Number מספר
Number is written מספר in Hebrew. In the Torah codes, Number is found 1,425 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 8 (Genesis 41:15) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,379).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,425
- Chance alone
- 1,379
- P (≥ found)
- 0.11
- Shortest skip
- 8
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,425 sequences of מספר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,379 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 8 — the first at Genesis 41:15, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 16,143 sequences of מספר, against about 14,366 from chance alone.
- Genesis 409
- Exodus 271
- Leviticus 134
- Numbers 458
- Deuteronomy 153
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף חֲלוֹם חָלַמְתִּי וּפֹתֵר אֵין אֹתוֹ וַאֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי עָלֶיךָ לֵאמֹר תִּשְׁמַע חֲלוֹם לִפְתֹּר אֹתֽוֹ
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it; and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.’
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 60,788Open in the laboratory →
כֹּל מַפְרֶסֶת פַּרְסָה וְשֹׁסַעַת שֶׁסַע פְּרָסֹת מַעֲלַת גֵּרָה בַּבְּהֵמָה אֹתָהּ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 155,512Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּֽחַר־אַף בָּלָק אֶל־בִּלְעָם וַיִּסְפֹּק אֶת־כַּפָּיו וַיֹּאמֶר בָּלָק אֶל־בִּלְעָם לָקֹב אֹֽיְבַי קְרָאתִיךָ וְהִנֵּה בֵּרַכְתָּ בָרֵךְ זֶה שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִֽים
And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam: ‘I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 229,481Open in the laboratory →
וְעֵמֶק הַשִׂדִּים בֶּֽאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת חֵמָר וַיָּנֻסוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה וַיִּפְּלוּ־שָׁמָּה וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִים הֶרָה נָּֽסוּ
Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,569Open in the laboratory →
וּבָרוּךְ אֵל עֶלְיוֹן אֲשֶׁר־מִגֵּן צָרֶיךָ בְּיָדֶךָ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ מַעֲשֵׂר מִכֹּֽל
and blessed be God the Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.’ And he gave him a tenth of all.
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,116Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 5,690 sequences of מספר at skips 2–5,000, 4.5% above what chance alone gives (about 5,445); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00049 by chance alone.
- Genesis 409
- Exodus 271
- Leviticus 134
- Numbers 458
- Deuteronomy 167
- Joshua 116
- Judges 184
- Samuel 190
- Kings 394
- Isaiah 444
- Jeremiah 282
- Ezekiel 357
- The Twelve 324
- Psalms 639
- Proverbs 341
- Job 231
- Song of Songs 31
- Ruth 7
- Lamentations 25
- Ecclesiastes 45
- Esther 85
- Daniel 97
- Ezra–Nehemiah 152
- Chronicles 307
Outside the Torah
אִוֶּלֶת אָדָם תְּסַלֵּף דַּרְכּוֹ וְעַל־יְהוָה יִזְעַף לִבּֽוֹ
The foolishness of man perverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 952,486Open in the laboratory →
וְהַקָּרֹב אֵלָיו כַּרְשְׁנָא שֵׁתָר אַדְמָתָא תַרְשִׁישׁ מֶרֶס מַרְסְנָא מְמוּכָן שִׁבְעַת שָׂרֵי פָּרַס וּמָדַי רֹאֵי פְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ הַיֹּשְׁבִים רִאשֹׁנָה בַּמַּלְכֽוּת
and the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat the first in the kingdom:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,023,751Open in the laboratory →
אַף שֹׁכְנֵי בָֽתֵּי־חֹמֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָר יְסוֹדָם יְדַכְּאוּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 967,398Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מספר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as מספר, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 380.
As a plain word it stands 70 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 34:30. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Mispar.
Questions
Is Number in the Torah codes?
1,425 sequences of מספר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,379 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Number in the Torah?
Skip 8, reading backward from Genesis 41:15 — the shortest of 1,425 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,379.
How is Number spelled in Hebrew?
Number is spelled מספר — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 380.
Is Number in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 5,690 sequences of מספר at skips 2–5,000, 4.5% above what chance alone gives (about 5,445); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00049 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 1,379 here) beside the count.