Tamah תמח
Tamah (תמח) is a person named in the Tanakh — Temah. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 342,819 sequences of Tamah, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 3:18); chance alone would give about 342,602.
- Found in the Torah
- 342,819
- Chance alone
- 342,602
- P (≥ found)
- 0.36
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
342,819 sequences of תמח at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 342,602 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:18, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 5,354,764 sequences of תמח, against about 5,310,175 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 342,602 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 74,200
- Exodus 88,310
- Leviticus 54,138
- Numbers 79,510
- Deuteronomy 46,661
The shortest skips
וְקוֹץ וְדַרְדַּר תַּצְמִיחַֽ לָךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת־עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶֽה
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,879Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת שֵׁם שֵׁם בֶּן־מְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁד שְׁנָתַיִם אַחַר הַמַּבּֽוּל
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,162Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם וּמֶלֶךְ עֲמֹרָה וּמֶלֶךְ אַדְמָה וּמֶלֶךְ צביים וּמֶלֶךְ בֶּלַע הִוא־צֹעַר וַיַּֽעַרְכוּ אִתָּם מִלְחָמָה בְּעֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּֽים
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela—the same is Zoar; and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Siddim;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,474Open in the laboratory →
וַתַּבֵּט אִשְׁתּוֹ מֵאַחֲרָיו וַתְּהִי נְצִיב מֶֽלַח
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,647Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשָׁב יִצְחָק וַיַּחְפֹּר אֶת־בְּאֵרֹת הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר חָֽפְרוּ בִּימֵי אַבְרָהָם אָבִיו וַיְסַתְּמוּם פְּלִשְׁתִּים אַחֲרֵי מוֹת אַבְרָהָם וַיִּקְרָא לָהֶן שֵׁמוֹת כַּשֵּׁמֹת אֲשֶׁר־קָרָא לָהֶן אָבִֽיו
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,349Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
1,200,126 sequences of תמח at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,199,045 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 74,200
- Exodus 88,310
- Leviticus 54,138
- Numbers 79,510
- Deuteronomy 48,874
- Joshua 36,284
- Judges 33,769
- Samuel 72,414
- Kings 94,206
- Isaiah 58,312
- Jeremiah 69,513
- Ezekiel 97,506
- The Twelve 46,762
- Psalms 78,705
- Proverbs 38,645
- Job 38,775
- Song of Songs 6,128
- Ruth 7,868
- Lamentations 5,998
- Ecclesiastes 13,871
- Esther 14,253
- Daniel 17,883
- Ezra–Nehemiah 37,336
- Chronicles 86,866
Outside the Torah
כִּי מֵאֵת יְהוָה הָיְתָה לְחַזֵּק אֶת־לִבָּם לִקְרַאת הַמִּלְחָמָה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמַעַן הַֽחֲרִימָם לְבִלְתִּי הֱיוֹת־לָהֶם תְּחִנָּה כִּי לְמַעַן הַשְׁמִידָם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that they might be utterly destroyed, that they might have no favour, but that they might be destroyed, as the LORD commanded Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,607Open in the laboratory →
קִרְיַת־בַּעַל הִיא קִרְיַת יְעָרִים וְהָֽרַבָּה עָרִים שְׁתַּיִם וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן
Kiriath-baal—the same is Kiriath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 329,806Open in the laboratory →
וְעֻמָה וַאֲפֵק וּרְחֹב עָרִים עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן
Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob; twenty and two cities with their villages.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 334,603Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תמח — the Tanakh's own spelling: Temah. Searched as תמח, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 448.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Psalms 109:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Tamah appear in the Torah codes?
342,819 sequences of תמח at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 342,602 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Tamah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:18 — the shortest of 342,819 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 342,602.
How is Tamah spelled in Hebrew?
Tamah is spelled תמח — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 448.
Is Tamah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
1,200,126 sequences of תמח at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,199,045 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 342,602 here) beside the count.