Pithom פתם
Pithom (פתם) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Pithom is found 230,421 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 16:3) — 0.6% above the 228,989 chance alone would give (probability of 230,421 or more by chance alone: 0.0014).
- Found in the Torah
- 230,421
- Chance alone
- 228,989
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0014
- 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 230,421 sequences of פתם at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 228,989); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0014 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 16:3, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 3,687,704 sequences of פתם, against about 3,549,227 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 228,989 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 48,676
- Exodus 55,015
- Leviticus 35,179
- Numbers 59,554
- Deuteronomy 31,997
The shortest skips
וַתִּקַּח שָׂרַי אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָם אֶת־הָגָר הַמִּצְרִית שִׁפְחָתָהּ מִקֵּץ עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים לְשֶׁבֶת אַבְרָם בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַתִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ לְאַבְרָם אִישָׁהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,417Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּהְיוּ בְּנֵי אֱלִיפָז תֵּימָן אוֹמָר צְפוֹ וְגַעְתָּם וּקְנַֽז
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 52,664Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַתִּשָּׂא אֵֽשֶׁת־אֲדֹנָיו אֶת־עֵינֶיהָ אֶל־יוֹסֵף וַתֹּאמֶר שִׁכְבָה עִמִּֽי
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said: ‘Lie with me.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 57,946Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא יוֹסֵף אֶת־שֵׁם הַבְּכוֹר מְנַשֶּׁה כִּֽי־נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־עֲמָלִי וְאֵת כָּל־בֵּית אָבִֽי
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: ‘for God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 62,634Open in the laboratory →
לְכֻלָּם נָתַן לָאִישׁ חֲלִפוֹת שְׂמָלֹת וּלְבִנְיָמִן נָתַן שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת כֶּסֶף וְחָמֵשׁ חֲלִפֹת שְׂמָלֹֽת
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver, and five changes of raiment.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 69,914Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 798,718 sequences of פתם at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 794,381); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 5.8 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
- Genesis 48,676
- Exodus 55,015
- Leviticus 35,179
- Numbers 59,554
- Deuteronomy 33,787
- Joshua 21,301
- Judges 24,435
- Samuel 45,500
- Kings 49,151
- Isaiah 43,318
- Jeremiah 47,546
- Ezekiel 69,434
- The Twelve 34,718
- Psalms 59,607
- Proverbs 29,719
- Job 30,349
- Song of Songs 5,762
- Ruth 1,975
- Lamentations 6,028
- Ecclesiastes 5,875
- Esther 8,049
- Daniel 12,407
- Ezra–Nehemiah 18,820
- Chronicles 52,513
Outside the Torah
וַיִּקַּח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת הָהָר וְאֶת־כָּל־הַנֶּגֶב וְאֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַגֹּשֶׁן וְאֶת־הַשְּׁפֵלָה וְאֶת־הָעֲרָבָה וְאֶת־הַר יִשְׂרָאֵל וּשְׁפֵלָתֹֽה
So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the Lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the Lowland of the same;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,411Open in the laboratory →
וְתָאַר הַגְּבוּל וְנָסַב לִפְאַת־יָם נֶגְבָּה מִן־הָהָר אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי בֵית־חֹרוֹן נֶגְבָּה והיה תֹֽצְאֹתָיו אֶל־קִרְיַת־בַּעַל הִיא קִרְיַת יְעָרִים עִיר בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה זֹאת פְּאַת־יָֽם
And the border was drawn and turned about on the west side southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal—the same is Kiriath-jearim—a city of the children of Judah; this was the west side.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 332,727Open in the laboratory →
וְתָאַר הַגְּבוּל וְנָסַב לִפְאַת־יָם נֶגְבָּה מִן־הָהָר אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי בֵית־חֹרוֹן נֶגְבָּה והיה תֹֽצְאֹתָיו אֶל־קִרְיַת־בַּעַל הִיא קִרְיַת יְעָרִים עִיר בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה זֹאת פְּאַת־יָֽם
And the border was drawn and turned about on the west side southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal—the same is Kiriath-jearim—a city of the children of Judah; this was the west side.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 332,805Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
פתם — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as פתם, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 520.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 1:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Pithom appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 230,421 sequences of פתם at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 228,989); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0014 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Pithom in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 16:3 — the shortest of 230,421 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 228,989.
How is Pithom spelled in Hebrew?
Pithom is spelled פתם — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 520.
Is Pithom in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 798,718 sequences of פתם at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 794,381); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 5.8 × 10⁻⁷ 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 228,989 here) beside the count.