Tanhumeth תנחמת

Tanhumeth (תנחמת) is a person named in the Tanakh. Tanhumeth appears 7,942 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), 9.6% more than chance alone would give (about 7,244; probability 3.5 × 10⁻¹⁶).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 7,942
Chance alone · every skip: 7,244
P (≥ found) · every skip: 3.5 × 10⁻¹⁶
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 75,416

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 958 found · chance alone about 919 (probability of 958 or more by chance alone: 0.10).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–76,212), תנחמת appears 7,942 times in the Torah — 9.6% more than the 7,244 chance alone would give; the probability of 7,942 or more by chance alone is 3.5 × 10⁻¹⁶.

The shortest skip at which תנחמת appears in the Torah is 2 — at Leviticus 1:8, reading forward.

The longest skip at which תנחמת was found in the Torah is 75,416 — at Genesis 2:4, reading forward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 1,743
Exodus 1,702
Leviticus 1,347
Numbers 1,673
Deuteronomy 1,477

Examples across the range

5 of the 7,942 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.

Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.

shortest skipLeviticus 1:8ויקרא א:חskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ת נ ח ם תLeviticus 1:8
  וְעָרְכוּ בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֲנִים אֵת הַנְּתָחִים אֶת־הָרֹאשׁ וְאֶת־הַפָּדֶר עַל־הָעֵצִים …
  And Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, and the head, and the suet, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 141,970 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a short skipNumbers 26:26במדבר כו:כוskip 4, forward
Letter by letter
1. ת נ ח מ תNumbers 26:26
  בְּנֵי זְבוּלֻן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְסֶרֶד מִשְׁפַּחַת הַסַּרְדִּי לְאֵלוֹן מִשְׁפַּחַת הָאֵלֹנִי לְיַחְלְאֵל מִשְׁפַּחַת הַיַּחְלְאֵלִֽי
  The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 232,207 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 5:4שמות ה:דskip 105, backward
1. תExodus 5:4
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לָמָּה מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן תַּפְרִיעוּ אֶת־הָעָם מִמַּֽעֲשָׂיו לְכוּ לְסִבְלֹתֵיכֶֽם
  And the king of Egypt said unto them: ‘Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, cause the people to break loose from their work? get you unto your burdens.’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. נExodus 5:3
  … אֱלֹהֵי הָעִבְרִים נִקְרָא עָלֵינוּ נֵלֲכָה נָּא דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים בַּמִּדְבָּר וְנִזְבְּחָה …
  And they said: ‘The God of the Hebrews hath met with us. Let us go, we pray thee, three days’journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest He fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.’
2. חExodus 5:1
  … אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שַׁלַּח אֶת־עַמִּי וְיָחֹגּוּ לִי בַּמִּדְבָּֽר
  And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh: ‘Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Let My people go, that they may hold a feast unto Me in the wilderness.’
3. םExodus 4:31
  וַֽיַּאֲמֵן הָעָם וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ כִּֽי־פָקַד יְהוָה אֶת …
  And the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had remembered the children of Israel, and that He had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
4. תExodus 4:28
  וַיַּגֵּד מֹשֶׁה לְאַֽהֲרֹן אֵת כָּל־דִּבְרֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־הָאֹתֹת אֲשֶׁר צִוָּֽהוּ
  And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD wherewith He had sent him, and all the signs wherewith He had charged him.
skip 105, width 105 — one row is 105 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 83,802 of the TorahOpen at skip 105 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 6:15במדבר ו:טוskip 1,010, forward
1. תNumbers 6:15
  וְסַל מַצּוֹת סֹלֶת חַלֹּת בְּלוּלֹת בַּשֶּׁמֶן וּרְקִיקֵי מַצּוֹת מְשֻׁחִים בַּשָּׁמֶן וּמִנְחָתָם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶֽם
  and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ןNumbers 7:8
  … כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתָם בְּיַד אִֽיתָמָר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵֽן
  And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
2. חNumbers 7:31
  … אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ …
  his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
3. מNumbers 7:55
  … קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל …
  his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
4. תNumbers 7:79
  קָרְבָּנוֹ קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד …
  his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
skip 1,010, width 1,010 — one row is 1,010 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 197,722 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,010 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 2:4בראשית ב:דskip 75,416, forward
1. תGenesis 2:4
  אֵלֶּה תוֹלְדוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ בְּהִבָּֽרְאָם בְּיוֹם עֲשׂוֹת יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶרֶץ וְשָׁמָֽיִם
  These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ןGenesis 50:11
  … אֵֽבֶל־כָּבֵד זֶה לְמִצְרָיִם עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמָהּ אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר …
  And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said: ‘This is a grievous amourning to the Egyptians.’ Wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
2. חLeviticus 8:31
  … מוֹעֵד וְשָׁם תֹּאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־הַלֶּחֶם אֲשֶׁר בְּסַל הַמִּלֻּאִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוֵּיתִי …
  And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons: ‘Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting; and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying: Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
3. מNumbers 23:10
  מִי מָנָה עֲפַר יַעֲקֹב וּמִסְפָּר אֶת …
  Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, Or numbered the stock of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let mine end be like his!
4. תDeuteronomy 33:13
  וּלְיוֹסֵף אָמַר מְבֹרֶכֶת יְהֹוָה אַרְצוֹ מִמֶּגֶד שָׁמַיִם מִטָּל וּמִתְּהוֹם רֹבֶצֶת תָּֽחַת
  And of Joseph he said: Blessed of the LORD be his land; For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,
skip 75,416, width 75,416 — one row is 75,416 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 1,819 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,416 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–299,260), תנחמת appears 84,444 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 87,583, so the count is in line with chance.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 2,989 found · chance alone about 2,902 (probability of 2,989 or more by chance alone: 0.05).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 5,660
Exodus 5,688
Leviticus 4,042
Numbers 4,761
Deuteronomy 4,299
Joshua 2,411
Judges 2,249
Samuel 5,375
Kings 6,049
Isaiah 3,634
Jeremiah 5,478
Ezekiel 6,343
The Twelve 3,574
Psalms 5,366
Proverbs 2,158
Job 2,289
Song of Songs 462
Ruth 592
Lamentations 398
Ecclesiastes 875
Esther 993
Daniel 1,585
Ezra–Nehemiah 2,687
Chronicles 7,476

