Rut (Ruth · רות)

Rut (Ruth · רות) is a person named in the Tanakh. Rut (Ruth) appears 16,074,333 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), in line with the 16,292,480 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 16,074,333
Chance alone · every skip: 16,292,480
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.00
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 152,397

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,042,109 found · chance alone about 1,051,157 (probability of 1,042,109 or more by chance alone: 1.00).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 16,074,333 sequences of רות across every skip (2–152,424) — about what chance alone gives (about 16,292,480).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 1:29, reading forward.

The longest skip at which רות was found in the Torah is 152,397 — at Deuteronomy 34:12, reading backward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.

A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 16,292,480 of it, so a large count is expected.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 4,390,529
Exodus 3,383,694
Leviticus 2,209,514
Numbers 3,115,034
Deuteronomy 2,975,562

Examples across the range

5 of the 16,074,333 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.

shortest skipGenesis 1:29בראשית א:כטskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ר ו תGenesis 1:29
  … זֶרַע אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת־כָּל־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ פְרִי …
  And God said: ‘Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed—to you it shall be for food;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 1,515 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
also at the shortest skipGenesis 3:6בראשית ג:וskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ר ו תGenesis 3:6
  … לָעֵינַיִם וְנֶחְמָד הָעֵץ לְהַשְׂכִּיל וַתִּקַּח מִפִּרְיוֹ וַתֹּאכַל וַתִּתֵּן גַּם־לְאִישָׁהּ עִמָּהּ וַיֹּאכַֽל …
  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 3,204 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 1:26בראשית א:כוskip 100, forward
1. רGenesis 1:26
  … הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל־הָאָרֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָֽרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
  And God said: ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. וGenesis 1:28
  … וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְכִבְשֻׁהָ וּרְדוּ בִּדְגַת …
  And God blessed them; and God said unto them: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
2. תGenesis 1:29
  … אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת־כָּל־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ פְרִי …
  And God said: ‘Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed—to you it shall be for food;
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 1,319 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 3:10שמות ג:יskip 1,000, forward
1. רExodus 3:10
  וְעַתָּה לְכָה וְאֶֽשְׁלָחֲךָ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה וְהוֹצֵא אֶת־עַמִּי בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָֽיִם
  Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth My people the children of Israel out of Egypt.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. וExodus 4:3
  וַיֹּאמֶר הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אַרְצָה וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אַרְצָה וַיְהִי לְנָחָשׁ וַיָּנָס מֹשֶׁה מִפָּנָֽיו
  And He said: ‘Cast it on the ground.’ And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
2. תExodus 4:20
  וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת־בָּנָיו וַיַּרְכִּבֵם עַֽל־הַחֲמֹר וַיָּשָׁב …
  And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
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 80,953 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 34:12דברים לד:יבskip 152,397, backward
1. רDeuteronomy 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.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. וLeviticus 8:29
  וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הֶחָזֶה וַיְנִיפֵהוּ תְנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה מֵאֵיל הַמִּלֻּאִים …
  And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the LORD; it was Moses’portion of the ram of consecration; as the LORD commanded Moses.
2. תGenesis 1:2
  וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
  Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 152,397, width 152,397 — one row is 152,397 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 304,832 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,397 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 233,990,694 sequences of רות across every skip (2–598,520), 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 232,892,751); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 3,835,443 found · chance alone about 3,874,122 (probability of 3,835,443 or more by chance alone: 1.00).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 16,131,367
Exodus 12,803,358
Leviticus 8,527,713
Numbers 12,095,469
Deuteronomy 11,606,093
Joshua 8,778,342
Judges 7,375,389
Samuel 16,473,491
Kings 20,352,417
Isaiah 14,032,320
Jeremiah 17,238,478
Ezekiel 14,401,565
The Twelve 11,306,450
Psalms 14,536,741
Proverbs 5,609,287
Job 5,754,739
Song of Songs 986,478
Ruth 919,532
Lamentations 1,150,976
Ecclesiastes 1,986,647
Esther 2,589,473
Daniel 4,408,343
Ezra–Nehemiah 6,801,462
Chronicles 18,124,564

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahJoshua 1:16יהושע א:טזskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ר ו תJoshua 1:16
  וַֽיַּעֲנוּ אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹר כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־צִוִּיתָנוּ נַֽעֲשֶׂה וְאֶֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁלָחֵנוּ נֵלֵֽךְ
  And they answered Joshua, saying: ‘All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 305,879 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipJudges 1:12שופטים א:יבskip 100, forward
1. רJudges 1:12
  וַיֹּאמֶר כָּלֵב אֲשֶׁר־יַכֶּה אֶת־קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר וּלְכָדָהּ וְנָתַתִּי לוֹ אֶת־עַכְסָה בִתִּי לְאִשָּֽׁה
  And Caleb said: ‘He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. וJudges 1:14
  וַיְהִי בְּבוֹאָהּ וַתְּסִיתֵהוּ לִשְׁאוֹל מֵֽאֵת־אָבִיהָ הַשָּׂדֶה וַתִּצְנַח מֵעַל …
  And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field; and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her: ‘What wouldest thou?’
2. תJudges 1:15
  … וַיִּתֶּן־לָהּ כָּלֵב אֵת גֻּלֹּת עִלִּית וְאֵת גֻּלֹּת תַּחְתִּֽית
  And she said unto him: ‘Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the Southland, give me therefore springs of water.’ And Caleb gave her the Upper Springs and the Nether Springs.
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 345,324 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:23דברי הימים ב לו:כגskip 598,477, backward
1. ר2 Chronicles 36:23
  … כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס כָּל־מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם …
  ’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 2 letters
1. וIsaiah 25:3
  עַל־כֵּן יְכַבְּדוּךָ עַם־עָז קִרְיַת גּוֹיִם עָרִיצִים יִירָאֽוּךָ
  Therefore shall the strong people glorify Thee, The city of the terrible nations shall fear Thee.
2. תGenesis 1:1
  בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 598,477, width 598,477 — one row is 598,477 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,960 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,477 in the laboratory →

The spelling

רות — the Tanakh's own spelling: Ruth. Searched as רות, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 606.

As a plain word it stands 10 times in the Tanakh, first at Ruth 1:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Ruth.

Rut in the Tanakh

Questions

Is Rut (Ruth) in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 16,074,333 sequences of רות across every skip (2–152,424) — about what chance alone gives (about 16,292,480).

What is the shortest skip for Rut (Ruth) in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:29 — the shortest of 16,074,333 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 16,292,480.

How is Rut (Ruth) spelled in Hebrew?

Rut is spelled רות — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 606.

Is Rut (Ruth) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

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