Shabbat candles נרות שבת
Shabbat candles — in Hebrew נרות שבת — the Sabbath candles. נרות (from Shabbat candles) appears 47,713 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 48,302 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah (נרות)
- 47,713
- Chance alone
- 48,302
- 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 נרות, and שבת has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, נרות appears 47,713 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 48,302, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which נרות appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 22:3, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), נרות is found 487,801 times; chance alone would give about 503,297.
- Genesis 12,812
- Exodus 9,683
- Leviticus 7,285
- Numbers 10,281
- Deuteronomy 7,652
The shortest skips
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם אַבְרָהָם בַּבֹּקֶר וַֽיַּחֲבֹשׁ אֶת־חֲמֹרוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־שְׁנֵי נְעָרָיו אִתּוֹ וְאֵת יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ וַיְבַקַּע עֲצֵי עֹלָה וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־אָֽמַר־לוֹ הָאֱלֹהִֽים
And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he cleaved the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 27,138Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי לֵאָה אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב בְּפַדַּן אֲרָם וְאֵת דִּינָה בִתּוֹ כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ בָּנָיו וּבְנוֹתָיו שְׁלֹשִׁים וְשָׁלֹֽשׁ
These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 70,941Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה מְלֹא הָעֹמֶר מִמֶּנּוּ לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם לְמַעַן יִרְאוּ אֶת־הַלֶּחֶם אֲשֶׁר הֶאֱכַלְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בַּמִּדְבָּר בְּהוֹצִיאִי אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And Moses said: ‘This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 102,952Open in the laboratory →
וְגִלַּח הַנָּזִיר פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד אֶת־רֹאשׁ נִזְרוֹ וְלָקַח אֶת־שְׂעַר רֹאשׁ נִזְרוֹ וְנָתַן עַל־הָאֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר־תַּחַת זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִֽים
And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of his consecrated head, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace-offerings.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 197,898Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־בֵּית נִמְרָה וְאֶת־בֵּית הָרָן עָרֵי מִבְצָר וְגִדְרֹת צֹֽאן
and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran; fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 243,885Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
175,430 sequences of נרות at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 177,930 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 12,812
- Exodus 9,683
- Leviticus 7,285
- Numbers 10,281
- Deuteronomy 8,208
- Joshua 7,177
- Judges 6,031
- Samuel 11,184
- Kings 11,743
- Isaiah 9,609
- Jeremiah 12,179
- Ezekiel 12,851
- The Twelve 7,427
- Psalms 11,512
- Proverbs 4,382
- Job 4,886
- Song of Songs 1,012
- Ruth 696
- Lamentations 1,118
- Ecclesiastes 1,231
- Esther 1,454
- Daniel 3,917
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,003
- Chronicles 12,749
Outside the Torah
וַיִּקַּח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־עָכָן בֶּן־זֶרַח וְאֶת־הַכֶּסֶף וְאֶת־הָאַדֶּרֶת וְֽאֶת־לְשׁוֹן הַזָּהָב וְֽאֶת־בָּנָיו וְֽאֶת־בְּנֹתָיו וְאֶת־שׁוֹרוֹ וְאֶת־חֲמֹרוֹ וְאֶת־צֹאנוֹ וְאֶֽת־אָהֳלוֹ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמּוֹ וַיַּעֲלוּ אֹתָם עֵמֶק עָכֽוֹר
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,003Open in the laboratory →
וַנֹּאמֶר וְהָיָה כִּֽי־יֹאמְרוּ אֵלֵינוּ וְאֶל־דֹּרֹתֵינוּ מָחָר וְאָמַרְנוּ רְאוּ אֶת־תַּבְנִית מִזְבַּח יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂוּ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ לֹא לְעוֹלָה וְלֹא לְזֶבַח כִּי־עֵד הוּא בֵּינֵינוּ וּבֵינֵיכֶֽם
Therefore said we: It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say: Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 340,512Open in the laboratory →
הֲלֹא אֵת אֲשֶׁר יוֹרִֽישְׁךָ כְּמוֹשׁ אֱלֹהֶיךָ אוֹתוֹ תִירָשׁ וְאֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מִפָּנֵינוּ אוֹתוֹ נִירָֽשׁ
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 365,780Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
נרות שבת — a Hebrew word: the Sabbath candles. Searched as נרות, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 656.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- שבת — a Hebrew word found 486,312 in the Torah (chance 484,162)
Questions
Is Shabbat candles in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, נרות appears 47,713 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 48,302, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Shabbat candles in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 22:3 — the shortest of 47,713 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 48,302.
What is the gematria of Shabbat candles in Hebrew?
Shabbat candles is spelled נרות שבת — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 656; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Shabbat candles found in the whole Tanakh?
175,430 sequences of נרות at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 177,930 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 48,302 here) beside the count.