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahPsalms 51:20תהלים נא:כskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ת נ ח מ תPsalms 51:20
  הֵיטִיבָה בִרְצוֹנְךָ אֶת־צִיּוֹן תִּבְנֶה חוֹמוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
  Do good in Thy favour unto Zion; build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 884,842 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipProverbs 1:22משלי א:כבskip 102, forward
1. תProverbs 1:22
  עַד־מָתַי פְּתָיִם תְּֽאֵהֲבוּ פֶתִי וְלֵצִים לָצוֹן חָמְדוּ לָהֶם וּכְסִילִים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת
  ’How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, And fools hate knowledge?
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. נProverbs 1:26
  גַּם־אֲנִי בְּאֵידְכֶם אֶשְׂחָק אֶלְעַג בְּבֹא פַחְדְּכֶֽם
  I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;
2. חProverbs 1:29
  תַּחַת כִּי־שָׂנְאוּ דָעַת וְיִרְאַת יְהֹוָה לֹא בָחָֽרוּ
  For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD;
3. םProverbs 1:32
  כִּי מְשׁוּבַת פְּתָיִם תַּֽהַרְגֵם וְשַׁלְוַת כְּסִילִים תְּאַבְּדֵֽם
  For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.
4. תProverbs 2:3
  כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא לַתְּבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קוֹלֶֽךָ
  Yea, if thou call for understanding, And lift up thy voice for discernment;
skip 102, width 102 — one row is 102 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 938,098 of the TanakhOpen at skip 102 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:17דברי הימים ב לו:יזskip 297,696, backward
1. ת2 Chronicles 36:17
  וַיַּעַל עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת־מֶלֶךְ כשדיים וַיַּהֲרֹג בַּחוּרֵיהֶם בַּחֶרֶב …
  Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. נPsalms 78:4
  לֹא נְכַחֵד מִבְּנֵיהֶם לְדוֹר אַחֲרוֹן מְֽסַפְּרִים תְּהִלּוֹת יְהוָה וֶעֱזוּזוֹ וְנִפְלְאוֹתָיו אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה
  We will not hide from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath done. .
2. חIsaiah 28:12
  אֲשֶׁר אָמַר אֲלֵיהֶם זֹאת הַמְּנוּחָה הָנִיחוּ לֶֽעָיֵף וְזֹאת הַמַּרְגֵּעָה וְלֹא אָבוּא שְׁמֽוֹעַ
  To whom it was said: ‘This is the rest, Give ye rest to the weary; And this is the refreshing’; Yet they would not hear.
3. םDeuteronomy 33:12
  לְבִנְיָמִן אָמַר יְדִיד יְהֹוָה יִשְׁכֹּן לָבֶטַח עָלָיו חֹפֵף עָלָיו כָּל־הַיּוֹם וּבֵין כְּתֵיפָיו שָׁכֵֽן
  Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him; He covereth him all the day, And He dwelleth between his shoulders.
4. תGenesis 5:7
  וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁת אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־אֱנוֹשׁ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
  And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 297,696, width 297,696 — one row is 297,696 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,515 of the TanakhOpen at skip 297,696 in the laboratory →

The spelling

תנחמת — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as תנחמת, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 898.

As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 25:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Tanhumeth in the Tanakh

Questions

Does Tanhumeth appear in the Torah codes?

What is the shortest skip for Tanhumeth in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Leviticus 1:8 — the shortest of 7,942 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 7,244.

What is the gematria of Tanhumeth in Hebrew?

Tanhumeth is spelled תנחמת — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 898.

How many times is Tanhumeth found in the whole Tanakh?

Across every skip (2–299,260), תנחמת appears 84,444 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 87,583, so the count is in line with chance.

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