Tophet תפתה
Tophet (תפתה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Topheth. In the Torah codes, Tophet is found 15,298 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 25:17) — 2.3% above the 14,951 chance alone would give (probability of 15,298 or more by chance alone: 0.0024).
- Found in the Torah
- 15,298
- Chance alone
- 14,951
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0024
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 15,298 sequences of תפתה at skips 2–5,000, 2.3% above what chance alone gives (about 14,951); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0024 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 25:17, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 167,981 sequences of תפתה, against about 155,785 from chance alone.
- Genesis 2,619
- Exodus 4,323
- Leviticus 2,979
- Numbers 3,024
- Deuteronomy 2,353
The shortest skips
וְעָשִׂיתָ כַפֹּרֶת זָהָב טָהוֹר אַמָּתַיִם וָחֵצִי אָרְכָּהּ וְאַמָּה וָחֵצִי רָחְבָּֽהּ
And thou shalt make an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 114,035Open in the laboratory →
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 up one column. letter 4,197Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־כָּל־חֵילָם וְאֶת־כָּל־טַפָּם וְאֶת־נְשֵׁיהֶם שָׁבוּ וַיָּבֹזּוּ וְאֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בַּבָּֽיִת
and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even all that was in the house.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 50,622Open in the laboratory →
אַף־אֲנִי אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־זֹּאת לָכֶם וְהִפְקַדְתִּי עֲלֵיכֶם בֶּֽהָלָה אֶת־הַשַּׁחֶפֶת וְאֶת־הַקַּדַּחַת מְכַלּוֹת עֵינַיִם וּמְדִיבֹת נָפֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּם לָרִיק זַרְעֲכֶם וַאֲכָלֻהוּ אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם
I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall make the eyes to fail, and the soul to languish; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 183,050Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כְּכַלּוֹת מֹשֶׁה לִכְתֹּב אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָֽה־הַזֹּאת עַל־סֵפֶר עַד תֻּמָּֽם
And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 300,131Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 43,802 sequences of תפתה at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 43,140); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00074 by chance alone.
- Genesis 2,619
- Exodus 4,323
- Leviticus 2,979
- Numbers 3,024
- Deuteronomy 2,481
- Joshua 1,270
- Judges 1,242
- Samuel 2,157
- Kings 2,906
- Isaiah 1,877
- Jeremiah 2,867
- Ezekiel 4,398
- The Twelve 1,718
- Psalms 2,458
- Proverbs 1,156
- Job 1,073
- Song of Songs 224
- Ruth 234
- Lamentations 217
- Ecclesiastes 331
- Esther 428
- Daniel 540
- Ezra–Nehemiah 836
- Chronicles 2,444
Outside the Torah
וְהַצֹּפֶה עֹמֵד עַֽל־הַמִּגְדָּל בְּיִזְרְעֶאל וַיַּרְא אֶת־שִׁפְעַת יֵהוּא בְּבֹאוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁפְעַת אֲנִי רֹאֶה וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹרָם קַח רַכָּב וּֽשְׁלַח לִקְרָאתָם וְיֹאמַר הֲשָׁלֽוֹם
Now the watchman stood on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said: ‘I see a company.’ And Joram said: ‘Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say: Is it peace?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 543,657Open in the laboratory →
לְשַׁלַּח אִישׁ אֶת־עַבְדּוֹ וְאִישׁ אֶת־שִׁפְחָתוֹ הָעִבְרִי וְהָעִבְרִיָּה חָפְשִׁים לְבִלְתִּי עֲבָד־בָּם בִּיהוּדִי אָחִיהוּ אִֽישׁ
that every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, even of a Jew his brother;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 694,867Open in the laboratory →
פָּנָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּת הָעַרְעָר וְלֹֽא־בָזָה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם
When He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 912,219Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תפתה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Topheth. Searched as תפתה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 885.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 22:22. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Tophet in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 15,298 sequences of תפתה at skips 2–5,000, 2.3% above what chance alone gives (about 14,951); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0024 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Tophet in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 25:17 — the shortest of 15,298 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 14,951.
How is Tophet spelled in Hebrew?
Tophet is spelled תפתה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 885.
Is Tophet in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 43,802 sequences of תפתה at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 43,140); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00074 by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 14,951 here) beside the count.