Yoruba יורובה
In Hebrew letters the first name Yoruba is written יורובה — male given name. In the Torah codes, Yoruba is found 892 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 5 (Numbers 33:15) — about what chance alone gives (about 890).
- Found in the Torah
- 892
- Chance alone
- 890
- P (≥ found)
- 0.48
- Shortest skip
- 5
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, יורובה appears 892 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 890, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which יורובה appears in the Torah is 5 — the first at Numbers 33:15, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), יורובה is found 5,462 times; chance alone would give about 5,662.
- Genesis 275
- Exodus 197
- Leviticus 125
- Numbers 161
- Deuteronomy 134
The shortest skips
וַיִּסְעוּ מֵרְפִידִם וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּמִדְבַּר סִינָֽי
And they journeyed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 244,782Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה תֶחֱזֶה מִכָּל־הָעָם אַנְשֵׁי־חַיִל יִרְאֵי אֱלֹהִים אַנְשֵׁי אֱמֶת שֹׂנְאֵי בָצַע וְשַׂמְתָּ עֲלֵהֶם שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים שָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת שָׂרֵי חֲמִשִּׁים וְשָׂרֵי עֲשָׂרֹֽת
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 105,295Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה לְכוּ וְנַֽהַרְגֵהוּ וְנַשְׁלִכֵהוּ בְּאַחַד הַבֹּרוֹת וְאָמַרְנוּ חַיָּה רָעָה אֲכָלָתְהוּ וְנִרְאֶה מַה־יִּהְיוּ חֲלֹמֹתָֽיו
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say: An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.’
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 55,122Open in the laboratory →
וְאָנֹכִי הַסְתֵּר אַסְתִּיר פָּנַי בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא עַל כָּל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה כִּי פָנָה אֶל־אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִֽים
And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 299,651Open in the laboratory →
וְיָצָא הַכֹּהֵן מִן־הַבַּיִת אֶל־פֶּתַח הַבָּיִת וְהִסְגִּיר אֶת־הַבַּיִת שִׁבְעַת יָמִֽים
then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
skip 27, width 27 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 163,400Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 4,186 sequences of יורובה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,219).
- Genesis 275
- Exodus 197
- Leviticus 125
- Numbers 161
- Deuteronomy 163
- Joshua 176
- Judges 142
- Samuel 333
- Kings 358
- Isaiah 283
- Jeremiah 323
- Ezekiel 268
- The Twelve 232
- Psalms 253
- Proverbs 54
- Job 88
- Song of Songs 9
- Ruth 12
- Lamentations 14
- Ecclesiastes 21
- Esther 34
- Daniel 56
- Ezra–Nehemiah 139
- Chronicles 470
Outside the Torah
וָאֹמַר אֽוֹי־לִי כִֽי־נִדְמֵיתִי כִּי אִישׁ טְמֵֽא־שְׂפָתַיִם אָנֹכִי וּבְתוֹךְ עַם־טְמֵא שְׂפָתַיִם אָנֹכִי יוֹשֵׁב כִּי אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת רָאוּ עֵינָֽי
Then said I: Woe is me! for I am undone; Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For mine eyes have seen the King, The LORD of hosts.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 581,361Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא דָוִד כִּֽי־יָצָא שָׁאוּל לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ וְדָוִד בְּמִדְבַּר־זִיף בַּחֹֽרְשָׁה
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 422,072Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁמַע עֶֽבֶד־מֶלֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁי אִישׁ סָרִיס וְהוּא בְּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּֽי־נָתְנוּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל־הַבּוֹר וְהַמֶּלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב בְּשַׁעַר בִּנְיָמִֽן
Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 701,592Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
יורובה — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as יורובה, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 229.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Yoruba in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, יורובה appears 892 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 890, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Yoruba in the Torah?
Skip 5, reading forward from Numbers 33:15 — the shortest of 892 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 890.
What is the gematria of Yoruba in Hebrew?
Yoruba is spelled יורובה — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 229.
How many times is Yoruba found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 4,186 sequences of יורובה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,219).
Search it yourself
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