Yiddish יידיש
Yiddish — in Hebrew יידיש — the Yiddish language. In the Torah codes, Yiddish is found 3,898 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 25:27) — about what chance alone gives (about 3,858).
- Found in the Torah
- 3,898
- Chance alone
- 3,858
- P (≥ found)
- 0.26
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
3,898 sequences of יידיש at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 3,858 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which יידיש appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 25:27, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), יידיש is found 29,532 times; chance alone would give about 30,407.
- Genesis 1,206
- Exodus 869
- Leviticus 413
- Numbers 849
- Deuteronomy 561
The shortest skips
וַֽיִּגְדְּלוּ הַנְּעָרִים וַיְהִי עֵשָׂו אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ צַיִד אִישׁ שָׂדֶה וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָּם יֹשֵׁב אֹהָלִֽים
And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 34,084Open in the laboratory →
וַיְמָאֵן וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֵשֶׁת אֲדֹנָיו הֵן אֲדֹנִי לֹא־יָדַע אִתִּי מַה־בַּבָּיִת וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יֶשׁ־לוֹ נָתַן בְּיָדִֽי
But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife: ‘Behold, my master, having me, knoweth not what is in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand;
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 57,992Open in the laboratory →
וְכִֽי־יָמוּת מֵת עָלָיו בְּפֶתַע פִּתְאֹם וְטִמֵּא רֹאשׁ נִזְרוֹ וְגִלַּח רֹאשׁוֹ בְּיוֹם טָהֳרָתוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי יְגַלְּחֶֽנּוּ
And if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 197,347Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־לֹא יִגָּאֵל בְּאֵלֶּה וְיָצָא בִּשְׁנַת הַיֹּבֵל הוּא וּבָנָיו עִמּֽוֹ
And if he be not redeemed by any of these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 182,206Open in the laboratory →
וְכִֽי־יַכֶּה אִישׁ אֶת־עֵין עַבְדּוֹ אֽוֹ־אֶת־עֵין אֲמָתוֹ וְשִֽׁחֲתָהּ לַֽחָפְשִׁי יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ תַּחַת עֵינֽוֹ
And if a man smite the eye of his bondman, or the eye of his bondwoman, and destroy it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 109,150Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, יידיש appears 24,396 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.3% more than the 23,840 chance alone would give; the probability of 24,396 or more by chance alone is 0.00017.
- Genesis 1,206
- Exodus 869
- Leviticus 413
- Numbers 849
- Deuteronomy 648
- Joshua 620
- Judges 865
- Samuel 2,669
- Kings 2,108
- Isaiah 1,353
- Jeremiah 1,469
- Ezekiel 1,315
- The Twelve 1,098
- Psalms 2,479
- Proverbs 585
- Job 931
- Song of Songs 135
- Ruth 108
- Lamentations 154
- Ecclesiastes 174
- Esther 221
- Daniel 677
- Ezra–Nehemiah 960
- Chronicles 2,490
Outside the Torah
כִּי הַֽחַיִּים יוֹדְעִים שֶׁיָּמֻתוּ וְהַמֵּתִים אֵינָם יוֹדְעִים מְאוּמָה וְאֵֽין־עוֹד לָהֶם שָׂכָר כִּי נִשְׁכַּח זִכְרָֽם
For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,020,048Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן בְּנֵי הַגּוֹלָה וַיִּבָּדְלוּ עֶזְרָא הַכֹּהֵן אֲנָשִׁים רָאשֵׁי הָאָבוֹת לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם וְכֻלָּם בְּשֵׁמוֹת וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בְּיוֹם אֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִי לְדַרְיוֹשׁ הַדָּבָֽר
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’houses, after their fathers’houses, and all of them by their names, were separated; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,074,161Open in the laboratory →
הַמֵּת לְבַעְשָׁא בָּעִיר יֹֽאכְלוּ הַכְּלָבִים וְהַמֵּת לוֹ בַּשָּׂדֶה יֹאכְלוּ עוֹף הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
Him that dieth of Baasa in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 512,339Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
יידיש — a Hebrew word: the Yiddish language. Searched as יידיש, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 334.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Yiddish in the Torah codes?
3,898 sequences of יידיש at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 3,858 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Yiddish in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading backward from Genesis 25:27 — the shortest of 3,898 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 3,858.
What is the gematria of Yiddish in Hebrew?
Yiddish is spelled יידיש — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 334.
How many times is Yiddish found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, יידיש appears 24,396 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.3% more than the 23,840 chance alone would give; the probability of 24,396 or more by chance alone is 0.00017.
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