Bahurim בחרים
Bahurim (בחרים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,856 sequences of Bahurim, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 33:19); chance alone would give about 1,888.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,856
- Chance alone
- 1,888
- P (≥ found)
- 0.77
- Shortest skip
- 3
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, בחרים appears 1,856 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,888, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which בחרים appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 33:19, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), בחרים is found 14,587 times; chance alone would give about 14,879.
- Genesis 514
- Exodus 385
- Leviticus 225
- Numbers 480
- Deuteronomy 252
The shortest skips
וַיִּקֶן אֶת־חֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר נָֽטָה־שָׁם אָהֳלוֹ מִיַּד בְּנֵֽי־חֲמוֹר אֲבִי שְׁכֶם בְּמֵאָה קְשִׂיטָֽה
And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 49,142Open in the laboratory →
הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה שְֽׁלֵמִים הֵם אִתָּנוּ וְיֵשְׁבוּ בָאָרֶץ וְיִסְחֲרוּ אֹתָהּ וְהָאָרֶץ הִנֵּה רַֽחֲבַת־יָדַיִם לִפְנֵיהֶם אֶת־בְּנֹתָם נִקַּֽח־לָנוּ לְנָשִׁים וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵינוּ נִתֵּן לָהֶֽם
’These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 50,154Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּבְרֵךְ הַגְּמַלִּים מִחוּץ לָעִיר אֶל־בְּאֵר הַמָּיִם לְעֵת עֶרֶב לְעֵת צֵאת הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת
And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 29,949Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּכְתֹּב מֹשֶׁה אֵת כָּל־דִּבְרֵי יְהוָה וַיַּשְׁכֵּם בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּבֶן מִזְבֵּחַ תַּחַת הָהָר וּשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה מַצֵּבָה לִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 112,730Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּרֶד יְהוָה בֶּעָנָן וַיְדַבֵּר אֵלָיו וַיָּאצֶל מִן־הָרוּחַ אֲשֶׁר עָלָיו וַיִּתֵּן עַל־שִׁבְעִים אִישׁ הַזְּקֵנִים וַיְהִי כְּנוֹחַ עֲלֵיהֶם הָרוּחַ וַיִּֽתְנַבְּאוּ וְלֹא יָסָֽפוּ
And the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders; and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 208,140Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 7,906 sequences of בחרים at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 8,068).
- Genesis 514
- Exodus 385
- Leviticus 225
- Numbers 480
- Deuteronomy 298
- Joshua 281
- Judges 259
- Samuel 478
- Kings 716
- Isaiah 420
- Jeremiah 481
- Ezekiel 524
- The Twelve 338
- Psalms 586
- Proverbs 286
- Job 253
- Song of Songs 36
- Ruth 26
- Lamentations 55
- Ecclesiastes 83
- Esther 63
- Daniel 131
- Ezra–Nehemiah 280
- Chronicles 708
Outside the Torah
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲבֹתֵינוּ שֳׁמְרָה־זֹּאת לְעוֹלָם לְיֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבוֹת לְבַב עַמֶּךָ וְהָכֵן לְבָבָם אֵלֶֽיךָ
O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever, even the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and direct their heart unto Thee;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,141,327Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף אֲשֶׁר־הֶעֱלוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרַיִם קָבְרוּ בִשְׁכֶם בְּחֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר קָנָה יַעֲקֹב מֵאֵת בְּנֵֽי־חֲמוֹר אֲבִֽי־שְׁכֶם בְּמֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה וַיִּֽהְיוּ לִבְנֵֽי־יוֹסֵף לְנַחֲלָֽה
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 344,566Open in the laboratory →
וּֽבְגַלְּחוֹ אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ וְֽהָיָה מִקֵּץ יָמִים לַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר יְגַלֵּחַ כִּֽי־כָבֵד עָלָיו וְגִלְּחוֹ וְשָׁקַל אֶת־שְׂעַר רֹאשׁוֹ מָאתַיִם שְׁקָלִים בְּאֶבֶן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
And when he polled his head—now it was at every year’s end that he polled it; because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it—he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 457,259Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בחרים — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בחרים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 260.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 3:16. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Bahurim appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, בחרים appears 1,856 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,888, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Bahurim in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 33:19 — the shortest of 1,856 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,888.
What is the gematria of Bahurim in Hebrew?
Bahurim is spelled בחרים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 260.
How many times is Bahurim found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 7,906 sequences of בחרים at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 8,068).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,888 here) beside the count.