Teshuvah תשובה
Teshuvah — in Hebrew תשובה — return; repentance. Teshuvah appears 35,042 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), 1.3% more than chance alone would give (about 34,584; probability 0.0071).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 35,042
- Chance alone · every skip
- 34,584
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.0071
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 75,866
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: 4,514 found · chance alone about 4,388 (probability of 4,514 or more by chance alone: 0.03).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–76,212), תשובה appears 35,042 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 34,584 chance alone would give; the probability of 35,042 or more by chance alone is 0.0071.
The shortest skip at which תשובה appears in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 16:23, reading backward.
The longest skip at which תשובה was found in the Torah is 75,866 — at Deuteronomy 34:7, 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 7,117
- Exodus 8,684
- Leviticus 6,073
- Numbers 6,866
- Deuteronomy 6,302
Examples across the range
5 of the 35,042 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
- ת ש ו ב הExodus 16:23
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם הוּא אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה שַׁבָּתוֹן שַׁבַּת־קֹדֶשׁ לַֽיהוָה מָחָר אֵת אֲשֶׁר …
And he said unto them: ‘This is that which the LORD hath spoken: To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto the LORD. Bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that which ye will seethe; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 102,484 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ת ש ו ב הExodus 16:23
Letter by letter
- ת ש ו ב הExodus 20:11
… הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֶת־הַיָּם וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּם וַיָּנַח בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי עַל־כֵּן בֵּרַךְ יְהוָה אֶת …
for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 107,449 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
- ת ש ו ב הExodus 20:11
- תLeviticus 6:19
הַכֹּהֵן הַֽמְחַטֵּא אֹתָהּ יֹאכֲלֶנָּה בְּמָקוֹם קָדֹשׁ תֵּֽאָכֵל בַּחֲצַר אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it; in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- שLeviticus 6:21
וּכְלִי־חֶרֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר תְּבֻשַּׁל־בּוֹ יִשָּׁבֵר וְאִם־בִּכְלִי נְחֹשֶׁת בֻּשָּׁלָה וּמֹרַק וְשֻׁטַּף בַּמָּֽיִם
But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken; and if it be sodden in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.
- וLeviticus 7:1
וְזֹאת תּוֹרַת הָאָשָׁם קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים הֽוּא
And this is the law of the guilt-offering: it is most holy.
- בLeviticus 7:3
וְאֵת כָּל־חֶלְבּוֹ יַקְרִיב מִמֶּנּוּ אֵת הָֽאַלְיָה וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב הַֽמְכַסֶּה אֶת־הַקֶּֽרֶב
And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof: the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards,
- הLeviticus 7:5
וְהִקְטִיר אֹתָם הַכֹּהֵן הַמִּזְבֵּחָה אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָה אָשָׁם הֽוּא
And the priest shall make them smoke upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD; it is a guilt-offering.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 148,781 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- תLeviticus 6:19
- תGenesis 7:2
מִכֹּל הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה תִּֽקַּח־לְךָ שִׁבְעָה שִׁבְעָה אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ …
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, each with his mate; and of the beasts that are not clean two [and two], each with his mate;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- שGenesis 7:22
כֹּל אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁמַת־רוּחַ חַיִּים בְּאַפָּיו מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בֶּחָֽרָבָה מֵֽתוּ
all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died.
- וGenesis 8:18
וַיֵּצֵא־נֹחַ וּבָנָיו וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנָיו אִתּֽוֹ
And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’wives with him;
- בGenesis 9:15
… עוֹד הַמַּיִם לְמַבּוּל לְשַׁחֵת כָּל־בָּשָֽׂר
that I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- הGenesis 10:12
וְֽאֶת־רֶסֶן בֵּין נִֽינְוֵה וּבֵין כָּלַח הִוא הָעִיר הַגְּדֹלָֽה
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah—the same is the great city.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 7,996 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- תGenesis 7:2
- תDeuteronomy 34:7
וּמֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה בְּמֹתוֹ לֹֽא־כָהֲתָה עֵינוֹ וְלֹא־נָס לֵחֹֽה
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- שNumbers 23:23
כִּי לֹא־נַחַשׁ בְּיַעֲקֹב וְלֹא־קֶסֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כָּעֵת יֵאָמֵר לְיַעֲקֹב וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל מַה־פָּעַל אֵֽל
For there is no enchantment with Jacob, Neither is there any divination with Israel; Now is it said of Jacob and of Israel: ‘What hath God wrought! ’
- וLeviticus 8:35
וּפֶתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד תֵּשְׁבוּ יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים …
And at the door of the tent of meeting shall ye abide day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not; for so I am commanded.
