Azzah עזה
Azzah (עזה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Gaza. Azzah appears 74,801 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.9% more than chance alone would give (about 73,408; probability 1.5 × 10⁻⁷).
- Found in the Torah
- 74,801
- Chance alone
- 73,408
- P (≥ found)
- 1.5 × 10⁻⁷
- 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, עזה appears 74,801 times in the Torah — 1.9% more than the 73,408 chance alone would give; the probability of 74,801 or more by chance alone is 1.5 × 10⁻⁷.
The shortest skip at which עזה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 17:9, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), עזה is found 1,259,802 times; chance alone would give about 1,137,800.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 73,408 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 12,166
- Exodus 20,944
- Leviticus 14,737
- Numbers 15,477
- Deuteronomy 11,477
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־אַבְרָהָם וְאַתָּה אֶת־בְּרִיתִי תִשְׁמֹר אַתָּה וְזַרְעֲךָ אַֽחֲרֶיךָ לְדֹרֹתָֽם
And God said unto Abraham: ‘And as for thee, thou shalt keep My covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 19,524Open in the laboratory →
וָאֶשְׁאַל אֹתָהּ וָאֹמַר בַּת־מִי אַתְּ וַתֹּאמֶר בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל בֶּן־נָחוֹר אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ מִלְכָּה וָאָשִׂם הַנֶּזֶם עַל־אַפָּהּ וְהַצְּמִידִים עַל־יָדֶֽיהָ
And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? And she said: The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore unto him. And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 31,837Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּדַע אוֹנָן כִּי לֹּא לוֹ יִהְיֶה הַזָּרַע וְהָיָה אִם־בָּא אֶל־אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו וְשִׁחֵת אַרְצָה לְבִלְתִּי נְתָן־זֶרַע לְאָחִֽיו
And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 56,326Open in the laboratory →
וּבַת־כֹּהֵן כִּי תִהְיֶה אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה וְזֶרַע אֵין לָהּ וְשָׁבָה אֶל־בֵּית אָבִיהָ כִּנְעוּרֶיהָ מִלֶּחֶם אָבִיהָ תֹּאכֵל וְכָל־זָר לֹא־יֹאכַל בּֽוֹ
But if a priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s bread; but there shall no common man eat thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 175,194Open in the laboratory →
וְעַבְדִּי כָלֵב עֵקֶב הָֽיְתָה רוּחַ אַחֶרֶת עִמּוֹ וַיְמַלֵּא אַחֲרָי וַהֲבִֽיאֹתִיו אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־בָּא שָׁמָּה וְזַרְעוֹ יוֹרִשֶֽׁנָּה
But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 212,237Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 289,105 sequences of עזה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 288,863).
- Genesis 12,166
- Exodus 20,944
- Leviticus 14,737
- Numbers 15,477
- Deuteronomy 12,302
- Joshua 10,806
- Judges 8,468
- Samuel 14,278
- Kings 25,864
- Isaiah 19,862
- Jeremiah 19,305
- Ezekiel 14,052
- The Twelve 14,369
- Psalms 18,436
- Proverbs 4,932
- Job 5,905
- Song of Songs 938
- Ruth 1,223
- Lamentations 1,390
- Ecclesiastes 2,708
- Esther 1,938
- Daniel 5,725
- Ezra–Nehemiah 12,423
- Chronicles 30,857
Outside the Torah
אַל־תַּגִּידוּ בְגַת אַֽל־תְּבַשְּׂרוּ בְּחוּצֹת אַשְׁקְלוֹן פֶּן־תִּשְׂמַחְנָה בְּנוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים פֶּֽן־תַּעֲלֹזְנָה בְּנוֹת הָעֲרֵלִֽים
Tell it not in Gath, Publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 435,993Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵקִים יְהוָה לוֹ מֶלֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יַכְרִית אֶת־בֵּית יָרָבְעָם זֶה הַיּוֹם וּמֶה גַּם־עָֽתָּה
Moreover the LORD will raise Him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day. But what is it even then?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 509,087Open in the laboratory →
לָכֵן הִרְחִיבָה שְּׁאוֹל נַפְשָׁהּ וּפָעֲרָה פִיהָ לִבְלִי־חֹק וְיָרַד הֲדָרָהּ וַהֲמוֹנָהּ וּשְׁאוֹנָהּ וְעָלֵז בָּֽהּ
Therefore the nether-world hath enlarged her desire, And opened her mouth without measure; And down goeth their glory, and their tumult, and their uproar, And he that rejoiceth among them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 580,266Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עזה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Gaza. Searched as עזה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 82.
As a plain word it stands 25 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Azzah appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, עזה appears 74,801 times in the Torah — 1.9% more than the 73,408 chance alone would give; the probability of 74,801 or more by chance alone is 1.5 × 10⁻⁷.
What is the shortest skip for Azzah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 17:9 — the shortest of 74,801 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 73,408.
What is the gematria of Azzah in Hebrew?
Azzah is spelled עזה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 82.
How many times is Azzah found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 289,105 sequences of עזה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 288,863).
Search it yourself
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