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Thomas Edison תומאס אלווה אדיסון

Thomas Edison (תומאס אלווה אדיסון): American inventor and businessman (1847–1931). In the Torah codes, תומאס (from Thomas Edison) is found 777 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 19 (Leviticus 19:6) — about what chance alone gives (about 764).

Found in the Torah (תומאס)
777
Chance alone
764
P (≥ found)
0.32
Shortest skip
19

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 תומאס, and אלווה, אדיסון have their own figures under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.

The Torah holds 777 sequences of תומאס at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 764).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 19 — the first at Leviticus 19:6, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 5,906 sequences of תומאס, against about 6,019 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 186
  • Exodus 195
  • Leviticus 129
  • Numbers 167
  • Deuteronomy 100

The shortest skips

  1. Leviticus 19:6ויקרא יט:וskip 19, backward

    בְּיוֹם זִבְחֲכֶם יֵאָכֵל וּמִֽמָּחֳרָת וְהַנּוֹתָר עַד־יוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בָּאֵשׁ יִשָּׂרֵֽף

    It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow; and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt with fire.

    תומאס at skip 19, backward from Leviticus 19:6יכםאישאמוואביותיראוואתשבתתיתשמרואנייקוקאלהיכםאלתפנואלהאליליםואלהימכהלאתעשולכםאנייקוקלהיכםוכיתזבחוזבחשליםליקוקלרצנכםתזבחהביוםזבחכםיאכלוממחרוהנותרעדיוםהשלישיבאשישרףואםהאכליאכלביוםהשלישיפגולהואלאירצהואכליועותומאס
    skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 170,461Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 29:1שמות כט:אskip 34, backward

    וְזֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶֽׁר־תַּעֲשֶׂה לָהֶם לְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתָם לְכַהֵן לִי לְקַח פַּר אֶחָד בֶּן־בָּקָר וְאֵילִם שְׁנַיִם תְּמִימִֽם

    And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto Me in the priest’s office: take one young bullock and two rams without blemish,

    תומאס at skip 34, backward from Exodus 29:1הםאבנטיםומגבעותתעשהלהוהלבשתאתםאתאהרןאחיךואאתםומלאתאתידםוקדשתאתםםמכנסיבדלכותבשרערוהמיהיווהיועלהרןועלבניואובגשתםאלהזבחלשרתבקדתוחקתעולםלולזרעואחרישהלהםלקדשאםלכהןלילקחלםשניםתמימםולחםמצותוחןורקיקימצותמשחיםבשמןסונתתאותםעלסלאחדוהקרבתתומאס
    skip 34, width 34 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 120,597Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 29:6שמות כט:וskip 48, backward

    וְשַׂמְתָּ הַמִּצְנֶפֶת עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ וְנָתַתָּ אֶת־נֵזֶר הַקֹּדֶשׁ עַל־הַמִּצְנָֽפֶת

    And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

    תומאס at skip 48, backward from Exodus 29:6בגשתםאלהמזבחלשרתבקדשוואחריווזההדבראשרתעשהלרואילםשניםתמימםולחםמצתמשחיםבשמןלתחטיםתעשהבסלואתהפרותשניהאילםוועדורחצתאתבמיםולקחתאאתמעילהאפדאתהאפדואתהתעלראשוונתאתנזרהקדשעעלראשוומשחתאתוואתבניוטאהרןובניווחבשתלהםמגבידאהרןוידבניווהקרבתאתתוםאס
    skip 48, width 48 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 120,867Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 4:18במדבר ד:יחskip 50, backward

    אַל־תַּכְרִיתוּ אֶת־שֵׁבֶט מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַקְּהָתִי מִתּוֹךְ הַלְוִיִּֽם

    ’Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

    תומאס at skip 50, backward from Numbers 4:18המזבחופרשועליובגדארגמובהםאתהמחתתאתהמזלגתואועליוכסויעורתחשושמובדלכליהקדשבנעהמחנהואחרשומתואלהמשבניקהתבאהלאורוקטרתהסיםומנחתהתמובקדשובכליוידבריקוקאשפחתהקהתימוךהלויםוזאקדשיםאהרןובניויבאוושמבאולראותכבלעאתהקדשומתיגרשוןגםהםלביתאבתםלמשתומאס
    skip 50, width 50 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 193,678Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 3:30במדבר ג:לskip 57, backward

