Vengeance נקמה
Vengeance is written נקמה in Hebrew. Vengeance appears 175,153 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 4.6% more than chance alone would give (about 167,440; probability 2.2 × 10⁻⁷⁸).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 175,153
- Chance alone · every skip
- 167,440
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 2.2 × 10⁻⁷⁸
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,320
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 15,883 found · chance alone about 16,069 (probability of 15,883 or more by chance alone: 0.93).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), נקמה appears 175,153 times in the Torah — 4.6% more than the 167,440 chance alone would give; the probability of 175,153 or more by chance alone is 2.2 × 10⁻⁷⁸.
The shortest skip at which נקמה appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 32:11, reading backward.
The longest skip at which נקמה was found in the Torah is 101,320 — at Deuteronomy 33:27, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 45,477
- Exodus 32,940
- Leviticus 27,659
- Numbers 44,951
- Deuteronomy 24,126
Examples across the range
5 of the 175,153 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
- נ קGenesis 32:11
קָטֹנְתִּי מִכֹּל הַחֲסָדִים וּמִכָּל־הָאֱמֶת אֲשֶׁר …
I am not worthy of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast shown unto Thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two camps.
- מ הGenesis 32:10
… הָאֹמֵר אֵלַי שׁוּב לְאַרְצְךָ וּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָ וְאֵיטִיבָה עִמָּֽךְ
And Jacob said: ‘O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who saidst unto me: Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 47,001 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- נ קGenesis 32:11
Letter by letter
- ן ק מ הLeviticus 8:16
… הַכָּבֵד וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶֽת־חֶלְבְּהֶן וַיַּקְטֵר מֹשֶׁה הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה
And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses made it smoke upon the altar.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 151,654 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- ן ק מ הLeviticus 8:16
- ןNumbers 17:11
… אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן קַח אֶת־הַמַּחְתָּה וְתֶן־עָלֶיהָ אֵשׁ מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְשִׂים …
And Moses said unto Aaron: ‘Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from the LORD: the plague is begun.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- קNumbers 17:12
… דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה וַיָּרָץ אֶל־תּוֹך הַקָּהָל וְהִנֵּה הֵחֵל הַנֶּגֶף בָּעָם וַיִּתֵּן …
And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
- מNumbers 17:14
וַיִּהְיוּ הַמֵּתִים בַּמַּגֵּפָה אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר אֶלֶף וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת מִלְּבַד הַמֵּתִים עַל־דְּבַר־קֹֽרַח
Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
- הNumbers 17:17
… בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְקַח מֵֽאִתָּם מַטֶּה מַטֶּה לְבֵית אָב מֵאֵת כָּל־נְשִֽׂיאֵהֶם …
‘Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers’house, of all their princes according to their fathers’houses, twelve rods; thou shalt write every man’s name upon his rod.
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 217,717 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ןNumbers 17:11
- ןExodus 4:9
… גַּם לִשְׁנֵי הָאֹתוֹת הָאֵלֶּה וְלֹא יִשְׁמְעוּן לְקֹלֶךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ מִמֵּימֵי הַיְאֹר וְשָׁפַכְתָּ …
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- קExodus 4:27
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן לֵךְ לִקְרַאת מֹשֶׁה הַמִּדְבָּרָה וַיֵּלֶךְ וַֽיִּפְגְּשֵׁהוּ בְּהַר הָאֱלֹהִים וַיִּשַּׁק־לֽוֹ
And the LORD said to Aaron: ‘Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.’ And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.
- םExodus 5:14
… כִלִּיתֶם חָקְכֶם לִלְבֹּן כִּתְמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם גַּם־תְּמוֹל גַּם־הַיּֽוֹם
And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, saying: ‘Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your appointed task in making brick both yesterday and today as heretofore?’
- הExodus 6:9
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה כֵּן אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא שָֽׁמְעוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה מִקֹּצֶר רוּחַ וּמֵעֲבֹדָה קָשָֽׁה
And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for impatience of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
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 82,310 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- ןExodus 4:9
- נDeuteronomy 33:27
מְעֹנָה אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם וּמִתַּחַת זְרֹעֹת עוֹלָם וַיְגָרֶשׁ מִפָּנֶיךָ אוֹיֵב וַיֹּאמֶר הַשְׁמֵֽד
The eternal God is a dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said: ‘Destroy.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- קNumbers 8:8
וְלָֽקְחוּ פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר וּמִנְחָתוֹ סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשָּׁמֶן וּפַר־שֵׁנִי בֶן־בָּקָר תִּקַּח לְחַטָּֽאת
Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
- םExodus 16:4
… הַשָּׁמָיִם וְיָצָא הָעָם וְלָֽקְטוּ דְּבַר־יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ לְמַעַן אֲנַסֶּנּוּ הֲיֵלֵךְ בְּתוֹרָתִי …
Then said the LORD unto Moses: ‘Behold, I will cause to rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in My law, or not.
