Every Name in Tanakh

עׇרְפָּה Orpah

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 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 355×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A Moabites. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ruth 1:4 and last at Ruth 1:14.

Ruth 1:4רות א:ד

וַיִּשְׂאוּ לָהֶם נָשִׁים מֹֽאֲבִיּוֹת שֵׁם הָֽאַחַת עָרְפָּה וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִית רוּת וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם כְּעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִֽים

And they took them wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth; and they dwelt there about ten years.

Ruth 1:14רות א:יד

וַתִּשֶּׂנָה קוֹלָן וַתִּבְכֶּינָה עוֹד וַתִּשַּׁק עָרְפָּה לַחֲמוֹתָהּ וְרוּת דָּבְקָה בָּֽהּ

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth cleaved unto her.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Orpah?

Orpah — ערפה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 355 in the standard method.

How many times is Orpah named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at Ruth 1:4.

A spelling is not a name. The written word ערפה stands 2 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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