Pesach (Passover · פסח)
Pesach is written פסח in Hebrew. Pesach (Passover) appears 7,477 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 12% more than chance alone would give (about 6,700; probability 6.2 × 10⁻²¹).
- Found in the Torah
- 7,477
- Chance alone
- 6,700
- P (≥ found)
- 6.2 × 10⁻²¹
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, פסח appears 7,477 times in the Torah — 12% more than the 6,700 chance alone would give; the probability of 7,477 or more by chance alone is 6.2 × 10⁻²¹.
The shortest skip at which פסח appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:13, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), פסח is found 110,000 times; chance alone would give about 103,848.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 6,700 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 1,913
- Exodus 1,537
- Leviticus 984
- Numbers 2,445
- Deuteronomy 598
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים לְנֹחַ קֵץ כָּל־בָּשָׂר בָּא לְפָנַי כִּֽי־מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ חָמָס מִפְּנֵיהֶם וְהִנְנִי מַשְׁחִיתָם אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
And God said unto Noah: ‘The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 7,430Open in the laboratory →
וְהָאָרֶץ תֵּעָזֵב מֵהֶם וְתִרֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתֶיהָ בָּהְשַׁמָּה מֵהֶם וְהֵם יִרְצוּ אֶת־עֲוֺנָם יַעַן וּבְיַעַן בְּמִשְׁפָּטַי מָאָסוּ וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתַי גָּעֲלָה נַפְשָֽׁם
For the land shall lie forsaken without them, and shall be paid her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them; and they shall be paid the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected Mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred My statutes.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 184,477Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אַרְצָה וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אַרְצָה וַיְהִי לְנָחָשׁ וַיָּנָס מֹשֶׁה מִפָּנָֽיו
And He said: ‘Cast it on the ground.’ And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 81,986Open in the laboratory →
וּמִנְחָתָם וְנִסְכֵּהֶם לַפָּרִים לָאֵילִם וְלַכְּבָשִׂים בְּמִסְפָּרָם כְּמִשְׁפָּטָֽם
and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 238,178Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת הַחֲסִידָה הָאֲנָפָה לְמִינָהּ וְאֶת־הַדּוּכִיפַת וְאֶת־הָעֲטַלֵּֽף
and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 156,160Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, פסח appears 29,718 times in the whole Tanakh — 11% more than the 26,769 chance alone would give; the probability of 29,718 or more by chance alone is 1.9 × 10⁻⁷⁰.
- Genesis 1,913
- Exodus 1,537
- Leviticus 984
- Numbers 2,445
- Deuteronomy 630
- Joshua 568
- Judges 806
- Samuel 1,013
- Kings 1,730
- Isaiah 2,369
- Jeremiah 1,122
- Ezekiel 1,785
- The Twelve 1,332
- Psalms 3,655
- Proverbs 2,330
- Job 1,592
- Song of Songs 175
- Ruth 43
- Lamentations 219
- Ecclesiastes 289
- Esther 375
- Daniel 552
- Ezra–Nehemiah 676
- Chronicles 1,578
Outside the Torah
וַיִּצְמַח וַיְהִי לְגֶפֶן סֹרַחַת שִׁפְלַת קוֹמָה לִפְנוֹת דָּלִיּוֹתָיו אֵלָיו וְשָׁרָשָׁיו תַּחְתָּיו יִֽהְיוּ וַתְּהִי לְגֶפֶן וַתַּעַשׂ בַּדִּים וַתְּשַׁלַּח פֹּארֽוֹת
And it grew, and became a spreading vine Of low stature, Whose tendrils might turn toward him, And the roots thereof be under him; So it became a vine, and brought forth branches, And shot forth sprigs.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 748,856Open in the laboratory →
בְּנֵי צוֹפָח סוּחַ וְחַרְנֶפֶר וְשׁוּעָל וּבֵרִי וְיִמְרָֽה
The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shaul, and Beri, and Imrah;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,110,161Open in the laboratory →
הַנֵּֽחָמִים בָּֽאֵלִים תַּחַת כָּל־עֵץ רַעֲנָן שֹׁחֲטֵי הַיְלָדִים בַּנְּחָלִים תַּחַת סְעִפֵי הַסְּלָעִֽים
Ye that inflame yourselves among the terebinths, Under every leafy tree; That slay the children in the valleys, Under the clefts of the rocks?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 632,595Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
פסח — the Tanakh's own spelling: Passover. Searched as פסח, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 148.
As a plain word it stands 26 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 12:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Paseah, Passover.
Questions
Is Pesach (Passover) in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, פסח appears 7,477 times in the Torah — 12% more than the 6,700 chance alone would give; the probability of 7,477 or more by chance alone is 6.2 × 10⁻²¹.
What is the shortest skip for Pesach (Passover) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 6:13 — the shortest of 7,477 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 6,700.
What is the gematria of Pesach (Passover) in Hebrew?
Pesach is spelled פסח — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 148.
How many times is Pesach (Passover) found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, פסח appears 29,718 times in the whole Tanakh — 11% more than the 26,769 chance alone would give; the probability of 29,718 or more by chance alone is 1.9 × 10⁻⁷⁰.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 6,700 here) beside the count.