Rosh Hashanah ראש השנה
Rosh Hashanah — in Hebrew ראש השנה — the Jewish New Year. ראש (from Rosh Hashanah) appears 795,956 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 809,370 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah (ראש)
- 795,956
- Chance alone
- 809,370
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
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 ראש, and השנה has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
The Torah holds 795,956 sequences of ראש at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 809,370).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:25, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 12,293,241 sequences of ראש, against about 12,544,878 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 809,370 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 207,036
- Exodus 166,304
- Leviticus 120,733
- Numbers 161,866
- Deuteronomy 140,017
The shortest skips
וַיֵּדַע אָדָם עוֹד אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שֵׁת כִּי שָֽׁת־לִי אֱלֹהִים זֶרַע אַחֵר תַּחַת הֶבֶל כִּי הֲרָגוֹ קָֽיִן
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ‘for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,337Open in the laboratory →
וּלְשֵׁת גַּם־הוּא יֻלַּד־בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ אֱנוֹשׁ אָז הוּחַל לִקְרֹא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh; then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,395Open in the laboratory →
זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בְּרָאָם וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמָם אָדָם בְּיוֹם הִבָּֽרְאָֽם
male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,490Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי אָדָם שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בִּדְמוּתוֹ כְּצַלְמוֹ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שֵֽׁת
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,547Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ נֹחַ לֵאמֹר זֶה יְנַחֲמֵנוּ מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂנוּ וּמֵעִצְּבוֹן יָדֵינוּ מִן־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר אֵֽרְרָהּ יְהוָֽה
And he called his name Noah, saying: ‘This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh from the ground which the LORD hath cursed.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,628Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
2,632,732 sequences of ראש at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,633,572 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 207,036
- Exodus 166,304
- Leviticus 120,733
- Numbers 161,866
- Deuteronomy 147,808
- Joshua 93,763
- Judges 93,260
- Samuel 225,848
- Kings 267,585
- Isaiah 128,015
- Jeremiah 175,581
- Ezekiel 147,342
- The Twelve 111,815
- Psalms 111,957
- Proverbs 46,125
- Job 56,076
- Song of Songs 8,995
- Ruth 9,398
- Lamentations 11,492
- Ecclesiastes 22,606
- Esther 27,622
- Daniel 44,936
- Ezra–Nehemiah 68,538
- Chronicles 178,031
Outside the Torah
וַיָּרַע הָעָם וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ בַּשֹּֽׁפָרוֹת וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ הָעָם אֶת־קוֹל הַשּׁוֹפָר וַיָּרִיעוּ הָעָם תְּרוּעָה גְדוֹלָה וַתִּפֹּל הַֽחוֹמָה תַּחְתֶּיהָ וַיַּעַל הָעָם הָעִירָה אִישׁ נֶגְדּוֹ וַֽיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת־הָעִֽיר
So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew with the horns. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the horn, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,803Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיַּחֲרִימוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בָּעִיר מֵאִישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּׁה מִנַּעַר וְעַד־זָקֵן וְעַד שׁוֹר וָשֶׂה וַחֲמוֹר לְפִי־חָֽרֶב
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,841Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּשְׁבַּע יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בָּעֵת הַהִיא לֵאמֹר אָרוּר הָאִישׁ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר יָקוּם וּבָנָה אֶת־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת אֶת־יְרִיחוֹ בִּבְכֹרוֹ יְיַסְּדֶנָּה וּבִצְעִירוֹ יַצִּיב דְּלָתֶֽיהָ
And Joshua charged the people with an oath at that time, saying: ‘Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city, even Jericho; with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,253Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ראש השנה — a Hebrew word: the Jewish New Year. Searched as ראש, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 501.
As a plain word it stands 158 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 3:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- השנה — a Hebrew word found 60,902 in the Torah (chance 59,684)
Questions
Is Rosh Hashanah in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 795,956 sequences of ראש at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 809,370).
What is the shortest skip for Rosh Hashanah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:25 — the shortest of 795,956 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 809,370.
How is Rosh Hashanah spelled in Hebrew?
Rosh Hashanah is spelled ראש השנה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 501; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Rosh Hashanah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
2,632,732 sequences of ראש at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,633,572 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 809,370 here) beside the count.