Nissim נסים

Nissim is a first name, written נסים in Hebrew (given name). In the Torah codes, Nissim is found 76,397 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 3 (Exodus 36:36) — 3.9% above the 73,529 chance alone would give (probability of 76,397 or more by chance alone: 4.0 × 10⁻²⁶).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 76,397
Chance alone · every skip: 73,529
P (≥ found) · every skip: 4.0 × 10⁻²⁶
Shortest skip: 3
Longest skip found: 101,309

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: 7,374 found · chance alone about 7,057 (probability of 7,374 or more by chance alone: 9.0 × 10⁻⁵).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 76,397 sequences of נסים across every skip (2–101,616), 3.9% above what chance alone gives (about 73,529); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.0 × 10⁻²⁶ by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — at Exodus 36:36, reading forward.

The longest skip at which נסים was found in the Torah is 101,309 — at Deuteronomy 33:29, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 21,002
Exodus 14,555
Leviticus 10,486
Numbers 18,415
Deuteronomy 11,939

Examples across the range

5 of the 76,397 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.

shortest skipExodus 36:36שמות לו:לוskip 3, forward
Letter by letter
1. נ סExodus 36:36
  וַיַּעַשׂ לָהּ אַרְבָּעָה עַמּוּדֵי שִׁטִּים וַיְצַפֵּם זָהָב וָוֵיהֶם זָהָב וַיִּצֹק לָהֶם אַרְבָּעָה אַדְנֵי־כָֽסֶף
  And he made thereunto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold, their hooks being of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
2. י מExodus 36:37
  וַיַּעַשׂ מָסָךְ לְפֶתַח הָאֹהֶל תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר מַעֲשֵׂה רֹקֵֽם
  And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the weaver in colours;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 134,648 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
a short skipLeviticus 27:18ויקרא כז:יחskip 5, forward
Letter by letter
1. ן ס י םLeviticus 27:18
  … הַיֹּבֵל יַקְדִּישׁ שָׂדֵהוּ וְחִשַּׁב־לוֹ הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף עַל־פִּי הַשָּׁנִים הַנּוֹתָרֹת עַד שְׁנַת הַיֹּבֵל וְנִגְרַע …
  But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of jubilee, and an abatement shall be made from thy valuation.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 185,598 of the TorahOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 37:2בראשית לז:בskip 100, forward
1. נGenesis 37:2
  … רֹעֶה אֶת־אֶחָיו בַּצֹּאן וְהוּא נַעַר אֶת־בְּנֵי בִלְהָה וְאֶת־בְּנֵי …
  These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being still a lad even with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought evil report of them unto their father.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. סGenesis 37:3
  … הוּא לוֹ וְעָשָׂה לוֹ כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּֽים
  Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colours.
2. יGenesis 37:6
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם שִׁמְעוּ־נָא הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָֽמְתִּי
  And he said unto them: ‘Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
3. מGenesis 37:7
  … נִצָּבָה וְהִנֵּה תְסֻבֶּינָה אֲלֻמֹּתֵיכֶם וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶיןָ לַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי
  for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and bowed down to my sheaf.’
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 54,129 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 23:3ויקרא כג:גskip 1,005, backward
1. ןLeviticus 23:3
  … תֵּעָשֶׂה מְלָאכָה וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ כָּל־מְלָאכָה לֹא …
  Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work; it is a sabbath unto the LORD in all your dwellings.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. סLeviticus 22:14
  וְאִישׁ כִּֽי־יֹאכַל קֹדֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָה וְיָסַף חֲמִֽשִׁיתוֹ עָלָיו וְנָתַן לַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ
  And if a man eat of the holy thing through error, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing.
2. יLeviticus 21:18
  … אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ מוּם לֹא יִקְרָב אִישׁ עִוֵּר אוֹ פִסֵּחַ אוֹ …
  For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath any thing maimed, or anything too long,
3. םLeviticus 20:24
  … זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר־הִבְדַּלְתִּי אֶתְכֶם מִן־הָֽעַמִּֽים …
  But I have said unto you: ‘Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the LORD your God, who have set you apart from the peoples.
skip 1,005, width 1,005 — one row is 1,005 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 176,270 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,005 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 33:29דברים לג:כטskip 101,309, backward
1. ןDeuteronomy 33:29
  … מִי כָמוֹךָ עַם נוֹשַׁע בַּֽיהוָה מָגֵן עֶזְרֶךָ וַאֲשֶׁר־חֶרֶב גַּאֲוָתֶךָ וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁוּ …
  Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? A people saved by the LORD, The shield of thy help, And that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. סNumbers 8:10
  וְהִקְרַבְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְסָמְכוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־הַלְוִיִּֽם
  And thou shalt present the Levites before the LORD; and the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.
2. יExodus 16:6
  … בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עֶרֶב וִֽידַעְתֶּם כִּי יְהוָה הוֹצִיא אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
  And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel: ‘At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;
3. מGenesis 1:6
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
  And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
skip 101,309, width 101,309 — one row is 101,309 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 304,154 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,309 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 1,360,041 sequences of נסים across every skip (2–399,013), 1.9% above what chance alone gives (about 1,334,623); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.4 × 10⁻¹⁰⁷ by chance alone.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 33,838 found · chance alone about 33,232 (probability of 33,838 or more by chance alone: 0.00046).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 80,715
Exodus 54,271
Leviticus 39,381
Numbers 69,292
Deuteronomy 46,579
Joshua 43,782
Judges 41,074
Samuel 85,312
Kings 83,818
Isaiah 68,996
Jeremiah 91,962
Ezekiel 94,229
The Twelve 69,115
Psalms 113,454
Proverbs 36,720
Job 46,467
Song of Songs 9,487
Ruth 6,241
Lamentations 10,648
Ecclesiastes 12,224
Esther 14,410
Daniel 48,645
Ezra–Nehemiah 67,768
Chronicles 125,451

