Yesod יסוד
Yesod — in Hebrew יסוד — foundation; also a sefirah. Yesod appears 46,881 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 5.2% more than chance alone would give (about 44,544; probability 2.4 × 10⁻²⁸).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 46,881
- Chance alone · every skip
- 44,544
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 2.4 × 10⁻²⁸
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 100,782
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: 4,341 found · chance alone about 4,275 (probability of 4,341 or more by chance alone: 0.16).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), יסוד appears 46,881 times in the Torah — 5.2% more than the 44,544 chance alone would give; the probability of 46,881 or more by chance alone is 2.4 × 10⁻²⁸.
The shortest skip at which יסוד appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 43:19, reading forward.
The longest skip at which יסוד was found in the Torah is 100,782 — at Genesis 1:25, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 13,378
- Exodus 9,908
- Leviticus 5,810
- Numbers 9,235
- Deuteronomy 8,550
Examples across the range
5 of the 46,881 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
- י ס ו דGenesis 43:19
וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ אֶל־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר עַל־בֵּית יוֹסֵף וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֵלָיו פֶּתַח הַבָּֽיִת
And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke unto him at the door of the house,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 66,153 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ס ו דGenesis 43:19
Letter by letter
- י ס ו דNumbers 36:1
… מָכִיר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁה מִֽמִּשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי יוֹסֵף וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ לִפְנֵי מֹשֶׁה וְלִפְנֵי הַנְּשִׂאִים רָאשֵׁי …
And the heads of the fathers’houses of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers’houses of the children of Israel;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 249,134 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ס ו דNumbers 36:1
- יExodus 32:9
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה רָאִיתִי אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה וְהִנֵּה עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹרֶף הֽוּא
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- סExodus 32:8
סָרוּ מַהֵר מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִם …
they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said: This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.’
- וExodus 32:5
וַיַּרְא אַהֲרֹן וַיִּבֶן מִזְבֵּחַ לְפָנָיו וַיִּקְרָא אַֽהֲרֹן וַיֹּאמַר חַג לַיהוָה מָחָֽר
And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said: ‘To-morrow shall be a feast to the LORD.’
- דExodus 32:4
וַיִּקַּח מִיָּדָם וַיָּצַר אֹתוֹ בַּחֶרֶט וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ עֵגֶל …
And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said: ‘This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.’
skip 102, width 102 — one row is 102 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 126,227 of the TorahOpen at skip 102 in the laboratory →
- יExodus 32:9
- יLeviticus 25:25
כִּֽי־יָמוּךְ אָחִיךָ וּמָכַר מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֹ וּבָא גֹֽאֲלוֹ הַקָּרֹב אֵלָיו וְגָאַל אֵת מִמְכַּר אָחִֽיו
If thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- סLeviticus 25:5
אֵת סְפִיחַ קְצִֽירְךָ לֹא תִקְצוֹר וְאֶת־עִנְּבֵי נְזִירֶךָ לֹא תִבְצֹר שְׁנַת שַׁבָּתוֹן יִהְיֶה לָאָֽרֶץ
That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
- וLeviticus 24:6
וְשַׂמְתָּ אוֹתָם שְׁתַּיִם מַֽעֲרָכוֹת שֵׁשׁ הַֽמַּעֲרָכֶת עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן הַטָּהֹר לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And thou shalt set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
- דLeviticus 23:31
כָּל־מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם בְּכֹל מֹֽשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם
Ye shall do no manner of work; it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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 up the middle column. letter 180,774 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- יLeviticus 25:25
- יGenesis 1:25
… וְאֵת כָּל־רֶמֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- סExodus 16:14
וַתַּעַל שִׁכְבַת הַטָּל וְהִנֵּה עַל־פְּנֵי הַמִּדְבָּר דַּק מְחֻסְפָּס דַּק כַּכְּפֹר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And when the layer of dew was gone up, behold upon the face of the wilderness a fine, scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost on the ground.
