Red Sea סופה
Red Sea (סופה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — storm, whirlwind, tempest. Red Sea appears 2,578 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 2,597 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 2,578
- Chance alone
- 2,597
- P (≥ found)
- 0.65
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
2,578 sequences of סופה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 2,597 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 1:11, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 27,701 sequences of סופה, against about 27,060 from chance alone.
- Genesis 645
- Exodus 529
- Leviticus 386
- Numbers 705
- Deuteronomy 313
The shortest skips
וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלָיו שָׂרֵי מִסִּים לְמַעַן עַנֹּתוֹ בְּסִבְלֹתָם וַיִּבֶן עָרֵי מִסְכְּנוֹת לְפַרְעֹה אֶת־פִּתֹם וְאֶת־רַעַמְסֵֽס
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 78,453Open in the laboratory →
וְהָרָעָב הָיָה עַל כָּל־פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ וַיִּפְתַּח יוֹסֵף אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בָּהֶם וַיִּשְׁבֹּר לְמִצְרַיִם וַיֶּחֱזַק הָֽרָעָב בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 62,912Open in the laboratory →
וַיּוֹשֵׁב יוֹסֵף אֶת־אָבִיו וְאֶת־אֶחָיו וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם אֲחֻזָּה בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּמֵיטַב הָאָרֶץ בְּאֶרֶץ רַעְמְסֵס כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה פַרְעֹֽה
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 72,476Open in the laboratory →
וָאֵרֵד לְהַצִּילוֹ מִיַּד מִצְרַיִם וּֽלְהַעֲלֹתוֹ מִן־הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא אֶל־אֶרֶץ טוֹבָה וּרְחָבָה אֶל־אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ אֶל־מְקוֹם הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 80,862Open in the laboratory →
וָאֹמַר אַעֲלֶה אֶתְכֶם מֵעֳנִי מִצְרַיִם אֶל־אֶרֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי אֶל־אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָֽשׁ
And I have said: I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 81,503Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
10,495 sequences of סופה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 10,685 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 645
- Exodus 529
- Leviticus 386
- Numbers 705
- Deuteronomy 340
- Joshua 238
- Judges 354
- Samuel 442
- Kings 696
- Isaiah 908
- Jeremiah 573
- Ezekiel 668
- The Twelve 656
- Psalms 1,100
- Proverbs 453
- Job 287
- Song of Songs 53
- Ruth 7
- Lamentations 45
- Ecclesiastes 91
- Esther 177
- Daniel 163
- Ezra–Nehemiah 292
- Chronicles 687
Outside the Torah
גַּם־שְׂכִרֶיהָ בְקִרְבָּהּ כְּעֶגְלֵי מַרְבֵּק כִּֽי־גַם־הֵמָּה הִפְנוּ נָסוּ יַחְדָּיו לֹא עָמָדוּ כִּי יוֹם אֵידָם בָּא עֲלֵיהֶם עֵת פְּקֻדָּתָֽם
Also her mercenaries in the midst of her Are like calves of the stall, For they also are turned back, they are fled away together, They did not stand; For the day of their calamity is come upon them, The time of their visitation.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 713,661Open in the laboratory →
פָּרַס וְלוּד וּפוּט הָיוּ בְחֵילֵךְ אַנְשֵׁי מִלְחַמְתֵּךְ מָגֵן וְכוֹבַע תִּלּוּ־בָךְ הֵמָּה נָתְנוּ הֲדָרֵֽךְ
Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, Thy men of war; They hanged the shield and helmet in thee, They set forth thy comeliness.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 765,576Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשֻׁבוּ כָל־הַיְּהוּדִים מִכָּל־הַמְּקֹמוֹת אֲשֶׁר נִדְּחוּ־שָׁם וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶֽרֶץ־יְהוּדָה אֶל־גְּדַלְיָהוּ הַמִּצְפָּתָה וַיַּאַסְפוּ יַיִן וָקַיִץ הַרְבֵּה מְאֹֽד
then all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits in great abundance.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 705,453Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
סופה — the Tanakh's own spelling: storm, whirlwind, tempest. Searched as סופה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 151.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 17:13. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Red Sea in the Bible code?
2,578 sequences of סופה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 2,597 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Red Sea in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 1:11 — the shortest of 2,578 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,597.
How is Red Sea spelled in Hebrew?
Red Sea is spelled סופה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 151.
Is Red Sea in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
10,495 sequences of סופה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 10,685 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,597 here) beside the count.