Seventy שבעים
Seventy is written שבעים in Hebrew. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 2,471 sequences of Seventy, the shortest at skip 2 (Deuteronomy 12:12); chance alone would give about 2,542.
- Found in the Torah
- 2,471
- Chance alone
- 2,542
- P (≥ found)
- 0.92
- 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, שבעים appears 2,471 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 2,542, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which שבעים appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 12:12, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), שבעים is found 19,576 times; chance alone would give about 20,034.
- Genesis 560
- Exodus 622
- Leviticus 294
- Numbers 647
- Deuteronomy 348
The shortest skips
וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם אַתֶּם וּבְנֵיכֶם וּבְנֹתֵיכֶם וְעַבְדֵיכֶם וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶם וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בְּשַֽׁעֲרֵיכֶם כִּי אֵין לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה אִתְּכֶֽם
And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 271,374Open in the laboratory →
וְכִֽי־יִשְׁאַל אִישׁ מֵעִם רֵעֵהוּ וְנִשְׁבַּר אוֹ־מֵת בְּעָלָיו אֵין־עִמּוֹ שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּֽם
And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 110,373Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־יָקוּם עֵד־חָמָס בְּאִישׁ לַעֲנוֹת בּוֹ סָרָֽה
If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to bear perverted witness against him;
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 281,243Open in the laboratory →
כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶם וּקְנֹתָם מִמֶּנָּה הָיוּ כֻּלָּהּ מִקְשָׁה אַחַת זָהָב טָהֽוֹר
Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 135,851Open in the laboratory →
וְאָֽמַרְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ לְיַעֲקֹב מִנְחָה הִוא שְׁלוּחָה לַֽאדֹנִי לְעֵשָׂו וְהִנֵּה גַם־הוּא אַחֲרֵֽינוּ
then thou shalt say: They are thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord, even unto Esau; and, behold, he also is behind us.’
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 47,465Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שבעים appears 11,013 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 11,201, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 560
- Exodus 622
- Leviticus 294
- Numbers 647
- Deuteronomy 391
- Joshua 410
- Judges 387
- Samuel 777
- Kings 1,055
- Isaiah 565
- Jeremiah 718
- Ezekiel 593
- The Twelve 503
- Psalms 709
- Proverbs 333
- Job 303
- Song of Songs 47
- Ruth 69
- Lamentations 52
- Ecclesiastes 132
- Esther 95
- Daniel 144
- Ezra–Nehemiah 508
- Chronicles 1,099
Outside the Torah
וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר־בָּא עֲלֵיכֶם כָּל־הַדָּבָר הַטּוֹב אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲלֵיכֶם כֵּן יָבִיא יְהוָה עֲלֵיכֶם אֵת כָּל־הַדָּבָר הָרָע עַד־הַשְׁמִידוֹ אוֹתְכֶם מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה הַטּוֹבָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָכֶם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which the LORD your God spoke unto you, so shall the LORD bring upon you all the evil things, until He have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 342,129Open in the laboratory →
וּמִי יוֹדֵעַ הֶֽחָכָם יִהְיֶה אוֹ סָכָל וְיִשְׁלַט בְּכָל־עֲמָלִי שֶֽׁעָמַלְתִּי וְשֶׁחָכַמְתִּי תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ גַּם־זֶה הָֽבֶל
And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,013,758Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשֶׂם דָּנִיֵּאל עַל־לִבּוֹ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יִתְגָּאַל בְּפַתְבַּג הַמֶּלֶךְ וּבְיֵין מִשְׁתָּיו וַיְבַקֵּשׁ מִשַּׂר הַסָּרִיסִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִתְגָּאָֽל
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the officers that he might not defile himself.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,035,506Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שבעים — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שבעים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 422.
As a plain word it stands 72 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:24. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Seventy in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, שבעים appears 2,471 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 2,542, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Seventy in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 12:12 — the shortest of 2,471 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,542.
What is the gematria of Seventy in Hebrew?
Seventy is spelled שבעים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 422.
How many times is Seventy found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שבעים appears 11,013 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 11,201, so the count is in line with chance.
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