Spirit רוח
Spirit — in Hebrew רוח — wind, breath, spirit. In the Torah codes, Spirit is found 416,397 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:23) — about what chance alone gives (about 420,990).
- Found in the Torah
- 416,397
- Chance alone
- 420,990
- 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
416,397 sequences of רוח at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 420,990 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:23, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 6,447,712 sequences of רוח, against about 6,525,161 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 420,990 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 118,255
- Exodus 87,595
- Leviticus 62,315
- Numbers 88,084
- Deuteronomy 60,148
The shortest skips
וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם חֲמִישִֽׁי
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,114Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־יָֽרֶד
And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,052Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־רֶמֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר הוּא־חַי לָכֶם יִהְיֶה לְאָכְלָה כְּיֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־כֹּֽל
Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,409Open in the laboratory →
שְׁלֹשָׁה אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי־נֹחַ וּמֵאֵלֶּה נָֽפְצָה כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ
These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,190Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּפֶץ יְהוָה אֹתָם מִשָּׁם עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיַּחְדְּלוּ לִבְנֹת הָעִֽיר
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,054Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, רוח appears 1,682,182 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,691,580, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 118,255
- Exodus 87,595
- Leviticus 62,315
- Numbers 88,084
- Deuteronomy 63,671
- Joshua 68,202
- Judges 52,754
- Samuel 117,016
- Kings 137,586
- Isaiah 110,037
- Jeremiah 95,301
- Ezekiel 102,281
- The Twelve 76,777
- Psalms 119,602
- Proverbs 54,078
- Job 56,887
- Song of Songs 7,630
- Ruth 6,883
- Lamentations 8,863
- Ecclesiastes 13,913
- Esther 16,020
- Daniel 27,796
- Ezra–Nehemiah 51,049
- Chronicles 139,587
Outside the Torah
וַיִּמְעֲלוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מַעַל בַּחֵרֶם וַיִּקַּח עָכָן בֶּן־כַּרְמִי בֶן־זַבְדִּי בֶן־זֶרַח לְמַטֵּה יְהוּדָה מִן־הַחֵרֶם וַיִּֽחַר־אַף יְהוָה בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
But the children of Israel committed a trespass concerning the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,409Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ וְאֶת־מַלְכָּהּ וְאֶת־כָּל־עָרֶיהָ וַיַּכּוּם לְפִי־חֶרֶב וַֽיַּחֲרִימוּ אֶת־כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ לֹא הִשְׁאִיר שָׂרִיד כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְחֶבְרוֹן כֵּן־עָשָׂה לִדְבִרָה וּלְמַלְכָּהּ וְכַאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְלִבְנָה וּלְמַלְכָּֽהּ
And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining; as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 322,058Open in the laboratory →
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי מִמִּזְרָח וּמִיָּם וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי בָּהָר וְהַֽחִוִּי תַּחַת חֶרְמוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ הַמִּצְפָּֽה
to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 322,498Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
רוח — the Tanakh's own spelling: wind, breath, spirit. Searched as רוח, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 214.
As a plain word it stands 214 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 6:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Spirit in the Torah codes?
416,397 sequences of רוח at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 420,990 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Spirit in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:23 — the shortest of 416,397 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 420,990.
How is Spirit spelled in Hebrew?
Spirit is spelled רוח — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 214.
Is Spirit in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, רוח appears 1,682,182 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,691,580, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 420,990 here) beside the count.