Arza ארצא
Arza (ארצא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Counted across every skip (2–101,616), the Torah holds 180,810 sequences of Arza, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 4:7); chance alone would give about 188,600.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 180,810
- Chance alone · every skip
- 188,600
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,606
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 18,623 found · chance alone about 18,100 (probability of 18,623 or more by chance alone: 5.5 × 10⁻⁵).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), ארצא appears 180,810 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 188,600, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which ארצא appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 4:7, reading forward.
The longest skip at which ארצא was found in the Torah is 101,606 — at Genesis 1:2, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 53,900
- Exodus 35,860
- Leviticus 25,839
- Numbers 33,914
- Deuteronomy 31,297
Examples across the range
5 of the 180,810 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- א ר ץ אGenesis 4:7
… שְׂאֵת וְאִם לֹא תֵיטִיב לַפֶּתַח חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ וְאֵלֶיךָ תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּֽוֹ …
If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,499 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ר ץ אGenesis 4:7
Letter by letter
- א ר צ אGenesis 36:24
… צִבְעוֹן וְאַיָּה וַעֲנָה הוּא עֲנָה אֲשֶׁר מָצָא אֶת־הַיֵּמִם בַּמִּדְבָּר בִּרְעֹתוֹ אֶת־הַחֲמֹרִים …
And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah—this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 53,313 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ר צ אGenesis 36:24
- אDeuteronomy 23:8
לֹֽא־תְתַעֵב אֲדֹמִי כִּי אָחִיךָ הוּא לֹא־תְתַעֵב מִצְרִי כִּי־גֵר הָיִיתָ בְאַרְצֽוֹ
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רDeuteronomy 23:11
כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה בְךָ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִהְיֶה טָהוֹר מִקְּרֵה־לָיְלָה …
If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp.
- ץDeuteronomy 23:13
וְיָד תִּהְיֶה לְךָ מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְיָצָאתָ שָׁמָּה חֽוּץ
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.
- אDeuteronomy 23:15
… מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּקֶרֶב מַחֲנֶךָ לְהַצִּֽילְךָ וְלָתֵת אֹיְבֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ וְהָיָה מַחֲנֶיךָ קָדוֹשׁ וְלֹֽא …
For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy; that He see no unseemly thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
skip 102, width 102 — one row is 102 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 285,937 of the TorahOpen at skip 102 in the laboratory →
- אDeuteronomy 23:8
- אExodus 9:6
… וּמִמִּקְנֵה בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא־מֵת אֶחָֽד
And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רExodus 9:23
… אָרְצָה וַיַּמְטֵר יְהוָה בָּרָד עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven; and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and the LORD caused to hail upon the land of Egypt.
- צExodus 10:6
… וּבָתֵּי כָל־עֲבָדֶיךָ וּבָתֵּי כָל־מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־רָאוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבוֹת …
and thy houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers’fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day.’ And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh.
- אExodus 10:21
… עַל־הַשָּׁמַיִם וִיהִי חֹשֶׁךְ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְיָמֵשׁ חֹֽשֶׁךְ
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.’
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 89,901 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- אExodus 9:6
- אGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רExodus 16:8
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה בְּתֵת יְהוָה לָכֶם בָּעֶרֶב בָּשָׂר לֶאֱכֹל וְלֶחֶם בַּבֹּקֶר לִשְׂבֹּעַ …
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
- ץNumbers 8:17
… וּבַבְּהֵמָה בְּיוֹם הַכֹּתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֹתָם לִֽי
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- אDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
skip 101,606, width 101,606 — one row is 101,606 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 31 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,606 in the laboratory →
- אGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), ארצא appears 2,187,232 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 2,171,134 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,187,232 or more by chance alone is 5.1 × 10⁻²⁸.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 54,668 found · chance alone about 54,061 (probability of 54,668 or more by chance alone: 0.0046).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 175,614
- Exodus 119,548
- Leviticus 90,419
- Numbers 117,870
- Deuteronomy 110,773
- Joshua 68,656
- Judges 78,676
- Samuel 201,044
- Kings 196,261
- Isaiah 109,274
- Jeremiah 164,408
- Ezekiel 142,253
- The Twelve 102,246
- Psalms 108,590
- Proverbs 34,541
- Job 54,407
- Song of Songs 6,412
- Ruth 9,364
- Lamentations 7,999
- Ecclesiastes 18,135
- Esther 18,014
- Daniel 46,237
- Ezra–Nehemiah 57,223
- Chronicles 149,268
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- א ר צ אJudges 8:21
… וְאֶת־צַלְמֻנָּע וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִים אֲשֶׁר בְּצַוְּארֵי גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said: ‘Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength.’ And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’necks.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 359,004 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ר צ אJudges 8:21
- א2 Samuel 6:3
וַיַּרְכִּבוּ אֶת־אֲרוֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶל־עֲגָלָה חֲדָשָׁה וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּ מִבֵּית …
And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ר2 Samuel 6:4
וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּ מִבֵּית אֲבִֽינָדָב אֲשֶׁר בַּגִּבְעָה עִם אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים וְאַחְיוֹ הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵי הָאָרֽוֹן
And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.
- צ2 Samuel 6:5
… בְרוֹשִׁים וּבְכִנֹּרוֹת וּבִנְבָלִים וּבְתֻפִּים וּבִמְנַֽעַנְעִים וּֽבְצֶלְצֶלִֽים
And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all manner of instruments made of cypress-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with sistra, and with cymbals.
- א2 Samuel 6:7
וַיִּֽחַר־אַף יְהוָה בְּעֻזָּה וַיַּכֵּהוּ שָׁם הָאֱלֹהִים עַל־הַשַּׁל וַיָּמָת שָׁם עִם אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִֽים
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 443,291 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- א2 Samuel 6:3
- א2 Chronicles 36:21
… בְּפִי יִרְמְיָהוּ עַד־רָצְתָה הָאָרֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתֶיהָ כָּל־יְמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה שָׁבָתָה …
to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רEzekiel 46:21
… הֶחָצֵר וְהִנֵּה חָצֵר בְּמִקְצֹעַ הֶחָצֵר חָצֵר בְּמִקְצֹעַ הֶחָצֵֽר
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
- צ1 Samuel 12:3
… וְאֶת־מִי עָשַׁקְתִּי אֶת־מִי רַצּוֹתִי וּמִיַּד־מִי לָקַחְתִּי כֹפֶר וְאַעְלִים …
Here I am; witness against me before the LORD, and before His anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? or whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.’
- אGenesis 1:21
… וְאֵת כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ הַֽחַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל …
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 398,602, width 398,602 — one row is 398,602 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,807 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,602 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 36:21
The spelling
ארצא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ארצא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 292.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 16:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Arza in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), ארצא appears 180,810 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 188,600, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Arza in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:7 — the shortest of 180,810 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 188,600.
What is the gematria of Arza in Hebrew?
Arza is spelled ארצא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 292.
How many times is Arza found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), ארצא appears 2,187,232 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 2,171,134 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,187,232 or more by chance alone is 5.1 × 10⁻²⁸.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 188,600 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.