Nur נור
Nur is a first name, written נור in Hebrew (unisex given name). Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 826,154 sequences of Nur, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:26); chance alone would give about 827,223.
- Found in the Torah
- 826,154
- Chance alone
- 827,223
- P (≥ found)
- 0.88
- 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 826,154 sequences of נור at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 827,223).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:26, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 12,663,392 sequences of נור, against about 12,821,592 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 827,223 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 243,830
- Exodus 155,212
- Leviticus 110,592
- Numbers 189,335
- Deuteronomy 127,185
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים נַֽעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ וְיִרְדּוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל־הָאָרֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָֽרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And God said: ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,276Open in the laboratory →
אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁה אָמַר הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה עִצְּבוֹנֵךְ וְהֵֽרֹנֵךְ בְּעֶצֶב תֵּֽלְדִי בָנִים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ וְהוּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּֽךְ
Unto the woman He said: ‘I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,736Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־פֶּלֶג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,447Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶתְּנָה בְרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ וְאַרְבֶּה אוֹתְךָ בִּמְאֹד מְאֹֽד
And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,183Open in the laboratory →
אֵֽרֲדָה־נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה הַכְּצַעֲקָתָהּ הַבָּאָה אֵלַי עָשׂוּ כָּלָה וְאִם־לֹא אֵדָֽעָה
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto Me; and if not, I will know.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,460Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, נור appears 3,355,631 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,376,847, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 243,830
- Exodus 155,212
- Leviticus 110,592
- Numbers 189,335
- Deuteronomy 134,761
- Joshua 146,537
- Judges 118,017
- Samuel 238,058
- Kings 232,013
- Isaiah 208,592
- Jeremiah 228,538
- Ezekiel 200,213
- The Twelve 157,352
- Psalms 234,537
- Proverbs 79,053
- Job 94,266
- Song of Songs 17,877
- Ruth 11,478
- Lamentations 19,872
- Ecclesiastes 21,476
- Esther 28,891
- Daniel 84,595
- Ezra–Nehemiah 129,171
- Chronicles 271,365
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא כִּי אֲנִי שַׂר־צְבָֽא־יְהוָה עַתָּה בָאתִי וַיִּפֹּל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־פָּנָיו אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּחוּ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מָה אֲדֹנִי מְדַבֵּר אֶל־עַבְדּֽוֹ
And he said: ‘Nay, but I am captain of the host of the LORD; I am now come.’ And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said unto him: ‘What saith my lord unto his servant?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,324Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרַע יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שִׂמְלֹתָיו וַיִּפֹּל עַל־פָּנָיו אַרְצָה לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה עַד־הָעֶרֶב הוּא וְזִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּעֲלוּ עָפָר עַל־רֹאשָֽׁם
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,761Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּנָּֽגְעוּ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיָּנֻסוּ דֶּרֶךְ הַמִּדְבָּֽר
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,247Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
נור — the name in Hebrew letters: unisex given name. Searched as נור, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 256.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Daniel 3:27. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Nur appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 826,154 sequences of נור at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 827,223).
What is the shortest skip for Nur in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:26 — the shortest of 826,154 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 827,223.
How is Nur spelled in Hebrew?
Nur is spelled נור — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 256.
Is Nur in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, נור appears 3,355,631 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,376,847, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 827,223 here) beside the count.