Tel Aviv תל אביב
Tel Aviv — in Hebrew תל אביב — city in Israel. אביב (from Tel Aviv) appears 79,896 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.7% more than chance alone would give (about 78,526; probability 5.4 × 10⁻⁷).
- Found in the Torah (אביב)
- 79,896
- Chance alone
- 78,526
- P (≥ found)
- 5.4 × 10⁻⁷
- 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 אביב, and תל has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, אביב appears 79,896 times in the Torah — 1.7% more than the 78,526 chance alone would give; the probability of 79,896 or more by chance alone is 5.4 × 10⁻⁷.
The shortest skip at which אביב appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 37:35, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), אביב is found 795,505 times; chance alone would give about 818,226.
- Genesis 26,180
- Exodus 13,709
- Leviticus 10,398
- Numbers 16,097
- Deuteronomy 13,512
The shortest skips
וַיָּקֻמוּ כָל־בָּנָיו וְכָל־בְּנֹתָיו לְנַחֲמוֹ וַיְמָאֵן לְהִתְנַחֵם וַיֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־אֵרֵד אֶל־בְּנִי אָבֵל שְׁאֹלָה וַיֵּבְךְּ אֹתוֹ אָבִֽיו
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said: ‘Nay, but I will go down to the grave to my son mourning.’ And his father wept for him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 55,949Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה לָגוּר בָּאָרֶץ בָּאנוּ כִּי־אֵין מִרְעֶה לַצֹּאן אֲשֶׁר לַעֲבָדֶיךָ כִּֽי־כָבֵד הָרָעָב בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וְעַתָּה יֵֽשְׁבוּ־נָא עֲבָדֶיךָ בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן
And they said unto Pharaoh: ‘To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 72,134Open in the laboratory →
וְהוּבָא אֶת־בַּדָּיו בַּטַּבָּעֹת וְהָיוּ הַבַּדִּים עַל־שְׁתֵּי צַלְעֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בִּשְׂאֵת אֹתֽוֹ
And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 117,504Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל־בָּנָיו בַּשְּׁלוּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְשָׁם תֹּאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־הַלֶּחֶם אֲשֶׁר בְּסַל הַמִּלֻּאִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוֵּיתִי לֵאמֹר אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ
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.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 152,609Open in the laboratory →
מַטֵּה זְבוּלֻן וְנָשִׂיא לִבְנֵי זְבוּלֻן אֱלִיאָב בֶּן־חֵלֹֽן
and the tribe of Zebulun; the prince of the children of Zebulun being Eliab the son of Helon,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 189,071Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, אביב appears 325,844 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 324,997, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 26,180
- Exodus 13,709
- Leviticus 10,398
- Numbers 16,097
- Deuteronomy 14,362
- Joshua 9,386
- Judges 12,078
- Samuel 28,901
- Kings 32,763
- Isaiah 14,119
- Jeremiah 25,220
- Ezekiel 21,350
- The Twelve 15,344
- Psalms 16,545
- Proverbs 6,031
- Job 7,668
- Song of Songs 938
- Ruth 1,556
- Lamentations 1,257
- Ecclesiastes 2,491
- Esther 2,198
- Daniel 6,340
- Ezra–Nehemiah 11,458
- Chronicles 29,455
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׁלָחֵם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיֵּֽלְכוּ אֶל־הַמַּאְרָב וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בֵּין בֵּֽית־אֵל וּבֵין הָעַי מִיָּם לָעָי וַיָּלֶן יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא בְּתוֹךְ הָעָֽם
And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,824Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח כַּחֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ וַיָּשֶׂם אוֹתָם אֹרֵב בֵּין בֵּֽית־אֵל וּבֵין הָעַי מִיָּם לָעִֽיר
And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,020Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי־לוֹ אַרְבָּעִים בָּנִים וּשְׁלֹשִׁים בְּנֵי בָנִים רֹכְבִים עַל־שִׁבְעִים עֲיָרִם וַיִּשְׁפֹּט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנִֽים
And he had forty sons and thirty sons’sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts; and he judged Israel eight years.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 367,656Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תל אביב — the name in Hebrew letters: city in Israel. Searched as אביב, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 15.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 9:31. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Tel-abib.
Questions
Is Tel Aviv in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, אביב appears 79,896 times in the Torah — 1.7% more than the 78,526 chance alone would give; the probability of 79,896 or more by chance alone is 5.4 × 10⁻⁷.
What is the shortest skip for Tel Aviv in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 37:35 — the shortest of 79,896 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 78,526.
What is the gematria of Tel Aviv in Hebrew?
Tel Aviv is spelled תל אביב — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 15.
How many times is Tel Aviv found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, אביב appears 325,844 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 324,997, 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 78,526 here) beside the count.