Telephone טלפון
Telephone is written טלפון in Hebrew. Counted across every skip (2–76,212), the Torah holds 746 sequences of Telephone, the shortest at skip 40 (Leviticus 4:3); chance alone would give about 712.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 746
- Chance alone · every skip
- 712
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.10
- Shortest skip
- 40
- Longest skip found
- 73,755
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: 86 found · chance alone about 90.3 (probability of 86 or more by chance alone: 0.69).
In the Torah
746 sequences of טלפון across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 712 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which טלפון appears in the Torah is 40 — at Leviticus 4:3, reading forward.
The longest skip at which טלפון was found in the Torah is 73,755 — at Deuteronomy 31:28, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 134
- Exodus 152
- Leviticus 188
- Numbers 160
- Deuteronomy 112
Examples across the range
5 of the 746 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.
Letter by letter
- טLeviticus 4:3
… הָעָם וְהִקְרִיב עַל חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר תָּמִים לַיהוָה …
if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin-offering.
- ל פLeviticus 4:4
וְהֵבִיא אֶת־הַפָּר אֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְסָמַךְ אֶת … רֹאשׁ הַפָּר וְשָׁחַט אֶת־הַפָּר לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meeting before the LORD; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before the LORD.
- וLeviticus 4:5
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ מִדַּם הַפָּר וְהֵבִיא אֹתוֹ אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד
And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting.
- נLeviticus 4:6
… וְהִזָּה מִן־הַדָּם שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֶת־פְּנֵי פָּרֹכֶת הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ …
And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
skip 40, width 40 — one row is 40 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 144,411 of the TorahOpen at skip 40 in the laboratory →
- טLeviticus 4:3
- טGenesis 47:11
… וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם אֲחֻזָּה בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּמֵיטַב הָאָרֶץ בְּאֶרֶץ רַעְמְסֵס כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה …
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לGenesis 47:9
… וְרָעִים הָיוּ יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיַּי וְלֹא הִשִּׂיגוּ אֶת־יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי …
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh: ‘The days of the years of my sojournings are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojournings.’
- פGenesis 47:7
וַיָּבֵא יוֹסֵף אֶת־יַֽעֲקֹב אָבִיו וַיַּֽעֲמִדֵהוּ לִפְנֵי פַרְעֹה וַיְבָרֶךְ יַעֲקֹב אֶת־פַּרְעֹֽה
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
- וGenesis 47:6
אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְפָנֶיךָ הִוא בְּמֵיטַב הָאָרֶץ הוֹשֵׁב אֶת־אָבִיךָ …
the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell. And if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.’
- ןGenesis 47:4
… פַּרְעֹה לָגוּר בָּאָרֶץ בָּאנוּ כִּי־אֵין מִרְעֶה לַצֹּאן אֲשֶׁר לַעֲבָדֶיךָ כִּֽי …
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 106, width 106 — one row is 106 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 72,514 of the TorahOpen at skip 106 in the laboratory →
- טGenesis 47:11
- טExodus 39:11
וְהַטּוּר הַשֵּׁנִי נֹפֶךְ סַפִּיר וְיָהֲלֹֽם
And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לExodus 39:8
וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־הַחֹשֶׁן מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵׁב כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אֵפֹד זָהָב תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָֽר
And he made the breastplate, the work of the skilful workman, like the work of the ephod: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
- פExodus 39:6
וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת־אַבְנֵי הַשֹּׁהַם מֻֽסַבֹּת מִשְׁבְּצֹת זָהָב מְפֻתָּחֹת פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם עַל־שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
- וExodus 39:4
כְּתֵפֹת עָֽשׂוּ־לוֹ חֹבְרֹת עַל־שְׁנֵי קצוותו חֻבָּֽר
They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.
- נExodus 39:2
וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־הָאֵפֹד זָהָב תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָֽר
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
skip 108, width 108 — one row is 108 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 138,389 of the TorahOpen at skip 108 in the laboratory →
- טExodus 39:11
- טNumbers 25:5
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־שֹׁפְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִרְגוּ אִישׁ אֲנָשָׁיו הַנִּצְמָדִים לְבַעַל פְּעֽוֹר
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel: ‘Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto the Baal of Peor.’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לNumbers 24:7
יִֽזַּל־מַיִם מִדָּלְיָו וְזַרְעוֹ בְּמַיִם רַבִּים וְיָרֹם מֵֽאֲגַג מַלְכּוֹ וְתִנַּשֵּׂא מַלְכֻתֽוֹ
Water shall flow from his branches, And his seed shall be in many waters; And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.
- פNumbers 23:14
וַיִּקָּחֵהוּ שְׂדֵה צֹפִים אֶל־רֹאשׁ הַפִּסְגָּה וַיִּבֶן שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת וַיַּעַל פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
- וNumbers 22:34
… בַּדָּרֶךְ וְעַתָּה אִם־רַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ אָשׁוּבָה לִּֽי
And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD: ‘I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me; now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back.’
- ןNumbers 22:18
וַיַּעַן בִּלְעָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־עַבְדֵי בָלָק …
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak: ‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do any thing, small or great.
skip 1,049, width 1,049 — one row is 1,049 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 230,386 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,049 in the laboratory →
- טNumbers 25:5
- טDeuteronomy 31:28
הַקְהִילוּ אֵלַי אֶת־כָּל־זִקְנֵי שִׁבְטֵיכֶם וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶם וַאֲדַבְּרָה בְאָזְנֵיהֶם אֵת הַדְּבָרִים …
Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לNumbers 22:23
… מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ וַתֵּלֶךְ בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיַּךְ בִּלְעָם אֶת־הָאָתוֹן לְהַטֹּתָהּ הַדָּֽרֶךְ
And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field; and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
- פLeviticus 8:34
כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה צִוָּה יְהוָה לַעֲשֹׂת לְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶֽם
As hath been done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make atonement for you.
