Becher בכר
Becher (בכר) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Becher is found 378,043 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 14:5) — 0.8% above the 375,180 chance alone would give (probability of 378,043 or more by chance alone: 1.5 × 10⁻⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 378,043
- Chance alone
- 375,180
- P (≥ found)
- 1.5 × 10⁻⁶
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 378,043 sequences of בכר at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 375,180); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.5 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 14:5, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 5,504,674 sequences of בכר, against about 5,815,135 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 375,180 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 93,688
- Exodus 68,898
- Leviticus 52,917
- Numbers 63,656
- Deuteronomy 98,884
The shortest skips
וּבְאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בָּא כְדָרְלָעֹמֶר וְהַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־רְפָאִים בְּעַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם וְאֶת־הַזּוּזִים בְּהָם וְאֵת הָֽאֵימִים בְּשָׁוֵה קִרְיָתָֽיִם
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,245Open in the laboratory →
כִּי עַבְדְּךָ עָרַב אֶת־הַנַּעַר מֵעִם אָבִי לֵאמֹר אִם־לֹא אֲבִיאֶנּוּ אֵלֶיךָ וְחָטָאתִי לְאָבִי כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים
For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying: If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 68,603Open in the laboratory →
הִקָּבְצוּ וְשִׁמְעוּ בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב וְשִׁמְעוּ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲבִיכֶֽם
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 75,328Open in the laboratory →
גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה מִטֶּרֶף בְּנִי עָלִיתָ כָּרַע רָבַץ כְּאַרְיֵה וּכְלָבִיא מִי יְקִימֶֽנּוּ
Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 75,606Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲהֵבְךָ וּבֵרַכְךָ וְהִרְבֶּךָ וּבֵרַךְ פְּרִֽי־בִטְנְךָ וּפְרִֽי־אַדְמָתֶךָ דְּגָנְךָ וְתִֽירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ שְׁגַר־אֲלָפֶיךָ וְעַשְׁתְּרֹת צֹאנֶךָ עַל הָֽאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ לָתֶת לָֽךְ
and He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; He will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land, thy corn and thy wine and thine oil, the increase of thy kine and the young of thy flock, in the land which He swore unto thy fathers to give thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 263,359Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, בכר appears 1,460,562 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,464,025, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 93,688
- Exodus 68,898
- Leviticus 52,917
- Numbers 63,656
- Deuteronomy 102,832
- Joshua 44,115
- Judges 38,248
- Samuel 97,507
- Kings 136,477
- Isaiah 86,823
- Jeremiah 117,691
- Ezekiel 94,233
- The Twelve 70,843
- Psalms 100,410
- Proverbs 43,692
- Job 34,040
- Song of Songs 6,377
- Ruth 5,735
- Lamentations 7,967
- Ecclesiastes 15,219
- Esther 18,487
- Daniel 25,842
- Ezra–Nehemiah 37,443
- Chronicles 97,422
Outside the Torah
וְלֹא אָבִיתִי לִשְׁמֹעַ לְבִלְעָם וַיְבָרֶךְ בָּרוֹךְ אֶתְכֶם וָאַצִּל אֶתְכֶם מִיָּדֽוֹ
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he even blessed you; so I delivered you out of his hand.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 343,045Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר טוֹב אֲנִי אֶכְרֹת אִתְּךָ בְּרִית אַךְ דָּבָר אֶחָד אָנֹכִי שֹׁאֵל מֵאִתְּךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא־תִרְאֶה אֶת־פָּנַי כִּי אִם־לִפְנֵי הֱבִיאֲךָ אֵת מִיכַל בַּת־שָׁאוּל בְּבֹאֲךָ לִרְאוֹת אֶת־פָּנָֽי
And he said: ‘Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee, that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 439,176Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יְהוֹנָדָב שְׁכַב עַל־מִשְׁכָּבְךָ וְהִתְחָל וּבָא אָבִיךָ לִרְאוֹתֶךָ וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו תָּבֹא נָא תָמָר אֲחוֹתִי וְתַבְרֵנִי לֶחֶם וְעָשְׂתָה לְעֵינַי אֶת־הַבִּרְיָה לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר אֶרְאֶה וְאָכַלְתִּי מִיָּדָֽהּ
And Jonadab said unto him: ‘Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick; and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him: Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 453,357Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בכר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בכר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 222.
As a plain word it stands 10 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 25:13. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Becher in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 378,043 sequences of בכר at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 375,180); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.5 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Becher in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 14:5 — the shortest of 378,043 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 375,180.
How is Becher spelled in Hebrew?
Becher is spelled בכר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 222.
Is Becher in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, בכר appears 1,460,562 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,464,025, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 375,180 here) beside the count.