Akar עכר
Akar (עכר) is a person named in the Tanakh — Achar. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 258,225 sequences of Akar, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 20:18); chance alone would give about 258,231.
- Found in the Torah
- 258,225
- Chance alone
- 258,231
- P (≥ found)
- 0.50
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
258,225 sequences of עכר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 258,231 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 20:18, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 3,786,196 sequences of עכר, against about 4,002,463 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 258,231 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 59,834
- Exodus 56,305
- Leviticus 35,034
- Numbers 42,544
- Deuteronomy 64,508
The shortest skips
כִּֽי־עָצֹר עָצַר יְהוָה בְּעַד כָּל־רֶחֶם לְבֵית אֲבִימֶלֶךְ עַל־דְּבַר שָׂרָה אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָהָֽם
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 25,336Open in the laboratory →
יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדִי לַעֲשׂוֹת עִמָּכֶם רָע וֵֽאלֹהֵי אֲבִיכֶם אֶמֶשׁ אָמַר אֵלַי לֵאמֹר הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ מִדַּבֵּר עִֽם־יַעֲקֹב מִטּוֹב עַד־רָֽע
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke unto me yesternight, saying: Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 45,019Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אַל־נָא אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ מִנְחָתִי מִיָּדִי כִּי עַל־כֵּן רָאִיתִי פָנֶיךָ כִּרְאֹת פְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים וַתִּרְצֵֽנִי
And Jacob said: ‘Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favour in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 48,678Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ כַּפֹּרֶת זָהָב טָהוֹר אַמָּתַיִם וָחֵצִי אָרְכָּהּ וְאַמָּה וָחֵצִי רָחְבָּֽהּ
And he made an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 134,982Open in the laboratory →
וַיְצַו יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים עַל־הָֽאָדָם לֵאמֹר מִכֹּל עֵֽץ־הַגָּן אָכֹל תֹּאכֵֽל
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: ‘Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 2,416Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,006,897 sequences of עכר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,005,956).
- Genesis 59,834
- Exodus 56,305
- Leviticus 35,034
- Numbers 42,544
- Deuteronomy 67,247
- Joshua 35,646
- Judges 27,215
- Samuel 64,856
- Kings 85,860
- Isaiah 68,186
- Jeremiah 73,416
- Ezekiel 58,911
- The Twelve 48,563
- Psalms 77,219
- Proverbs 30,145
- Job 31,425
- Song of Songs 4,617
- Ruth 4,695
- Lamentations 4,787
- Ecclesiastes 12,058
- Esther 11,714
- Daniel 18,713
- Ezra–Nehemiah 24,440
- Chronicles 63,467
Outside the Torah
וַיַּרְא גִּדְעוֹן כִּֽי־מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה הוּא וַיֹּאמֶר גִּדְעוֹן אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּן רָאִיתִי מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִֽים
And Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon said: ‘Alas, O Lord GOD! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 354,539Open in the laboratory →
וְעַכְבְּרֵי הַזָּהָב מִסְפַּר כָּל־עָרֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים לַחֲמֵשֶׁת הַסְּרָנִים מֵעִיר מִבְצָר וְעַד כֹּפֶר הַפְּרָזִי וְעַד אָבֵל הַגְּדוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחוּ עָלֶיהָ אֵת אֲרוֹן יְהוָה עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה בִּשְׂדֵה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֵּֽית־הַשִּׁמְשִֽׁי
and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even unto Abel by the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD, which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 392,125Open in the laboratory →
הֲלוֹא קְצִיר־חִטִּים הַיּוֹם אֶקְרָא אֶל־יְהוָה וְיִתֵּן קֹלוֹת וּמָטָר וּדְעוּ וּרְאוּ כִּֽי־רָעַתְכֶם רַבָּה אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה לִשְׁאוֹל לָכֶם מֶֽלֶךְ
Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 400,526Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עכר — the Tanakh's own spelling: Achar. Searched as עכר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 290.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 14:29. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Akar appear in the Torah codes?
258,225 sequences of עכר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 258,231 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Akar in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 20:18 — the shortest of 258,225 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 258,231.
How is Akar spelled in Hebrew?
Akar is spelled עכר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 290.
Is Akar in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,006,897 sequences of עכר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,005,956).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 258,231 here) beside the count.