Every Name in Tanakh

אַרְפַּכְשַׁד Arphaxad

Every verse in which this name stands — 9 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 605×9 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A son of Noah; also the region settled by him. The name stands nine times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:22 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:24.

Genesis 10:22בראשית י:כב

בְּנֵי שֵׁם עֵילָם וְאַשּׁוּר וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד וְלוּד וַֽאֲרָֽם

The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 10:24בראשית י:כד

וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד יָלַד אֶת־שָׁלַח וְשֶׁלַח יָלַד אֶת־עֵֽבֶר

And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.

Genesis 11:10בראשית יא:י

אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת שֵׁם שֵׁם בֶּן־מְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁד שְׁנָתַיִם אַחַר הַמַּבּֽוּל

These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood.

Genesis 11:11בראשית יא:יא

וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁם אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁד חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

And Shem lived after he begot Arpachshad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:12בראשית יא:יב

וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד חַי חָמֵשׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־שָֽׁלַח

And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah.

Genesis 11:13בראשית יא:יג

וַֽיְחִי אַרְפַּכְשַׁד אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־שֶׁלַח שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

1 Chronicles 1:17דברי הימים א א:יז

בְּנֵי שֵׁם עֵילָם וְאַשּׁוּר וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד וְלוּד וַאֲרָם וְעוּץ וְחוּל וְגֶתֶר וָמֶֽשֶׁךְ

The Sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Arphaxad?

Arphaxad — ארפכשד in Hebrew — has a gematria of 605 in the standard method.

How many times is Arphaxad named in the Tanakh?

9 times, first at Genesis 10:22.

A spelling is not a name. The written word ארפכשד stands 4 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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