- הGenesis 1:3
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר
And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light.
skip 101,320, width 101,320 — one row is 101,320 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,059 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,320 in the laboratory →
- נDeuteronomy 33:27
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 2,074,085 sequences of נקמה across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 2,104,341).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 51,129 found · chance alone about 52,398 (probability of 51,129 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 150,834
- Exodus 100,534
- Leviticus 74,670
- Numbers 125,794
- Deuteronomy 77,597
- Joshua 69,676
- Judges 65,487
- Samuel 138,012
- Kings 134,108
- Isaiah 108,985
- Jeremiah 140,883
- Ezekiel 133,074
- The Twelve 95,533
- Psalms 159,604
- Proverbs 49,121
- Job 62,754
- Song of Songs 12,523
- Ruth 8,407
- Lamentations 14,229
- Ecclesiastes 16,176
- Esther 18,908
- Daniel 63,687
- Ezra–Nehemiah 89,486
- Chronicles 164,003
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ן ק ם הJoshua 4:20
וְאֵת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה הָֽאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר לָקְחוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּן הֵקִים יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּגִּלְגָּֽל
And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,078 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ן ק ם הJoshua 4:20
- ןDaniel 2:11
… קֳדָם מַלְכָּא לָהֵן אֱלָהִין דִּי מְדָרְהוֹן עִם־בִּשְׂרָא לָא אִיתֽוֹהִי
And it is a hard thing that the king asketh, and there is none other that can declare it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- קDaniel 2:13
וְדָתָא נֶפְקַת וְחַכִּֽימַיָּא מִֽתְקַטְּלִין וּבְעוֹ דָּנִיֵּאל וְחַבְרוֹהִי לְהִתְקְטָלָֽה
So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
- מDaniel 2:15
… מַלְכָּא עַל־מָה דָתָא מְהַחְצְפָה מִן־קֳדָם מַלְכָּא אֱדַיִן מִלְּתָא הוֹדַע …
he answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain: ‘Wherefore is the decree so peremptory from the king?’ Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
- הDaniel 2:17
אֱדַיִן דָּֽנִיֵּאל לְבַיְתֵהּ אֲזַל וְלַחֲנַנְיָה מִֽישָׁאֵל וַעֲזַרְיָה חַבְרוֹהִי מִלְּתָא הוֹדַֽע
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;
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 1,037,041 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ןDaniel 2:11
- נ2 Chronicles 36:22
וּבִשְׁנַת אַחַת לְכוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת …
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- קEzekiel 46:22
בְּאַרְבַּעַת מִקְצֹעוֹת הֶֽחָצֵר חֲצֵרוֹת קְטֻרוֹת אַרְבָּעִים אֹרֶךְ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים רֹחַב מִדָּה אַחַת לְאַרְבַּעְתָּם מְׄהֻׄקְׄצָׄעֽׄוֹׄתׄ
In the four corners of the court there were courts inclosed, forty cubits long and thirty broad; these four in the corners were of one measure.
- ם1 Samuel 12:3
… רַצּוֹתִי וּמִיַּד־מִי לָקַחְתִּי כֹפֶר וְאַעְלִים עֵינַי בּוֹ וְאָשִׁיב לָכֶֽם
Here I am; witness against me before the LORD, and before His anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? or whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.’
- הGenesis 1:21
… הַֽחַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ …
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 398,610, width 398,610 — one row is 398,610 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,846 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,610 in the laboratory →
- נ2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
נקמה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as נקמה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 195.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 46:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Vengeance appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), נקמה appears 175,153 times in the Torah — 4.6% more than the 167,440 chance alone would give; the probability of 175,153 or more by chance alone is 2.2 × 10⁻⁷⁸.
What is the shortest skip for Vengeance in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 32:11 — the shortest of 175,153 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 167,440.
What is the gematria of Vengeance in Hebrew?
Vengeance is spelled נקמה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 195.
How many times is Vengeance found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 2,074,085 sequences of נקמה across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 2,104,341).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 167,440 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.