Sinai סיני
Sinai (סיני) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Sinai appears 9,238 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 4.1% more than chance alone would give (about 8,875; probability 6.6 × 10⁻⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 9,238
- Chance alone
- 8,875
- P (≥ found)
- 6.6 × 10⁻⁵
- 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, סיני appears 9,238 times in the Torah — 4.1% more than the 8,875 chance alone would give; the probability of 9,238 or more by chance alone is 6.6 × 10⁻⁵.
The shortest skip at which סיני appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 10:28, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), סיני is found 91,032 times; chance alone would give about 92,478.
- Genesis 3,103
- Exodus 1,670
- Leviticus 826
- Numbers 2,571
- Deuteronomy 1,068
The shortest skips
אֵלֶּה מַסְעֵי בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְצִבְאֹתָם וַיִּסָּֽעוּ
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts.—And they set forward.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 206,248Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה מַסְעֵי בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יָצְאוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְצִבְאֹתָם בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹֽן
These are the stages of the children of Israel, by which they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 244,169Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה הִשָּׁבְעָה לִּי בֵֽאלֹהִים הֵנָּה אִם־תִּשְׁקֹר לִי וּלְנִינִי וּלְנֶכְדִּי כַּחֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי עִמְּךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה עִמָּדִי וְעִם־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־גַּרְתָּה בָּֽהּ
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 26,474Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־בִּנְיָמִין אֲחִי יוֹסֵף לֹא־שָׁלַח יַעֲקֹב אֶת־אֶחָיו כִּי אָמַר פֶּן־יִקְרָאֶנּוּ אָסֽוֹן
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: ‘Lest peradventure harm befall him.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 63,135Open in the laboratory →
צַו אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְנָתְנוּ לַלְוִיִּם מִֽנַּחֲלַת אֲחֻזָּתָם עָרִים לָשָׁבֶת וּמִגְרָשׁ לֶֽעָרִים סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם תִּתְּנוּ לַלְוִיִּֽם
’Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and open land round about the cities shall ye give unto the Levites.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 247,400Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, סיני appears 47,545 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.7% more than the 46,313 chance alone would give; the probability of 47,545 or more by chance alone is 6.1 × 10⁻⁹.
- Genesis 3,103
- Exodus 1,670
- Leviticus 826
- Numbers 2,571
- Deuteronomy 1,190
- Joshua 919
- Judges 1,929
- Samuel 2,064
- Kings 3,592
- Isaiah 3,279
- Jeremiah 2,646
- Ezekiel 2,427
- The Twelve 2,561
- Psalms 6,554
- Proverbs 1,781
- Job 1,963
- Song of Songs 309
- Ruth 79
- Lamentations 246
- Ecclesiastes 553
- Esther 660
- Daniel 1,275
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,171
- Chronicles 3,177
Outside the Torah
מִי יִתֶּן־לִי שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי הֶן־תָּוִי שַׁדַּי יַעֲנֵנִי וְסֵפֶר כָּתַב אִישׁ רִיבִֽי
Oh that I had one to hear me!— Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me— And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 986,471Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא הַגּוֹרָל לִבְנֵי יוֹסֵף מִיַּרְדֵּן יְרִיחוֹ לְמֵי יְרִיחוֹ מִזְרָחָה הַמִּדְבָּר עֹלֶה מִירִיחוֹ בָּהָר בֵּֽית־אֵֽל
And the lot for the children of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to the wilderness, even to Beth-el.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 329,965Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח יוֹאָב תְּקוֹעָה וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם אִשָּׁה חֲכָמָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ הִֽתְאַבְּלִי־נָא וְלִבְשִׁי־נָא בִגְדֵי־אֵבֶל וְאַל־תָּסוּכִי שֶׁמֶן וְהָיִית כְּאִשָּׁה זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים מִתְאַבֶּלֶת עַל־מֵֽת
And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her: ‘I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 455,640Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
סיני — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as סיני, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 130.
As a plain word it stands 34 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 16:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Sinai appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, סיני appears 9,238 times in the Torah — 4.1% more than the 8,875 chance alone would give; the probability of 9,238 or more by chance alone is 6.6 × 10⁻⁵.
What is the shortest skip for Sinai in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 10:28 — the shortest of 9,238 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 8,875.
What is the gematria of Sinai in Hebrew?
Sinai is spelled סיני — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 130.
How many times is Sinai found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, סיני appears 47,545 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.7% more than the 46,313 chance alone would give; the probability of 47,545 or more by chance alone is 6.1 × 10⁻⁹.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 8,875 here) beside the count.