- וNumbers 8:9
וְהִקְרַבְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם לִפְנֵי אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְהִקְהַלְתָּ אֶֽת־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting; and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
- דDeuteronomy 33:16
וּמִמֶּגֶד אֶרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ וּרְצוֹן שֹׁכְנִי סְנֶה תָּבוֹאתָה לְרֹאשׁ יוֹסֵף וּלְקָדְקֹד נְזִיר אֶחָֽיו
And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, And the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush; Let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, And upon the crown of the head of him that is prince among his brethren.
skip 100,782, width 100,782 — one row is 100,782 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 1,235 of the TorahOpen at skip 100,782 in the laboratory →
- יGenesis 1:25
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), יסוד appears 1,046,232 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.8% more than the 1,027,346 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,046,232 or more by chance alone is 2.5 × 10⁻⁷⁷.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 25,704 found · chance alone about 25,581 (probability of 25,704 or more by chance alone: 0.22).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 60,323
- Exodus 41,981
- Leviticus 24,932
- Numbers 39,041
- Deuteronomy 36,771
- Joshua 29,660
- Judges 33,889
- Samuel 74,586
- Kings 79,687
- Isaiah 56,008
- Jeremiah 74,483
- Ezekiel 68,721
- The Twelve 59,480
- Psalms 90,953
- Proverbs 26,096
- Job 37,404
- Song of Songs 5,957
- Ruth 4,968
- Lamentations 7,132
- Ecclesiastes 10,625
- Esther 10,717
- Daniel 24,334
- Ezra–Nehemiah 41,760
- Chronicles 106,724
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- י ס ו דHabakkuk 2:17
כִּי חֲמַס לְבָנוֹן יְכַסֶּךָּ וְשֹׁד בְּהֵמוֹת יְחִיתַן מִדְּמֵי אָדָם וַחֲמַס …
For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, And the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; Because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, To the city and to all that dwell therein.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 836,370 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ס ו דHabakkuk 2:17
- יIsaiah 62:8
… עוֹד מַֽאֲכָל לְאֹיְבַיִךְ וְאִם־יִשְׁתּוּ בְנֵֽי־נֵכָר תִּֽירוֹשֵׁךְ אֲשֶׁר יָגַעַתְּ בּֽוֹ …
The LORD hath sworn by His right hand, And by the arm of His strength: Surely I will no more give thy corn To be food for thine enemies; And strangers shall not drink thy wine, For which thou hast laboured;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- סIsaiah 62:10
… דֶּרֶךְ הָעָם סֹלּוּ סֹלּוּ הַֽמְסִלָּה סַקְּלוּ מֵאֶבֶן הָרִימוּ נֵס עַל־הָעַמִּֽים …
Go through, go through the gates, Clear ye the way of the people; Cast up, cast up the highway, Gather out the stones; Lift up an ensign over the peoples.
- וIsaiah 62:12
וְקָרְאוּ לָהֶם עַם־הַקֹּדֶשׁ גְּאוּלֵי יְהוָה וְלָךְ יִקָּרֵא דְרוּשָׁה עִיר לֹא נֶעֱזָֽבָה
And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD; And thou shalt be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
- דIsaiah 63:2
מַדּוּעַ אָדֹם לִלְבוּשֶׁךָ וּבְגָדֶיךָ כְּדֹרֵךְ בְּגַֽת
’Wherefore is Thine apparel red, and Thy garments like his that treadeth in the winevat?’—
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 637,815 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יIsaiah 62:8
- י2 Chronicles 35:14
… הֵכִינוּ לָהֶם וְלַכֹּהֲנִים כִּי הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן בְּהַֽעֲלוֹת הָעוֹלָה וְהַחֲלָבִים עַד …
And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests; because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering the portions that were to be burnt and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- סEzekiel 45:21
בָּרִאשׁוֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם הַפָּסַח חָג שְׁבֻעוֹת יָמִים מַצּוֹת יֵאָכֵֽל
In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover; a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
- ו1 Samuel 11:6
וַתִּצְלַח רֽוּחַ־אֱלֹהִים עַל־שָׁאוּל בשמעו אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיִּחַר אַפּוֹ מְאֹֽד
And the spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.
- דGenesis 1:18
וְלִמְשֹׁל בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה וּֽלֲהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
skip 397,877, width 397,877 — one row is 397,877 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,194,480 of the TanakhOpen at skip 397,877 in the laboratory →
- י2 Chronicles 35:14
The spelling
יסוד — the Tanakh's own spelling: foundation; also a sefirah. Searched as יסוד, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 80.
As a plain word it stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 29:12. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Yesod in the Bible code?
Across every skip (2–101,616), יסוד appears 46,881 times in the Torah — 5.2% more than the 44,544 chance alone would give; the probability of 46,881 or more by chance alone is 2.4 × 10⁻²⁸.
What is the shortest skip for Yesod in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 43:19 — the shortest of 46,881 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 44,544.
What is the gematria of Yesod in Hebrew?
Yesod is spelled יסוד — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 80.
How many times is Yesod found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), יסוד appears 1,046,232 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.8% more than the 1,027,346 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,046,232 or more by chance alone is 2.5 × 10⁻⁷⁷.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 44,544 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.