Arphaxad ארפכשד
Arphaxad (ארפכשד) is a person named in the Tanakh — Arpachshad. Arphaxad appears 13 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 11.3 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 13
- Chance alone
- 11.3
- P (≥ found)
- 0.34
- Shortest skip
- 558
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, ארפכשד appears 13 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 11.3, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 558 — the first at Leviticus 3:3, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 89 sequences of ארפכשד, against about 71.6 from chance alone.
- Genesis 5
- Exodus 2
- Leviticus 2
- Numbers 4
The shortest skips
וְהִקְרִיב מִזֶּבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָה אֶת־הַחֵלֶב הַֽמְכַסֶּה אֶת־הַקֶּרֶב וְאֵת כָּל־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַקֶּֽרֶב
And he shall present of the sacrifice of peace-offerings an offering made by fire unto the LORD: the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
skip 558, width 558 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 143,508Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּרְדוּ אֲחֵֽי־יוֹסֵף עֲשָׂרָה לִשְׁבֹּר בָּר מִמִּצְרָֽיִם
And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.
skip 1,129, width 1,129 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 63,098Open in the laboratory →
וְיָרְדוּ כָל־עֲבָדֶיךָ אֵלֶּה אֵלַי וְהִשְׁתַּֽחֲוּוּ־לִי לֵאמֹר צֵא אַתָּה וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־בְּרַגְלֶיךָ וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן אֵצֵא וַיֵּצֵא מֵֽעִם־פַּרְעֹה בָּחֳרִי־אָֽף
And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down unto me, saying: Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee; and after that I will go out.’ And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
skip 1,716, width 1,716 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 93,795Open in the laboratory →
בְּנֵי אָשֵׁר לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְיִמְנָה מִשְׁפַּחַת הַיִּמְנָה לְיִשְׁוִי מִשְׁפַּחַת הַיִּשְׁוִי לִבְרִיעָה מִשְׁפַּחַת הַבְּרִיעִֽי
The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
skip 2,033, width 2,033 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 232,985Open in the laboratory →
קַח אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת־בָּנָיו אִתּוֹ וְאֵת הַבְּגָדִים וְאֵת שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וְאֵת פַּר הַֽחַטָּאת וְאֵת שְׁנֵי הָֽאֵילִים וְאֵת סַל הַמַּצּֽוֹת
’Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;
skip 2,202, width 2,202 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 150,867Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 43 sequences of ארפכשד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 42.9).
- Genesis 5
- Exodus 2
- Leviticus 2
- Numbers 4
- Joshua 1
- Samuel 2
- Kings 2
- Isaiah 5
- Jeremiah 2
- Ezekiel 5
- The Twelve 2
- Psalms 2
- Proverbs 1
- Job 2
- Lamentations 1
- Daniel 2
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1
- Chronicles 2
Outside the Torah
הַמַּרְגִּיז אֶרֶץ מִמְּקוֹמָהּ וְעַמּוּדֶיהָ יִתְפַלָּצֽוּן
Who shaketh the earth out of her place, And the pillars thereof tremble.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 970,463Open in the laboratory →
וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּיו כֻּתָּנְתֶּךָ וְאַבְנֵֽטְךָ אֲחַזְּקֶנּוּ וּמֶֽמְשֶׁלְתְּךָ אֶתֵּן בְּיָדוֹ וְהָיָה לְאָב לְיוֹשֵׁב יְרוּשָׁלִַם וּלְבֵית יְהוּדָֽה
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and bind him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
skip 651, width 651 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 596,286Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה כָל־נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה אֲֽשֶׁר־יִשְׁרֹץ אֶל כָּל־אֲשֶׁר יָבוֹא שָׁם נַחֲלַיִם יִֽחְיֶה וְהָיָה הַדָּגָה רַבָּה מְאֹד כִּי בָאוּ שָׁמָּה הַמַּיִם הָאֵלֶּה וְיֵרָֽפְאוּ וָחָי כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יָבוֹא שָׁמָּה הַנָּֽחַל
And it shall come to pass, that every living creature wherewith it swarmeth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, that all things be healed and may live whithersoever the river cometh.
skip 696, width 696 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 798,926Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ארפכשד — the Tanakh's own spelling: Arpachshad. Searched as ארפכשד, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 605.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 11:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Arphaxad in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, ארפכשד appears 13 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 11.3, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Arphaxad in the Torah?
Skip 558, reading forward from Leviticus 3:3 — the shortest of 13 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 11.3.
How is Arphaxad spelled in Hebrew?
Arphaxad is spelled ארפכשד — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 605.
Is Arphaxad in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 43 sequences of ארפכשד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 42.9).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 11.3 here) beside the count.