Pirkei Avot פרקי אבות
Pirkei Avot — in Hebrew פרקי אבות — Ethics of the Fathers, a tractate of the Mishnah. פרקי (from Pirkei Avot) appears 4,326 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 4,441 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah (פרקי)
- 4,326
- Chance alone
- 4,441
- P (≥ found)
- 0.96
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for פרקי, and אבות has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, פרקי appears 4,326 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 4,441, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Exodus 30:10, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 46,775 sequences of פרקי, against about 46,279 from chance alone.
- Genesis 1,268
- Exodus 925
- Leviticus 565
- Numbers 1,101
- Deuteronomy 467
The shortest skips
וְכִפֶּר אַהֲרֹן עַל־קַרְנֹתָיו אַחַת בַּשָּׁנָה מִדַּם חַטַּאת הַכִּפֻּרִים אַחַת בַּשָּׁנָה יְכַפֵּר עָלָיו לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם קֹֽדֶשׁ־קָֽדָשִׁים הוּא לַיהוָֽה
And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement for it throughout your generations; it is most holy unto the LORD.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 123,491Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־מִזְבַּח הַזָּהָב בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לִפְנֵי הַפָּרֹֽכֶת
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 141,074Open in the laboratory →
לֹֽא־יקרחה קָרְחָה בְּרֹאשָׁם וּפְאַת זְקָנָם לֹא יְגַלֵּחוּ וּבִבְשָׂרָם לֹא יִשְׂרְטוּ שָׂרָֽטֶת
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 173,656Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵבֵאתִי עֲלֵיכֶם חֶרֶב נֹקֶמֶת נְקַם־בְּרִית וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּם אֶל־עָרֵיכֶם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי דֶבֶר בְּתוֹכְכֶם וְנִתַּתֶּם בְּיַד־אוֹיֵֽב
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities; and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 183,512Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּפְתַּח הָאָרֶץ אֶת־פִּיהָ וַתִּבְלַע אֹתָם וְאֶת־בָּתֵּיהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר לְקֹרַח וְאֵת כָּל־הָרֲכֽוּשׁ
And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 216,975Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 16,401 sequences of פרקי at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 16,178); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.04 by chance alone.
- Genesis 1,268
- Exodus 925
- Leviticus 565
- Numbers 1,101
- Deuteronomy 516
- Joshua 402
- Judges 491
- Samuel 795
- Kings 953
- Isaiah 1,461
- Jeremiah 937
- Ezekiel 1,030
- The Twelve 903
- Psalms 1,493
- Proverbs 883
- Job 816
- Song of Songs 120
- Ruth 35
- Lamentations 116
- Ecclesiastes 71
- Esther 94
- Daniel 310
- Ezra–Nehemiah 302
- Chronicles 814
Outside the Torah
אִם רָחַץ אֲדֹנָי אֵת צֹאַת בְּנוֹת־צִיּוֹן וְאֶת־דְּמֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם יָדִיחַ מִקִּרְבָּהּ בְּרוּחַ מִשְׁפָּט וּבְרוּחַ בָּעֵֽר
when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of destruction.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 579,402Open in the laboratory →
וְיִרְמְיָהוּ לָקַח מְגִלָּה אַחֶרֶת וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ אֶל־בָּרוּךְ בֶּן־נֵרִיָּהוּ הַסֹּפֵר וַיִּכְתֹּב עָלֶיהָ מִפִּי יִרְמְיָהוּ אֵת כָּל־דִּבְרֵי הַסֵּפֶר אֲשֶׁר שָׂרַף יְהוֹיָקִים מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה בָּאֵשׁ וְעוֹד נוֹסַף עֲלֵיהֶם דְּבָרִים רַבִּים כָּהֵֽמָּה
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 699,685Open in the laboratory →
אֲדֹנָי יְהֹוִה נָתַן לִי לְשׁוֹן לִמּוּדִים לָדַעַת לָעוּת אֶת־יָעֵף דָּבָר יָעִיר בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר יָעִיר לִי אֹזֶן לִשְׁמֹעַ כַּלִּמּוּדִֽים
The Lord GOD hath given me The tongue of them that are taught, That I should know how to sustain with words him that is weary; He wakeneth morning by morning, He wakeneth mine ear To hear as they that are taught.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 626,895Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
פרקי אבות — a Hebrew word: Ethics of the Fathers, a tractate of the Mishnah. Searched as פרקי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 390.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- אבות — a Hebrew word found 83,152 in the Torah (chance 83,441)
Questions
Does Pirkei Avot appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, פרקי appears 4,326 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 4,441, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Pirkei Avot in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Exodus 30:10 — the shortest of 4,326 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,441.
How is Pirkei Avot spelled in Hebrew?
Pirkei Avot is spelled פרקי אבות — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 390; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Pirkei Avot in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 16,401 sequences of פרקי at skips 2–5,000, 1.4% above what chance alone gives (about 16,178); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.04 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 4,441 here) beside the count.