- בGenesis 50:6
וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה עֲלֵה וּקְבֹר אֶת־אָבִיךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָ
And Pharaoh said: ‘Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.’
- הGenesis 1:22
וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים לֵאמֹר פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הַמַּיִם בַּיַּמִּים וְהָעוֹף יִרֶב בָּאָֽרֶץ
And God blessed them, saying: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.’
skip 75,866, width 75,866 — one row is 75,866 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,554 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,866 in the laboratory →
- תDeuteronomy 34:7
Across the Tanakh
457,683 sequences of תשובה across every skip (2–299,260) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 462,049 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 15,449 found · chance alone about 15,308 (probability of 15,449 or more by chance alone: 0.13).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 31,007
- Exodus 32,119
- Leviticus 22,085
- Numbers 25,584
- Deuteronomy 25,090
- Joshua 14,617
- Judges 14,426
- Samuel 33,712
- Kings 37,854
- Isaiah 22,497
- Jeremiah 32,038
- Ezekiel 33,262
- The Twelve 17,994
- Psalms 24,921
- Proverbs 10,035
- Job 10,787
- Song of Songs 1,977
- Ruth 2,501
- Lamentations 1,954
- Ecclesiastes 4,017
- Esther 4,812
- Daniel 7,820
- Ezra–Nehemiah 12,409
- Chronicles 34,165
Outside the Torah
- תJob 18:14
יִנָּתֵק מֵאָהֳלוֹ מִבְטַחוֹ וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהֽוֹת
That wherein he trusteth shall be plucked out of his tent; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- ש ו ב הJob 18:15
תִּשְׁכּוֹן בְּאָהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִי־לוֹ יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גָפְרִֽית
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his; Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 977,102 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- תJob 18:14
- תPsalms 82:7
אָכֵן כְּאָדָם תְּמוּתוּן וּכְאַחַד הַשָּׂרִים תִּפֹּֽלוּ
Nevertheless ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.'
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- שPsalms 82:4
פַּלְּטוּ־דַל וְאֶבְיוֹן מִיַּד רְשָׁעִים הַצִּֽילוּ
Rescue the poor and needy; deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
- וPsalms 82:1
מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אֱֽלֹהִים נִצָּב בַּעֲדַת־אֵל בְּקֶרֶב אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁפֹּֽט
A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of God; in the midst of the judges He judgeth:
- בPsalms 81:14
לוּ עַמִּי שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּדְרָכַי יְהַלֵּֽכוּ
Oh that My people would hearken unto Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
- הPsalms 81:11
אָנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַֽמַּעַלְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם הַרְחֶב־פִּיךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּ
I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 902,770 of the TanakhOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
- תPsalms 82:7
- ת2 Chronicles 36:14
… וְהָעָם הִרְבּוּ לִמְעָול־מַעַל כְּכֹל תֹּעֲבוֹת הַגּוֹיִם וַֽיְטַמְּאוּ אֶת־בֵּית יְהוָה …
Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, transgressed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of the LORD which He had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- שPsalms 76:9
מִשָּׁמַיִם הִשְׁמַעְתָּ דִּין אֶרֶץ יָֽרְאָה וְשָׁקָֽטָה
Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,
- וIsaiah 26:13
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ בְּעָלוּנוּ אֲדֹנִים זֽוּלָתֶךָ לְבַד־בְּךָ נַזְכִּיר שְׁמֶֽךָ
O LORD our God, other lords beside Thee have had dominion over us; But by Thee only do we make mention of Thy name.
- בDeuteronomy 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;
- הGenesis 2:20
וַיִּקְרָא הָֽאָדָם שֵׁמוֹת לְכָל־הַבְּהֵמָה וּלְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה …
And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him.
skip 298,425, width 298,425 — one row is 298,425 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,329 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,425 in the laboratory →
- ת2 Chronicles 36:14
The spelling
תשובה — the Tanakh's own spelling: return; repentance. Searched as תשובה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 713.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Teshuvah appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–76,212), תשובה appears 35,042 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 34,584 chance alone would give; the probability of 35,042 or more by chance alone is 0.0071.
What is the shortest skip for Teshuvah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Exodus 16:23 — the shortest of 35,042 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 34,584.
What is the gematria of Teshuvah in Hebrew?
Teshuvah is spelled תשובה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 713.
How many times is Teshuvah found in the whole Tanakh?
457,683 sequences of תשובה across every skip (2–299,260) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 462,049 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 34,584 across every skip (2–76,212) here) beside the count.