    וּנְשִׂיא בֵֽית־אָב לְמִשְׁפְּחֹת הַקְּהָתִי אֶלִיצָפָן בֶּן־עֻזִּיאֵֽל

    the prince of the fathers’house of the families of the Kohathites being Elizaphan the son of Uzziel,

    תומאס at skip 57, backward from Numbers 3:30וןמשפחתהלבניומשפחתהשמןחדשומעלהפקדיהםשבעתאלמהונשיאביתאבלגרשניאליאהלמכסהוומךפתחאהלמועהמזבחסביבותמיתריולכלפחתהחברניושפחתהעזיאלהשמנתאלפיםששמאותשמרימנהונשיאביאבלמשפחתהקנרהוהמזבחתוכליהקדשאשרלעזרבןאהרןהכהןפקדתשמראלההםמשפחתמרריופקדיהםתומאס
    skip 57, width 57 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 191,565Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, תומאס appears 2,759 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,859, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 186
  • Exodus 195
  • Leviticus 129
  • Numbers 167
  • Deuteronomy 106
  • Joshua 69
  • Judges 90
  • Samuel 133
  • Kings 268
  • Isaiah 162
  • Jeremiah 198
  • Ezekiel 182
  • The Twelve 152
  • Psalms 203
  • Proverbs 62
  • Job 76
  • Song of Songs 7
  • Ruth 13
  • Lamentations 19
  • Ecclesiastes 26
  • Esther 41
  • Daniel 58
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 72
  • Chronicles 145

Outside the Torah

  1. Ezekiel 40:6יחזקאל מ:וskip 2, forward

    וַיָּבוֹא אֶל־שַׁעַר אֲשֶׁר פָּנָיו דֶּרֶךְ הַקָּדִימָה וַיַּעַל במעלותו וַיָּמָד אֶת־סַף הַשַּׁעַר קָנֶה אֶחָד רֹחַב וְאֵת סַף אֶחָד קָנֶה אֶחָד רֹֽחַב

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof; and he measured the jamb of the gate, one reed broad, and the other jamb, one reed broad.

    תומאס at skip 2, forward from Ezekiel 40:6לבמעלווידתףהשערקנתומאס
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 786,391Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Chronicles 32:12דברי הימים ב לב:יבskip 3, backward

    הֲלֹא־הוּא יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ הֵסִיר אֶת־בָּמֹתָיו וְאֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לִֽיהוּדָה וְלִֽירוּשָׁלִַם לֵאמֹר לִפְנֵי מִזְבֵּחַ אֶחָד תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ וְעָלָיו תַּקְטִֽירוּ

    Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying: Ye shall worship before one altar, and upon it shall ye offer?

    תומאס at skip 3, backward from 2 Chronicles 32:12ואיחזקיהוהירתבתיואמזבחתיוויאתומאס
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,187,937Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Samuel 16:6שמואל ב טז:וskip 4, backward

    וַיְסַקֵּל בָּֽאֲבָנִים אֶת־דָּוִד וְאֶת־כָּל־עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד וְכָל־הָעָם וְכָל־הַגִּבֹּרִים מִימִינוֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ

    And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David; and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

    תומאס at skip 4, backward from 2 Samuel 16:6צאיצואומקללויקלבבניאתדדואכלעבדיהמלךדודותוםאס
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 460,544Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

תומאס אלווה אדיסון — the name in Hebrew letters: American inventor and businessman (1847–1931). Searched as תומאס, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 507.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

  • אלווה — the name in Hebrew letters found 17,011 in the Torah (chance 17,092)
  • אדיסון — the name in Hebrew letters found 21 in the Torah (chance 17.3)

Questions

Does Thomas Edison appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 777 sequences of תומאס at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 764).

What is the shortest skip for Thomas Edison in the Torah?

Skip 19, reading backward from Leviticus 19:6 — the shortest of 777 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 764.

How is Thomas Edison spelled in Hebrew?

Thomas Edison is spelled תומאס אלווה אדיסון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 507; 2 other spellings are counted on this page.

Is Thomas Edison in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, תומאס appears 2,759 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,859, so the count is in line with chance.

Search it yourself

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