Sign אות
Sign — in Hebrew אות — sign; letter. In the Torah codes, Sign is found 24,009,344 times across every skip (2–152,424), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 3:4) — about what chance alone gives (about 24,324,111).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 24,009,344
- Chance alone · every skip
- 24,324,111
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,360
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: 1,565,208 found · chance alone about 1,569,341 (probability of 1,565,208 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 24,009,344 sequences of אות across every skip (2–152,424) — about what chance alone gives (about 24,324,111).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 3:4, reading forward.
The longest skip at which אות was found in the Torah is 152,360 — at Deuteronomy 34:11, 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 24,324,111 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 6,991,761
- Exodus 4,697,130
- Leviticus 3,546,213
- Numbers 4,537,136
- Deuteronomy 4,237,104
Examples across the range
5 of the 24,009,344 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.
Letter by letter
- א ו תGenesis 3:4
וַיֹּאמֶר הַנָּחָשׁ אֶל־הָֽאִשָּׁה לֹֽא־מוֹת תְּמֻתֽוּן
And the serpent said unto the woman: ‘Ye shall not surely die;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,079 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ו תGenesis 3:4
Letter by letter
- א ו תGenesis 3:15
… זַרְעֲךָ וּבֵין זַרְעָהּ הוּא יְשׁוּפְךָ רֹאשׁ וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵֽב
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,700 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ו תGenesis 3:15
- אGenesis 1:11
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּֽדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע …
And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וGenesis 1:12
… לְמִינֵהוּ וְעֵץ עֹֽשֶׂה־פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי …
And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
- תGenesis 1:14
… בֵּין הַיּוֹם וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה וְהָיוּ לְאֹתֹת וּלְמוֹעֲדִים וּלְיָמִים וְשָׁנִֽים
And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
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 460 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אGenesis 1:11
- אGenesis 1:7
… אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וGenesis 1:26
… בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ וְיִרְדּוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל־הָאָרֶץ וּבְכָל …
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.’
- תGenesis 2:13
וְשֵֽׁם־הַנָּהָר הַשֵּׁנִי גִּיחוֹן הוּא הַסּוֹבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ כּֽוּשׁ
And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
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 290 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- אGenesis 1:7
- אDeuteronomy 34:11
לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וLeviticus 8:28
… הֵם לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ אִשֶּׁה הוּא לַיהוָֽה
And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- 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 152,360, width 152,360 — one row is 152,360 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,774 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,360 in the laboratory →
- אDeuteronomy 34:11
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 328,847,559 sequences of אות across every skip (2–598,520), 0.4% above what chance alone gives (about 327,402,780); 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: 5,413,901 found · chance alone about 5,446,277 (probability of 5,413,901 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 25,694,692
- Exodus 17,770,251
- Leviticus 13,692,695
- Numbers 17,607,656
- Deuteronomy 16,541,595
- Joshua 10,056,593
- Judges 11,518,479
- Samuel 29,785,810
- Kings 29,956,931
- Isaiah 16,531,900
- Jeremiah 24,439,923
- Ezekiel 21,115,037
- The Twelve 15,225,921
- Psalms 16,317,211
- Proverbs 5,181,480
- Job 8,295,269
- Song of Songs 962,082
- Ruth 1,479,109
- Lamentations 1,245,079
- Ecclesiastes 2,809,278
- Esther 2,803,543
- Daniel 7,268,014
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,001,971
- Chronicles 23,547,040
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- א ו תJoshua 1:9
הֲלוֹא צִוִּיתִיךָ חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ אַֽל־תַּעֲרֹץ וְאַל …
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,367 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ו תJoshua 1:9
- אJudges 3:5
וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָשְׁבוּ בְּקֶרֶב הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַחִתִּי וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וJudges 3:7
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי …
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baalim and the Asheroth.
- תJudges 3:8
… יְהוָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם בְּיַד כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַיִם מֶלֶךְ אֲרַם נַהֲרָיִם וַיַּעַבְדוּ בְנֵֽי …
Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He gave them over into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim; and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
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 348,419 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אJudges 3:5
- א2 Chronicles 36:21
… שַׁבְּתוֹתֶיהָ כָּל־יְמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה שָׁבָתָה לְמַלֹּאות שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָֽה
to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- וIsaiah 25:1
יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי אַתָּה אֲרֽוֹמִמְךָ אוֹדֶה שִׁמְךָ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ פֶּלֶא עֵצוֹת מֵֽרָחוֹק אֱמוּנָה אֹֽמֶן
O LORD, Thou art my God, I will exalt Thee, I will praise Thy name, For Thou hast done wonderful things; Even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.
- תGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 598,413, width 598,413 — one row is 598,413 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,832 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,413 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 36:21
The spelling
אות — the Tanakh's own spelling: sign; letter. Searched as אות, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 407.
As a plain word it stands 22 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Sign in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 24,009,344 sequences of אות across every skip (2–152,424) — about what chance alone gives (about 24,324,111).
What is the shortest skip for Sign in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:4 — the shortest of 24,009,344 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 24,324,111.
How is Sign spelled in Hebrew?
Sign is spelled אות — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 407.
Is Sign in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 328,847,559 sequences of אות across every skip (2–598,520), 0.4% above what chance alone gives (about 327,402,780); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 24,324,111 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.