Ara ארא
Ara (ארא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Ara appears 711,612 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.3% more than chance alone would give (about 702,198; probability 1.8 × 10⁻²⁹).
- Found in the Torah
- 711,612
- Chance alone
- 702,198
- P (≥ found)
- 1.8 × 10⁻²⁹
- Shortest skip
- 2
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, ארא appears 711,612 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 702,198 chance alone would give; the probability of 711,612 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻²⁹.
The shortest skip at which ארא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:23, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), ארא is found 10,649,272 times; chance alone would give about 10,883,758.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 702,198 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 231,207
- Exodus 130,672
- Leviticus 100,938
- Numbers 128,056
- Deuteronomy 120,739
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה־זֹּֽאת
And the man said: ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,775Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה אֶל־הַנָּחָשׁ מִפְּרִי עֵֽץ־הַגָּן נֹאכֵֽל
And the woman said unto the serpent: ‘Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,984Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם הָֽאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתָּה עִמָּדִי הִוא נָֽתְנָה־לִּי מִן־הָעֵץ וָאֹכֵֽל
And the man said: ‘The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,483Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים לָאִשָּׁה מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂית וַתֹּאמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה הַנָּחָשׁ הִשִּׁיאַנִי וָאֹכֵֽל
And the LORD God said unto the woman: ‘What is this thou hast done?’ And the woman said: ‘The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,552Open in the laboratory →
וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְתָּ לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָֽאֲדָמָה בַּֽעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּֽאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ
And unto Adam He said: ‘Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,820Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ארא appears 2,227,394 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.9% more than the 2,164,966 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,227,394 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
- Genesis 231,207
- Exodus 130,672
- Leviticus 100,938
- Numbers 128,056
- Deuteronomy 133,857
- Joshua 70,764
- Judges 82,098
- Samuel 206,478
- Kings 225,092
- Isaiah 102,692
- Jeremiah 164,796
- Ezekiel 136,053
- The Twelve 96,068
- Psalms 78,590
- Proverbs 28,248
- Job 46,988
- Song of Songs 5,117
- Ruth 8,475
- Lamentations 6,459
- Ecclesiastes 16,424
- Esther 18,956
- Daniel 46,035
- Ezra–Nehemiah 45,793
- Chronicles 117,538
Outside the Torah
וַיִּשְׁלַח מֶלֶךְ יְרִיחוֹ אֶל־רָחָב לֵאמֹר הוֹצִיאִי הָאֲנָשִׁים הַבָּאִים אֵלַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ לְבֵיתֵךְ כִּי לַחְפֹּר אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בָּֽאוּ
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying: ‘Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,217Open in the laboratory →
כִּי שָׁמַעְנוּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־הוֹבִישׁ יְהוָה אֶת־מֵי יַם־סוּף מִפְּנֵיכֶם בְּצֵאתְכֶם מִמִּצְרָיִם וַאֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם לִשְׁנֵי מַלְכֵי הָאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן לְסִיחֹן וּלְעוֹג אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱרַמְתֶּם אוֹתָֽם
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,654Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלֶיהָ הָאֲנָשִׁים נְקִיִּם אֲנַחְנוּ מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵךְ הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ
And the men said unto her: ‘We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,102Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ארא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ארא, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 202.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Ara appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, ארא appears 711,612 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 702,198 chance alone would give; the probability of 711,612 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻²⁹.
What is the shortest skip for Ara in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:23 — the shortest of 711,612 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 702,198.
What is the gematria of Ara in Hebrew?
Ara is spelled ארא — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 202.
How many times is Ara found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ארא appears 2,227,394 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.9% more than the 2,164,966 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,227,394 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 702,198 here) beside the count.