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the Torah1 Samuel 2:34שמואל א ב:לדskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. נ ס י ם1 Samuel 2:34
  … אֶל־שְׁנֵי בָנֶיךָ אֶל־חָפְנִי וּפִֽינְחָס בְּיוֹם אֶחָד יָמוּתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם
  And this shall be the sign unto thee, that which shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 387,122 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipJudges 8:10שופטים ח:יskip 100, forward
1. נJudges 8:10
  … עָשָׂר אֶלֶף כֹּל הַנּוֹתָרִים מִכֹּל מַחֲנֵה בְנֵי־קֶדֶם וְהַנֹּפְלִים מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים …
  Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. סJudges 8:12
  וַיָּנוּסוּ זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע וַיִּרְדֹּף אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיִּלְכֹּד …
  And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
2. יJudges 8:14
  וַיִּלְכָּד־נַעַר מֵאַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת וַיִּשְׁאָלֵהוּ וַיִּכְתֹּב …
  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.
3. םJudges 8:15
  … וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע אֲשֶׁר חֵרַפְתֶּם אוֹתִי לֵאמֹר הֲכַף זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע …
  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?’
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 358,327 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:12דברי הימים ב לו:יבskip 398,611, backward
1. נ2 Chronicles 36:12
  וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו לֹא נִכְנַע מִלִּפְנֵי יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא מִפִּי יְהוָֽה
  and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. סEzekiel 46:12
  … כַּאֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת וְיָצָא וְסָגַר אֶת־הַשַּׁעַר אַחֲרֵי צֵאתֽוֹ
  And when the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering unto the LORD, one shall open for him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he doth on the sabbath day…
2. י1 Samuel 11:9
  … תִּהְיֶֽה־לָכֶם תְּשׁוּעָה בחם הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וַיָּבֹאוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים וַיַּגִּידוּ לְאַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ וַיִּשְׂמָֽחוּ …
  And they said unto the messengers that came: ‘Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead: To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance.’ And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
3. מGenesis 1:9
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
  And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
skip 398,611, width 398,611 — one row is 398,611 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,203 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,611 in the laboratory →

The spelling

נסים — the name in Hebrew letters: given name. Searched as נסים, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 160.

As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 14:27. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Nissim appear in the Torah codes?

What is the shortest skip for Nissim in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 36:36 — the shortest of 76,397 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 73,529.

How is Nissim spelled in Hebrew?

Nissim is spelled נסים — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 160.

Is Nissim in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

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