Nod נוד
Nod (נוד) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Nod is found 322,460 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 4:12) — 0.5% above the 320,940 chance alone would give (probability of 322,460 or more by chance alone: 0.0037).
- Found in the Torah
- 322,460
- Chance alone
- 320,940
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0037
- 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 322,460 sequences of נוד at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 320,940); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0037 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:12, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 4,913,694 sequences of נוד, against about 4,974,424 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 320,940 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 94,253
- Exodus 58,892
- Leviticus 42,027
- Numbers 82,859
- Deuteronomy 44,429
The shortest skips
כִּי תַֽעֲבֹד אֶת־הָאֲדָמָה לֹֽא־תֹסֵף תֵּת־כֹּחָהּ לָךְ נָע וָנָד תִּֽהְיֶה בָאָֽרֶץ
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,733Open in the laboratory →
הֵן גֵּרַשְׁתָּ אֹתִי הַיּוֹם מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה וּמִפָּנֶיךָ אֶסָּתֵר וְהָיִיתִי נָע וָנָד בָּאָרֶץ וְהָיָה כָל־מֹצְאִי יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי
Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,812Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּיקֶץ נֹחַ מִיֵּינוֹ וַיֵּדַע אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה־לוֹ בְּנוֹ הַקָּטָֽן
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,377Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּצְחַק שָׂרָה בְּקִרְבָּהּ לֵאמֹר אַחֲרֵי בְלֹתִי הָֽיְתָה־לִּי עֶדְנָה וַֽאדֹנִי זָקֵֽן
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying: ‘After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,063Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־נָא יִחַר לַֽאדֹנָי וַאֲדַבֵּרָה אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם שְׁלֹשִׁים וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֶֽעֱשֶׂה אִם־אֶמְצָא שָׁם שְׁלֹשִֽׁים
And he said: ‘Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not do it, if I find thirty there.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,961Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,619,899 sequences of נוד at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 1,606,017); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.8 × 10⁻²⁸ by chance alone.
- Genesis 94,253
- Exodus 58,892
- Leviticus 42,027
- Numbers 82,859
- Deuteronomy 47,008
- Joshua 51,827
- Judges 49,442
- Samuel 167,836
- Kings 97,840
- Isaiah 90,751
- Jeremiah 103,811
- Ezekiel 99,998
- The Twelve 68,898
- Psalms 134,502
- Proverbs 38,755
- Job 49,002
- Song of Songs 9,105
- Ruth 5,916
- Lamentations 9,816
- Ecclesiastes 10,661
- Esther 18,337
- Daniel 70,912
- Ezra–Nehemiah 75,121
- Chronicles 142,330
Outside the Torah
וַיַּכֵּם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מִקָּדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ וְעַד־עַזָּה וְאֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן וְעַד־גִּבְעֽוֹן
And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 322,248Open in the laboratory →
וְֽאֶל־הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר מִצְּפוֹן בָּהָר וּבָעֲרָבָה נֶגֶב כִּֽנֲרוֹת וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבְנָפוֹת דּוֹר מִיָּֽם
and to the kings that were on the north, in the hill-country and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the Lowland, and in the regions of Dor on the west,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 322,469Open in the laboratory →
וְקִינָה וְדִֽימוֹנָה וְעַדְעָדָֽה
and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 328,932Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
נוד — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as נוד, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 60.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:16. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Nod in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 322,460 sequences of נוד at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 320,940); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0037 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Nod in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:12 — the shortest of 322,460 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 320,940.
How is Nod spelled in Hebrew?
Nod is spelled נוד — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 60.
Is Nod in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,619,899 sequences of נוד at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 1,606,017); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.8 × 10⁻²⁸ 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 320,940 here) beside the count.