Poverty עוני
Poverty is written עוני in Hebrew. Poverty appears 548,762 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 549,182 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 548,762
- Chance alone · every skip
- 549,182
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.71
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,533
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 53,181 found · chance alone about 52,705 (probability of 53,181 or more by chance alone: 0.02).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 548,762 sequences of עוני across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 549,182).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 19:32, reading forward.
The longest skip at which עוני was found in the Torah is 101,533 — at Genesis 1:7, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 144,455
- Exodus 127,779
- Leviticus 76,674
- Numbers 111,274
- Deuteronomy 88,580
Examples across the range
5 of the 548,762 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ע ו נ יGenesis 19:32
לְכָה נַשְׁקֶה אֶת־אָבִינוּ יַיִן וְנִשְׁכְּבָה עִמּוֹ וּנְחַיֶּה מֵאָבִינוּ זָֽרַע
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,993 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ע ו נ יGenesis 19:32
Letter by letter
- ע ו נ יGenesis 19:34
… יַיִן גַּם־הַלַּיְלָה וּבֹאִי שִׁכְבִי עִמּוֹ וּנְחַיֶּה מֵאָבִינוּ זָֽרַע
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: ‘Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 24,138 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ע ו נ יGenesis 19:34
- עExodus 11:3
… גָּדוֹל מְאֹד בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּעֵינֵי עַבְדֵֽי־פַרְעֹה וּבְעֵינֵי הָעָֽם
And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וExodus 11:5
… פַּרְעֹה הַיֹּשֵׁב עַל־כִּסְאוֹ עַד בְּכוֹר הַשִּׁפְחָה אֲשֶׁר אַחַר הָרֵחָיִם וְכֹל …
and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of cattle.
- נExodus 11:7
… בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יֶֽחֱרַץ־כֶּלֶב לְשֹׁנוֹ לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד־בְּהֵמָה לְמַעַן תֵּֽדְעוּן …
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
- יExodus 11:8
… צֵא אַתָּה וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־בְּרַגְלֶיךָ וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן אֵצֵא וַיֵּצֵא מֵֽעִם …
And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down unto me, saying: Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee; and after that I will go out.’ And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 93,516 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- עExodus 11:3
- עNumbers 1:3
מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כָּל־יֹצֵא צָבָא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל תִּפְקְדוּ אֹתָם לְצִבְאֹתָם אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹֽן
from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: ye shall number them by their hosts, even thou and Aaron.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וNumbers 1:28
… בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמֹת מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כֹּל יֹצֵא צָבָֽא
Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
- ןNumbers 1:50
וְאַתָּה הַפְקֵד אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם עַל־מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת וְעַל כָּל־כֵּלָיו וְעַל …
but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it; they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
- יNumbers 2:17
… יַחֲנוּ כֵּן יִסָּעוּ אִישׁ עַל־יָדוֹ לְדִגְלֵיהֶֽם
Then the tent of meeting, with the camp of the Levites, shall set forward in the midst of the camps; as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 186,536 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- עNumbers 1:3
- עGenesis 1:7
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין …
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וExodus 16:10
וַיְהִי כְּדַבֵּר אַהֲרֹן אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַת …
And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
- ןNumbers 8:19
וָאֶתְּנָה אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם נְתֻנִים לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַעֲבֹד …
And I have given the Levites— they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel…
- יDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
skip 101,533, width 101,533 — one row is 101,533 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 244 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,533 in the laboratory →
- עGenesis 1:7
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), עוני appears 10,124,355 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 10,262,010, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 257,949 found · chance alone about 255,523 (probability of 257,949 or more by chance alone: 8.3 × 10⁻⁷).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 606,831
- Exodus 558,814
- Leviticus 336,949
- Numbers 508,897
- Deuteronomy 422,834
- Joshua 367,464
- Judges 339,484
- Samuel 764,258
- Kings 815,979
- Isaiah 598,936
- Jeremiah 671,662
- Ezekiel 585,757
- The Twelve 478,641
- Psalms 723,237
- Proverbs 257,459
- Job 326,182
- Song of Songs 41,911
- Ruth 44,951
- Lamentations 49,818
- Ecclesiastes 105,700
- Esther 89,949
- Daniel 205,795
- Ezra–Nehemiah 351,989
- Chronicles 870,858
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ע ו ן יJoshua 4:16
צַוֵּה אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן הָעֵדוּת וְיַעֲלוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן
’Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,843 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ע ו ן יJoshua 4:16
- ע1 Samuel 20:13
כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂה יְהוָה לִֽיהוֹנָתָן וְכֹה יֹסִיף כִּֽי …
The LORD do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do thee evil, if I disclose it not unto thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and the LORD be with thee, as He hath been with my father.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ו1 Samuel 20:14
וְלֹא אִם־עוֹדֶנִּי חָי וְלֹֽא־תַעֲשֶׂה עִמָּדִי חֶסֶד יְהוָה וְלֹא אָמֽוּת
And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not;
- נ1 Samuel 20:16
וַיִּכְרֹת יְהוֹנָתָן עִם־בֵּית דָּוִד וּבִקֵּשׁ יְהוָה מִיַּד אֹיְבֵי דָוִֽד
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David: ‘The LORD even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.’
- י1 Samuel 20:18
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־לוֹ יְהוֹנָתָן מָחָר חֹדֶשׁ וְנִפְקַדְתָּ כִּי יִפָּקֵד מוֹשָׁבֶֽךָ
And Jonathan said unto him: ‘To-morrow is the new moon; and thou wilt be missed, thy seat will be empty.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 416,888 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ע1 Samuel 20:13
- ע2 Chronicles 36:23
… מִכָּל־עַמּוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וְיָֽעַל
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וEzekiel 46:23
וְטוּר סָבִיב בָּהֶם סָבִיב לְאַרְבַּעְתָּם וּמְבַשְּׁלוֹת עָשׂוּי מִתַּחַת הַטִּירוֹת סָבִֽיב
And there was a row of masonry round about in them, round about the four, and it was made with boiling-places under the rows round about.
- נ1 Samuel 12:2
… וּבָנַי הִנָּם אִתְּכֶם וַאֲנִי הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי לִפְנֵיכֶם מִנְּעֻרַי עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.
- יGenesis 1:16
… הַגְּדֹלִים אֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַגָּדֹל לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּטֹן לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַלַּיְלָה …
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
skip 398,760, width 398,760 — one row is 398,760 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,197,041 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,760 in the laboratory →
- ע2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
עוני — a Hebrew word. Searched as עוני, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 136.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:13. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Poverty in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 548,762 sequences of עוני across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 549,182).
What is the shortest skip for Poverty in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 19:32 — the shortest of 548,762 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 549,182.
How is Poverty spelled in Hebrew?
Poverty is spelled עוני — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 136.
Is Poverty in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), עוני appears 10,124,355 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 10,262,010, 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 549,182 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.