Yonah (Jonah · יונה)
Yonah (Jonah · יונה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Yonah (Jonah) appears 1,370,129 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 1,369,539 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 1,370,129
- Chance alone · every skip
- 1,369,539
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.31
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,544
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: 129,149 found · chance alone about 131,436 (probability of 129,149 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 1,370,129 sequences of יונה across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,369,539).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 31:16, reading forward.
The longest skip at which יונה was found in the Torah is 101,544 — at Genesis 1:2, 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 406,721
- Exodus 288,057
- Leviticus 176,479
- Numbers 266,524
- Deuteronomy 232,348
Examples across the range
5 of the 1,370,129 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 ו נ הGenesis 31:16
… כָל־הָעֹשֶׁר אֲשֶׁר הִצִּיל אֱלֹהִים מֵֽאָבִינוּ לָנוּ הוּא וּלְבָנֵינוּ וְעַתָּה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר אָמַר …
For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children’s. Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 44,403 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ו נ הGenesis 31:16
Letter by letter
- י ו נ הGenesis 32:14
וַיָּלֶן שָׁם בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיִּקַּח מִן־הַבָּא בְיָדוֹ מִנְחָה לְעֵשָׂו אָחִֽיו
And he lodged there that night; and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,200 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ו נ הGenesis 32:14
- יExodus 3:15
… כֹּֽה־תֹאמַר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵיכֶם אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם אֱלֹהֵי …
And God said moreover unto Moses: ‘Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this is My name for ever, and this is My memorial unto all generations.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וExodus 3:16
… אֶת־זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶם נִרְאָה אֵלַי אֱלֹהֵי …
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying: I have surely remembered you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.
- נExodus 3:17
… אֶתְכֶם מֵעֳנִי מִצְרַיִם אֶל־אֶרֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי …
And I have said: I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
- הExodus 3:18
… מִצְרַיִם וַאֲמַרְתֶּם אֵלָיו יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הָֽעִבְרִיִּים נִקְרָה עָלֵינוּ וְעַתָּה נֵֽלֲכָה־נָּא …
And they shall hearken to thy voice. And thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us. And now let us go, we pray thee, three days’journey into the wilderness…
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 81,274 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יExodus 3:15
- יLeviticus 20:25
וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּם בֵּֽין־הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהֹרָה לַטְּמֵאָה וּבֵין־הָעוֹף …
Ye shall therefore separate between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean; and ye shall not make your souls detestable by beast, or by fowl, or by any thing wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וLeviticus 21:18
… אוֹ פִסֵּחַ אוֹ חָרֻם אוֹ שָׂרֽוּעַ
For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath any thing maimed, or anything too long,
- ןLeviticus 22:14
וְאִישׁ כִּֽי־יֹאכַל קֹדֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָה וְיָסַף חֲמִֽשִׁיתוֹ עָלָיו וְנָתַן לַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ
And if a man eat of the holy thing through error, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing.
- הLeviticus 23:3
… שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ כָּל־מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ שַׁבָּת הִוא לַֽיהוָה …
Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work; it is a sabbath unto the LORD 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 down the middle column. letter 173,284 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- יLeviticus 20:25
- יGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וExodus 16:7
… עַל־יְהוָה וְנַחְנוּ מָה כִּי תלונו עָלֵֽינוּ
and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that He hath heard your murmurings against the LORD; and what are we, that ye murmur against us?’
- נNumbers 8:16
… נְתֻנִים נְתֻנִים הֵמָּה לִי מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תַּחַת פִּטְרַת כָּל־רֶחֶם …
For they are wholly given unto Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto Me.
- הDeuteronomy 34:9
… וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
skip 101,544, width 101,544 — one row is 101,544 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 65 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,544 in the laboratory →
- יGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), יונה appears 22,979,703 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 23,349,961, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 571,386 found · chance alone about 581,412 (probability of 571,386 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,430,953
- Exodus 1,042,521
- Leviticus 632,850
- Numbers 1,002,298
- Deuteronomy 914,658
- Joshua 717,881
- Judges 817,345
- Samuel 1,876,762
- Kings 1,980,846
- Isaiah 1,334,237
- Jeremiah 1,619,554
- Ezekiel 1,411,478
- The Twelve 1,163,994
- Psalms 1,777,417
- Proverbs 508,240
- Job 711,692
- Song of Songs 111,492
- Ruth 93,794
- Lamentations 128,803
- Ecclesiastes 195,458
- Esther 195,790
- Daniel 456,202
- Ezra–Nehemiah 784,414
- Chronicles 2,071,024
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- י ו נ הJoshua 9:13
וְאֵלֶּה נֹאדוֹת הַיַּיִן אֲשֶׁר מִלֵּאנוּ חֲדָשִׁים וְהִנֵּה הִתְבַּקָּעוּ וְאֵלֶּה שַׂלְמוֹתֵינוּ וּנְעָלֵינוּ בָּלוּ מֵרֹב …
And these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent. And these our garments and our shoes are worn by reason of the very long journey.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 318,445 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ו נ הJoshua 9:13
- יJudges 1:8
וַיִּלָּחֲמוּ בְנֵֽי־יְהוּדָה בִּירוּשָׁלִַם וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אוֹתָהּ וַיַּכּוּהָ לְפִי־חָרֶב וְאֶת־הָעִיר שִׁלְּחוּ בָאֵֽשׁ
And the children of Judah fought Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וJudges 1:10
וַיֵּלֶךְ יְהוּדָה אֶל־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּחֶבְרוֹן …
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron—now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba—and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
- נJudges 1:11
וַיֵּלֶךְ מִשָּׁם אֶל־יוֹשְׁבֵי דְּבִיר וְשֵׁם־דְּבִיר לְפָנִים קִרְיַת־סֵֽפֶר
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir—now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.
- הJudges 1:13
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ עָתְנִיאֵל בֶּן־קְנַז אֲחִי כָלֵב הַקָּטֹן מִמֶּנּוּ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־עַכְסָה בִתּוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
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 345,097 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יJudges 1:8
- י2 Chronicles 36:17
… חָמַל עַל־בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה זָקֵן וְיָשֵׁשׁ הַכֹּל נָתַן בְּיָדֽוֹ
Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וEzekiel 46:15
ועשו אֶת־הַכֶּבֶשׂ וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָה וְאֶת־הַשֶּׁמֶן בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר עוֹלַת תָּמִֽיד
Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meal-offering, and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt-offering.
- נ1 Samuel 11:8
וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם בְּבָזֶק וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וְאִישׁ יְהוּדָה שְׁלֹשִׁים אָֽלֶף
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
- הGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 398,843, width 398,843 — one row is 398,843 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,572 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,843 in the laboratory →
- י2 Chronicles 36:17
The spelling
יונה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Jonah. Searched as יונה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 71.
As a plain word it stands 27 times in the Tanakh, first at Leviticus 5:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Jonah, dove, Yuna.
Questions
Is Yonah (Jonah) in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 1,370,129 sequences of יונה across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,369,539).
What is the shortest skip for Yonah (Jonah) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 31:16 — the shortest of 1,370,129 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 1,369,539.
How is Yonah (Jonah) spelled in Hebrew?
Yonah is spelled יונה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 71.
Is Yonah (Jonah) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), יונה appears 22,979,703 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 23,349,961, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,369,539 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.