן וְרִמֹּן עַל־שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל סָבִיב לְשָׁרֵת כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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 up the middle column. letter 139,421 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- נExodus 39:32
- נDeuteronomy 3:6
וַנַּחֲרֵם אוֹתָם כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂינוּ לְסִיחֹן מֶלֶךְ חֶשְׁבּוֹן הַחֲרֵם כָּל־עִיר מְתִם הַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּֽף
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city, the men, and the women, and the little ones.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יDeuteronomy 3:22
לֹא תְִּירָאוּם כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם הוּא הַנִּלְחָם לָכֶֽם
Ye shall not fear them; for the LORD your God, He it is that fighteth for you.’
- סDeuteronomy 4:9
… הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר־רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ וּפֶן־יָסוּרוּ מִלְּבָבְךָ כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ וְהוֹדַעְתָּם …
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;
- נDeuteronomy 4:25
כִּֽי־תוֹלִיד בָּנִים וּבְנֵי בָנִים וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּם בָּאָרֶץ וְהִשְׁחַתֶּם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם פֶּסֶל …
When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall deal corruptly, and make a graven image, even the form of any thing, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke Him;
skip 1,009, width 1,009 — one row is 1,009 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 254,877 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,009 in the laboratory →
- נDeuteronomy 3:6
- נGenesis 1:21
… אֶת־הַתַּנִּינִם הַגְּדֹלִים וְאֵת כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ הַֽחַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם …
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יExodus 16:12
שָׁמַעְתִּי אֶת־תְּלוּנֹּת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל דַּבֵּר אֲלֵהֶם לֵאמֹר בֵּין …
’I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak unto them, saying: At dusk ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.’
- סNumbers 8:8
וְלָֽקְחוּ פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר וּמִנְחָתוֹ סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשָּׁמֶן וּפַר־שֵׁנִי בֶן־בָּקָר תִּקַּח לְחַטָּֽאת
Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
- נDeuteronomy 33:17
… וְקַרְנֵי רְאֵם קַרְנָיו בָּהֶם עַמִּים יְנַגַּח יַחְדָּו אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ וְהֵם רִבְבוֹת …
His firstling bullock, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox; With them he shall gore the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth; And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.
skip 100,879, width 100,879 — one row is 100,879 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 989 of the TorahOpen at skip 100,879 in the laboratory →
- נGenesis 1:21
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 759,714 sequences of ניסן across every skip (2–399,013), 2.2% above what chance alone gives (about 743,244); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.5 × 10⁻⁸¹ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 19,273 found · chance alone about 18,507 (probability of 19,273 or more by chance alone: 1.1 × 10⁻⁸).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 44,290
- Exodus 31,903
- Leviticus 23,844
- Numbers 42,548
- Deuteronomy 28,440
- Joshua 26,666
- Judges 24,920
- Samuel 53,842
- Kings 52,415
- Isaiah 41,884
- Jeremiah 52,969
- Ezekiel 50,310
- The Twelve 35,245
- Psalms 58,757
- Proverbs 18,669
- Job 23,754
- Song of Songs 4,712
- Ruth 3,192
- Lamentations 5,334
- Ecclesiastes 6,177
- Esther 7,218
- Daniel 24,326
- Ezra–Nehemiah 34,222
- Chronicles 64,077
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- נ י ס נIsaiah 57:1
… וְאֵין אִישׁ שָׂם עַל־לֵב וְאַנְשֵׁי־חֶסֶד נֶֽאֱסָפִים בְּאֵין מֵבִין כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵי הָרָעָה …
The righteous perisheth, And no man layeth it to heart, And godly men are taken away, None considering That the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 632,402 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- נ י ס נIsaiah 57:1
- נNehemiah 13:11
וָאָרִיבָה אֶת־הַסְּגָנִים וָאֹמְרָה מַדּוּעַ נֶעֱזַב בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִים וָֽאֶקְבְּצֵם וָֽאַעֲמִדֵם עַל־עָמְדָֽם
Then contended I with the rulers, and said: ‘Why is the house of God forsaken?’ And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יNehemiah 13:13
וָאוֹצְרָה עַל־אוֹצָרוֹת שֶׁלֶמְיָה הַכֹּהֵן וְצָדוֹק הַסּוֹפֵר וּפְדָיָה מִן …
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
- סNehemiah 13:14
זָכְרָה־לִּי אֱלֹהַי עַל־זֹאת וְאַל־תֶּמַח חֲסָדַי אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי בְּבֵית אֱלֹהַי וּבְמִשְׁמָרָֽיו
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the wards thereof.
- נNehemiah 13:15
… עַל־הַחֲמֹרִים וְאַף־יַיִן עֲנָבִים וּתְאֵנִים וְכָל־מַשָּׂא וּמְבִיאִים יְרוּשָׁלִַם בְּיוֹם …
In those days saw I in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in heaps of corn, and lading asses therewith; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day…
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 1,096,168 of the TanakhOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
- נNehemiah 13:11
- נ2 Chronicles 35:18
… וְהַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם וְכָל־יְהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל הַנִּמְצָא וְיוֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יEzekiel 46:15
ועשו אֶת־הַכֶּבֶשׂ וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָה וְאֶת־הַשֶּׁמֶן בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר עוֹלַת תָּמִֽיד
Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meal-offering, and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt-offering.
- ס1 Samuel 12:19
… יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְאַל־נָמוּת כִּֽי־יָסַפְנוּ עַל־כָּל־חַטֹּאתֵינוּ רָעָה לִשְׁאֹל …
And all the people said unto Samuel: ‘Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not; for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.’
- נGenesis 3:14
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶֽל־הַנָּחָשׁ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת אָרוּר אַתָּה …
And the LORD God said unto the serpent: ‘Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
skip 397,089, width 397,089 — one row is 397,089 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,194,857 of the TanakhOpen at skip 397,089 in the laboratory →
- נ2 Chronicles 35:18
The spelling
ניסן — the Tanakh's own spelling: the first month, in spring. Searched as ניסן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 170.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Esther 3:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Nisan in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 43,184 sequences of ניסן across every skip (2–101,616), 4.3% above what chance alone gives (about 41,398); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.4 × 10⁻¹⁸ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Nisan in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading backward from Numbers 36:12 — the shortest of 43,184 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 41,398.
How is Nisan spelled in Hebrew?
Nisan is spelled ניסן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 170.
Is Nisan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 759,714 sequences of ניסן across every skip (2–399,013), 2.2% above what chance alone gives (about 743,244); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.5 × 10⁻⁸¹ 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 41,398 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.