Tophet תפת
Tophet (תפת) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Topheth. Tophet appears 84,175 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.8% more than chance alone would give (about 81,912; probability 1.8 × 10⁻¹⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 84,175
- Chance alone
- 81,912
- P (≥ found)
- 1.8 × 10⁻¹⁵
- 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, תפת appears 84,175 times in the Torah — 2.8% more than the 81,912 chance alone would give; the probability of 84,175 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻¹⁵.
The shortest skip at which תפת appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:24, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), תפת is found 1,340,091 times; chance alone would give about 1,269,602.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 81,912 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 17,015
- Exodus 22,997
- Leviticus 15,381
- Numbers 17,125
- Deuteronomy 11,657
The shortest skips
וַיְגָרֶשׁ אֶת־הָֽאָדָם וַיַּשְׁכֵּן מִקֶּדֶם לְגַן־עֵדֶן אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִים וְאֵת לַהַט הַחֶרֶב הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־דֶּרֶךְ עֵץ הַֽחַיִּֽים
So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,193Open in the laboratory →
כִּי תַֽעֲבֹד אֶת־הָאֲדָמָה לֹֽא־תֹסֵף תֵּת־כֹּחָהּ לָךְ נָע וָנָד תִּֽהְיֶה בָאָֽרֶץ
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,723Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּקַּח שָׂרַי אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָם אֶת־הָגָר הַמִּצְרִית שִׁפְחָתָהּ מִקֵּץ עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים לְשֶׁבֶת אַבְרָם בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַתִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ לְאַבְרָם אִישָׁהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,415Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה תֹּלְדֹת יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן־אַבְרָהָם אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה הָגָר הַמִּצְרִית שִׁפְחַת שָׂרָה לְאַבְרָהָֽם
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bore unto Abraham.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 33,385Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן יַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר לְלָבָן כִּי יָרֵאתִי כִּי אָמַרְתִּי פֶּן־תִּגְזֹל אֶת־בְּנוֹתֶיךָ מֵעִמִּֽי
And Jacob answered and said to Laban: ‘Because I was afraid; for I said: Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 45,145Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תפת appears 261,530 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.1% more than the 253,766 chance alone would give; the probability of 261,530 or more by chance alone is 2.3 × 10⁻⁵³.
- Genesis 17,015
- Exodus 22,997
- Leviticus 15,381
- Numbers 17,125
- Deuteronomy 12,603
- Joshua 6,597
- Judges 7,294
- Samuel 13,616
- Kings 16,443
- Isaiah 12,205
- Jeremiah 15,625
- Ezekiel 25,801
- The Twelve 9,519
- Psalms 17,803
- Proverbs 9,870
- Job 9,854
- Song of Songs 1,625
- Ruth 1,402
- Lamentations 1,460
- Ecclesiastes 1,840
- Esther 2,465
- Daniel 3,735
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,081
- Chronicles 14,174
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 306,885Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשָׁב מִיָּמִים לְקַחְתָּהּ וַיָּסַר לִרְאוֹת אֵת מַפֶּלֶת הָאַרְיֵה וְהִנֵּה עֲדַת דְּבוֹרִים בִּגְוִיַּת הָאַרְיֵה וּדְבָֽשׁ
And after a while he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion; and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 369,710Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי לִתְקֻפוֹת הַיָּמִים וַתַּהַר חַנָּה וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שְׁמוּאֵל כִּי מֵיְהוָה שְׁאִלְתִּֽיו
And it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she called his name Samuel: ‘because I have asked him of the LORD.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 384,689Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תפת — the Tanakh's own spelling: Topheth. Searched as תפת, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 880.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Tophet appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, תפת appears 84,175 times in the Torah — 2.8% more than the 81,912 chance alone would give; the probability of 84,175 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻¹⁵.
What is the shortest skip for Tophet in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:24 — the shortest of 84,175 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 81,912.
What is the gematria of Tophet in Hebrew?
Tophet is spelled תפת — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 880.
How many times is Tophet found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תפת appears 261,530 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.1% more than the 253,766 chance alone would give; the probability of 261,530 or more by chance alone is 2.3 × 10⁻⁵³.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 81,912 here) beside the count.