- וExodus 2:2
וַתַּהַר הָאִשָּׁה וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֵּרֶא אֹתוֹ כִּי־טוֹב הוּא וַֽתִּצְפְּנֵהוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה יְרָחִֽים
And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
- ןGenesis 4:24
כִּי שִׁבְעָתַיִם יֻקַּם־קָיִן וְלֶמֶךְ שִׁבְעִים וְשִׁבְעָֽה
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
skip 73,755, width 73,755 — one row is 73,755 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 300,317 of the TorahOpen at skip 73,755 in the laboratory →
- טDeuteronomy 31:28
Across the Tanakh
10,372 sequences of טלפון across every skip (2–299,260) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 10,602 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 366 found · chance alone about 351 (probability of 366 or more by chance alone: 0.22).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 475
- Exodus 538
- Leviticus 772
- Numbers 588
- Deuteronomy 423
- Joshua 295
- Judges 220
- Samuel 553
- Kings 637
- Isaiah 665
- Jeremiah 594
- Ezekiel 637
- The Twelve 506
- Psalms 926
- Proverbs 379
- Job 409
- Song of Songs 52
- Ruth 49
- Lamentations 70
- Ecclesiastes 168
- Esther 113
- Daniel 244
- Ezra–Nehemiah 321
- Chronicles 738
Outside the Torah
- טLamentations 5:16
נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ
The crown is fallen from our head; Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- ל פ וLamentations 5:15
שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ
The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
- נLamentations 5:14
זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם
The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,011,729 of the TanakhOpen at skip 8 in the laboratory →
- טLamentations 5:16
- טEzekiel 36:5
… לָהֶם לְמוֹרָשָׁה בְּשִׂמְחַת כָּל־לֵבָב בִּשְׁאָט נֶפֶשׁ לְמַעַן מִגְרָשָׁהּ לָבַֽז
therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Surely in the fire of My jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed My land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with disdain of soul, to cast it out for a prey;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לEzekiel 36:4
… וְלֶעָרִים הַנֶּעֱזָבוֹת אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ לְבַז וּלְלַעַג לִשְׁאֵרִית הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר מִסָּבִֽיב
therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken…
- פEzekiel 36:3
… מֽוֹרָשָׁה לִשְׁאֵרִית הַגּוֹיִם וַתֵּֽעֲלוּ עַל־שְׂפַת לָשׁוֹן וְדִבַּת־עָֽם
therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the rest of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;
- וEzekiel 36:2
כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה יַעַן אָמַר הָאוֹיֵב עֲלֵיכֶם הֶאָח וּבָמוֹת עוֹלָם לְמֽוֹרָשָׁה הָיְתָה לָּֽנוּ
Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because the enemy hath said against you: Aha! even the ancient high places are ours in possession;
- ןEzekiel 35:15
… בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמֵמָה כֵּן אֶעֱשֶׂה־לָּךְ שְׁמָמָה תִֽהְיֶה הַר …
As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee; thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
skip 113, width 113 — one row is 113 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 779,042 of the TanakhOpen at skip 113 in the laboratory →
- טEzekiel 36:5
- ט2 Chronicles 30:17
… אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הִתְקַדָּשׁוּ וְהַלְוִיִּם עַל־שְׁחִיטַת הַפְּסָחִים לְכֹל לֹא טָהוֹר לְהַקְדִּישׁ …
For there were many in the congregation that had not sanctified themselves; therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the passover lambs for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- לPsalms 64:9
וַיַּכְשִׁילוּהוּ עָלֵימוֹ לְשׁוֹנָם יִתְנֹדֲדוּ כָּל־רֹאֵה בָֽם
So they make their own tongue a stumbling unto themselves; all that see them shake the head.
- פIsaiah 22:7
וַיְהִי מִבְחַר־עֲמָקַיִךְ מָלְאוּ רָכֶב וְהַפָּרָשִׁים שֹׁת שָׁתוּ הַשָּֽׁעְרָה
And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate,
- וDeuteronomy 32:13
יַרְכִּבֵהוּ עַל־במותי אָרֶץ וַיֹּאכַל תְּנוּבֹת שָׂדָי וַיֵּנִקֵהֽוּ דְבַשׁ מִסֶּלַע וְשֶׁמֶן מֵחַלְמִישׁ צֽוּר
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the fruitage of the field; And He made him to suck honey out of the crag, And oil out of the flinty rock;
- נGenesis 5:24
וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ חֲנוֹךְ אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִים וְאֵינֶנּוּ כִּֽי־לָקַח אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים
And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him.
skip 294,612, width 294,612 — one row is 294,612 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,184,864 of the TanakhOpen at skip 294,612 in the laboratory →
- ט2 Chronicles 30:17
The spelling
טלפון — a Hebrew word. Searched as טלפון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 175.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Telephone in the Torah codes?
746 sequences of טלפון across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 712 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Telephone in the Torah?
Skip 40, reading forward from Leviticus 4:3 — the shortest of 746 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 712.
What is the gematria of Telephone in Hebrew?
Telephone is spelled טלפון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 175.
How many times is Telephone found in the whole Tanakh?
10,372 sequences of טלפון across every skip (2–299,260) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 10,602 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 712 across every skip (2–76,212) here) beside the count.