Red Sea סוף
Red Sea (סוף) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Suph. Red Sea appears 30,220 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 6.2% more than chance alone would give (about 28,456; probability 2.2 × 10⁻²⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 30,220
- Chance alone
- 28,456
- P (≥ found)
- 2.2 × 10⁻²⁵
- 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, סוף appears 30,220 times in the Torah — 6.2% more than the 28,456 chance alone would give; the probability of 30,220 or more by chance alone is 2.2 × 10⁻²⁵.
The shortest skip at which סוף appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 38:10, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), סוף is found 434,701 times; chance alone would give about 441,063.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 28,456 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 8,791
- Exodus 5,688
- Leviticus 3,953
- Numbers 8,612
- Deuteronomy 3,176
The shortest skips
עַמּוּדֵיהֶם עֶשְׂרִים וְאַדְנֵיהֶם עֶשְׂרִים נְחֹשֶׁת וָוֵי הָעַמֻּדִים וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶם כָּֽסֶף
Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 136,653Open in the laboratory →
וְלִפְאַת צָפוֹן מֵאָה בָֽאַמָּה עַמּוּדֵיהֶם עֶשְׂרִים וְאַדְנֵיהֶם עֶשְׂרִים נְחֹשֶׁת וָוֵי הָֽעַמּוּדִים וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶם כָּֽסֶף
And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 136,717Open in the laboratory →
וְלִפְאַת־יָם קְלָעִים חֲמִשִּׁים בָּֽאַמָּה עַמּוּדֵיהֶם עֲשָׂרָה וְאַדְנֵיהֶם עֲשָׂרָה וָוֵי הָעַמֻּדִים וַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶם כָּֽסֶף
And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 136,780Open in the laboratory →
וְהָאֲדָנִים לָֽעַמֻּדִים נְחֹשֶׁת וָוֵי הָֽעַמּוּדִים וַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶם כֶּסֶף וְצִפּוּי רָאשֵׁיהֶם כָּסֶף וְהֵם מְחֻשָּׁקִים כֶּסֶף כֹּל עַמֻּדֵי הֶחָצֵֽר
And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 136,964Open in the laboratory →
וְעַמֻּֽדֵיהֶם אַרְבָּעָה וְאַדְנֵיהֶם אַרְבָּעָה נְחֹשֶׁת וָוֵיהֶם כֶּסֶף וְצִפּוּי רָאשֵׁיהֶם וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶם כָּֽסֶף
And their pillars were four, and their sockets four of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 137,120Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, סוף appears 130,728 times in the whole Tanakh — 4.0% more than the 125,712 chance alone would give; the probability of 130,728 or more by chance alone is 3.7 × 10⁻⁴⁵.
- Genesis 8,791
- Exodus 5,688
- Leviticus 3,953
- Numbers 8,612
- Deuteronomy 3,366
- Joshua 2,514
- Judges 4,419
- Samuel 5,412
- Kings 8,272
- Isaiah 11,206
- Jeremiah 6,236
- Ezekiel 7,250
- The Twelve 7,530
- Psalms 16,162
- Proverbs 7,306
- Job 5,630
- Song of Songs 737
- Ruth 144
- Lamentations 538
- Ecclesiastes 1,217
- Esther 1,957
- Daniel 2,240
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,397
- Chronicles 8,151
Outside the Torah
וַאֲנִי וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתִּי נִקְרַב אֶל־הָעִיר וְהָיָה כִּֽי־יֵצְאוּ לִקְרָאתֵנוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָה וְנַסְנוּ לִפְנֵיהֶֽם
And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city; and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,627Open in the laboratory →
וְיָצְאוּ אַחֲרֵינוּ עַד הַתִּיקֵנוּ אוֹתָם מִן־הָעִיר כִּי יֹֽאמְרוּ נָסִים לְפָנֵינוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָה וְנַסְנוּ לִפְנֵיהֶֽם
And they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say: They flee before us, as at the first; so we will flee before them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,694Open in the laboratory →
וְנָפַל אַשּׁוּר בְּחֶרֶב לֹא־אִישׁ וְחֶרֶב לֹֽא־אָדָם תֹּֽאכֲלֶנּוּ וְנָס לוֹ מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב וּבַחוּרָיו לָמַס יִהְיֽוּ
Then shall Asshur fall with the sword, not of man, And the sword, not of men, shall devour him; And he shall flee from the sword, And his young men shall become tributary.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 605,715Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
סוף — the Tanakh's own spelling: Suph. Searched as סוף, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 146.
As a plain word it stands 29 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 10:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Red Sea appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, סוף appears 30,220 times in the Torah — 6.2% more than the 28,456 chance alone would give; the probability of 30,220 or more by chance alone is 2.2 × 10⁻²⁵.
What is the shortest skip for Red Sea in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 38:10 — the shortest of 30,220 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 28,456.
What is the gematria of Red Sea in Hebrew?
Red Sea is spelled סוף — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 146.
How many times is Red Sea found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, סוף appears 130,728 times in the whole Tanakh — 4.0% more than the 125,712 chance alone would give; the probability of 130,728 or more by chance alone is 3.7 × 10⁻⁴⁵.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 28,456 here) beside the count.