Star of David מגן דוד
Star of David — in Hebrew מגן דוד — the six-pointed star, a symbol of the Jewish people. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 78,484 sequences of מגן (from Star of David), the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 15:20); chance alone would give about 79,096.
- Found in the Torah (מגן)
- 78,484
- Chance alone
- 79,096
- P (≥ found)
- 0.99
- 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 מגן, and דוד has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
The Torah holds 78,484 sequences of מגן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 79,096).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 15:20, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 1,214,675 sequences of מגן, against about 1,225,947 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 79,096 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 20,996
- Exodus 13,453
- Leviticus 13,389
- Numbers 18,565
- Deuteronomy 12,081
The shortest skips
רֵאשִׁית עֲרִסֹתֵכֶם חַלָּה תָּרִימוּ תְרוּמָה כִּתְרוּמַת גֹּרֶן כֵּן תָּרִימוּ אֹתָֽהּ
Of the first of your dough ye shall set apart a cake for a gift; as that which is set apart of the threshing-floor, so shall ye set it apart.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 214,165Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו גַּם־תֶּבֶן גַּם־מִסְפּוֹא רַב עִמָּנוּ גַּם־מָקוֹם לָלֽוּן
She said moreover unto him: ‘We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 30,662Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁחַטְתָּ אֶת־הָאַיִל וְלָקַחְתָּ מִדָּמוֹ וְנָֽתַתָּה עַל־תְּנוּךְ אֹזֶן אַהֲרֹן וְעַל־תְּנוּךְ אֹזֶן בָּנָיו הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן יָדָם הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן רַגְלָם הַיְמָנִית וְזָרַקְתָּ אֶת־הַדָּם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִֽיב
Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and dash the blood against the altar round about.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 121,576Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּקְרֵב אֶת־בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן וַיִּתֵּן מֹשֶׁה מִן־הַדָּם עַל־תְּנוּךְ אָזְנָם הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן יָדָם הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן רַגְלָם הַיְמָנִית וַיִּזְרֹק מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הַדָּם עַל־הַֽמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִֽיב
And Aaron’s sons were brought, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot; and Moses dashed the blood against the altar round about.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 152,123Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אָבִיו שִׁלְחָה הַנַּעַר אִתִּי וְנָקוּמָה וְנֵלֵכָה וְנִֽחְיֶה וְלֹא נָמוּת גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ גַם־אַתָּה גַּם־טַפֵּֽנוּ
And Judah said unto Israel his father: ‘Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 65,452Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 387,970 sequences of מגן at skips 2–5,000, 1.6% above what chance alone gives (about 381,730); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.7 × 10⁻²⁴ by chance alone.
- Genesis 20,996
- Exodus 13,453
- Leviticus 13,389
- Numbers 18,565
- Deuteronomy 13,050
- Joshua 23,044
- Judges 14,608
- Samuel 29,000
- Kings 18,983
- Isaiah 26,225
- Jeremiah 24,268
- Ezekiel 26,264
- The Twelve 23,969
- Psalms 29,779
- Proverbs 9,245
- Job 13,053
- Song of Songs 2,586
- Ruth 2,624
- Lamentations 2,939
- Ecclesiastes 4,627
- Esther 4,578
- Daniel 11,561
- Ezra–Nehemiah 16,167
- Chronicles 24,997
Outside the Torah
וַעֲנָב וְאֶשְׁתְּמֹה וְעָנִֽים
and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 329,564Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָעֵצִים לַגָּפֶן לְכִי־אַתְּ מלוכי עָלֵֽינוּ
And the trees said unto the vine: Come thou, and reign over us.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 360,525Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר לָהֶם הַגֶּפֶן הֶחֳדַלְתִּי אֶת־תִּירוֹשִׁי הַֽמְשַׂמֵּחַ אֱלֹהִים וַאֲנָשִׁים וְהָלַכְתִּי לָנוּעַ עַל־הָעֵצִֽים
And the vine said unto them: Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to hold sway over the trees?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 360,552Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
מגן דוד — a Hebrew word: the six-pointed star, a symbol of the Jewish people. Searched as מגן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 93.
As a plain word it stands 29 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 3:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- דוד — a Hebrew word found 79,933 in the Torah (chance 79,883)
Questions
Is Star of David in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 78,484 sequences of מגן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 79,096).
What is the shortest skip for Star of David in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 15:20 — the shortest of 78,484 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 79,096.
How is Star of David spelled in Hebrew?
Star of David is spelled מגן דוד — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 93; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Star of David in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 387,970 sequences of מגן at skips 2–5,000, 1.6% above what chance alone gives (about 381,730); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.7 × 10⁻²⁴ 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 79,096 here) beside the count.