חֹרֶשׁ Choresh
Every verse in which this name stands — 4 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.
The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 23:15 and last at 1 Samuel 23:19.
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.
וַיָּקָם יְהוֹנָתָן בֶּן־שָׁאוּל וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל־דָּוִד חֹרְשָׁה וַיְחַזֵּק אֶת־יָדוֹ בֵּאלֹהִֽים
And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
וַיִּכְרְתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם בְּרִית לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיֵּשֶׁב דָּוִד בַּחֹרְשָׁה וִיהוֹנָתָן הָלַךְ לְבֵיתֽוֹ
And they two made a covenant before the LORD; and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
וַיַּעֲלוּ זִפִים אֶל־שָׁאוּל הַגִּבְעָתָה לֵאמֹר הֲלוֹא דָוִד מִסְתַּתֵּר עִמָּנוּ בַמְּצָדוֹת בַּחֹרְשָׁה בְּגִבְעַת הַֽחֲכִילָה אֲשֶׁר מִימִין הַיְשִׁימֽוֹן
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying: ‘Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Choresh?
Choresh — חרשה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 513 in the standard method.
How many times is Choresh named in the Tanakh?
4 times, first at 1 Samuel 23:15.
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