Tanakh תנך
Tanakh — in Hebrew תנך — the Hebrew Bible: Torah, Prophets and Writings. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 312,952 sequences of Tanakh, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 4:17); chance alone would give about 321,115.
- Found in the Torah
- 312,952
- Chance alone
- 321,115
- 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
312,952 sequences of תנך at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 321,115 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:17, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 5,025,014 sequences of תנך, against about 4,977,147 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 321,115 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 69,818
- Exodus 63,816
- Leviticus 49,443
- Numbers 57,907
- Deuteronomy 71,968
The shortest skips
וַיֵּדַע קַיִן אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד אֶת־חֲנוֹךְ וַֽיְהִי בֹּנֶה עִיר וַיִּקְרָא שֵׁם הָעִיר כְּשֵׁם בְּנוֹ חֲנֽוֹךְ
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he builded a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,957Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־יֶרֶד שְׁתַּיִם וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־חֲנֽוֹךְ
And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begot Enoch.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,189Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־יֶרֶד אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־חֲנוֹךְ שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Jared lived after he begot Enoch eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,212Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁמַע אַבְרָם כִּי נִשְׁבָּה אָחִיו וַיָּרֶק אֶת־חֲנִיכָיו יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת וַיִּרְדֹּף עַד־דָּֽן
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,792Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁי בֵיתוֹ יְלִיד בָּיִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף מֵאֵת בֶּן־נֵכָר נִמֹּלוּ אִתּֽוֹ
And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,467Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תנך appears 1,140,250 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,148,501, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 69,818
- Exodus 63,816
- Leviticus 49,443
- Numbers 57,907
- Deuteronomy 74,674
- Joshua 31,846
- Judges 29,685
- Samuel 72,713
- Kings 77,829
- Isaiah 59,474
- Jeremiah 84,815
- Ezekiel 97,337
- The Twelve 44,296
- Psalms 88,637
- Proverbs 31,800
- Job 33,691
- Song of Songs 7,120
- Ruth 8,009
- Lamentations 6,732
- Ecclesiastes 11,385
- Esther 14,243
- Daniel 29,795
- Ezra–Nehemiah 33,431
- Chronicles 61,754
Outside the Torah
וְהוֹדַעְתֶּם אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶם לֵאמֹר בַּיַּבָּשָׁה עָבַר יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּֽה
then ye shall let your children know, saying: Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,160Open in the laboratory →
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 323,643Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן וּבְנֵי־גָד לַמִּזְבֵּחַ כִּי עֵד הוּא בֵּֽינֹתֵינוּ כִּי יְהוָה הָאֱלֹהִֽים
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar—: ‘for it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 341,099Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תנך — a Hebrew word: the Hebrew Bible: Torah, Prophets and Writings. Searched as תנך, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 470.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Tanakh appear in the Torah codes?
312,952 sequences of תנך at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 321,115 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Tanakh in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:17 — the shortest of 312,952 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 321,115.
How is Tanakh spelled in Hebrew?
Tanakh is spelled תנך — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 470.
Is Tanakh in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תנך appears 1,140,250 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,148,501, 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 321,115 here) beside the count.