Tohu תחו
Tohu (תחו) is a person named in the Tanakh. Tohu appears 419,762 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% more than chance alone would give (about 416,925; probability 5.7 × 10⁻⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 419,762
- Chance alone
- 416,925
- P (≥ found)
- 5.7 × 10⁻⁶
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, תחו appears 419,762 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 416,925 chance alone would give; the probability of 419,762 or more by chance alone is 5.7 × 10⁻⁶.
The shortest skip at which תחו appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:2, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), תחו is found 6,739,590 times; chance alone would give about 6,462,159.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 416,925 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 105,273
- Exodus 102,162
- Leviticus 70,753
- Numbers 84,023
- Deuteronomy 57,551
The shortest skips
וַתֹּסֶף לָלֶדֶת אֶת־אָחִיו אֶת־הָבֶל וַֽיְהִי־הֶבֶל רֹעֵה צֹאן וְקַיִן הָיָה עֹבֵד אֲדָמָֽה
And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,272Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת תֶּרַח תֶּרַח הוֹלִיד אֶת־אַבְרָם אֶת־נָחוֹר וְאֶת־הָרָן וְהָרָן הוֹלִיד אֶת־לֽוֹט
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,843Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹא־נָשָׂא אֹתָם הָאָרֶץ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו כִּֽי־הָיָה רְכוּשָׁם רָב וְלֹא יָֽכְלוּ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּֽו
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,377Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹא־נָשָׂא אֹתָם הָאָרֶץ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו כִּֽי־הָיָה רְכוּשָׁם רָב וְלֹא יָֽכְלוּ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּֽו
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,404Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶקְחָה פַת־לֶחֶם וְסַעֲדוּ לִבְּכֶם אַחַר תַּעֲבֹרוּ כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּן עֲבַרְתֶּם עַֽל־עַבְדְּכֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֵּן תַּעֲשֶׂה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on; forasmuch as ye are come to your servant.’ And they said: ‘So do, as thou hast said.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,670Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,564,934 sequences of תחו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,570,845).
- Genesis 105,273
- Exodus 102,162
- Leviticus 70,753
- Numbers 84,023
- Deuteronomy 60,229
- Joshua 51,062
- Judges 47,421
- Samuel 111,185
- Kings 119,097
- Isaiah 84,979
- Jeremiah 86,579
- Ezekiel 121,631
- The Twelve 61,735
- Psalms 106,149
- Proverbs 50,464
- Job 53,562
- Song of Songs 7,958
- Ruth 8,635
- Lamentations 7,637
- Ecclesiastes 15,813
- Esther 12,995
- Daniel 24,521
- Ezra–Nehemiah 44,875
- Chronicles 126,196
Outside the Torah
וְהַחֲיִתֶם אֶת־אָבִי וְאֶת־אִמִּי וְאֶת־אַחַי וְאֶת־אחותי וְאֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר לָהֶם וְהִצַּלְתֶּם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵינוּ מִמָּֽוֶת
and save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,855Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹאוּ הַנְּעָרִים הַֽמְרַגְּלִים וַיֹּצִיאוּ אֶת־רָחָב וְאֶת־אָבִיהָ וְאֶת־אִמָּהּ וְאֶת־אַחֶיהָ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לָהּ וְאֵת כָּל־מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֶיהָ הוֹצִיאוּ וַיַּנִּיחוּם מִחוּץ לְמַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had, all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,993Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹֽא־נִשְׁאַר אִישׁ בָּעַי וּבֵית אֵל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָצְאוּ אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּעַזְבוּ אֶת־הָעִיר פְּתוּחָה וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,363Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תחו — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as תחו, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 414.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 1:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Tohu appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, תחו appears 419,762 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 416,925 chance alone would give; the probability of 419,762 or more by chance alone is 5.7 × 10⁻⁶.
What is the shortest skip for Tohu in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:2 — the shortest of 419,762 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 416,925.
What is the gematria of Tohu in Hebrew?
Tohu is spelled תחו — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 414.
How many times is Tohu found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,564,934 sequences of תחו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,570,845).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 416,925 here) beside the count.