Bechorath בכורת

Bechorath (בכורת) is a person named in the Tanakh — Becorath. Counted across every skip (2–76,212), the Torah holds 15,841 sequences of Bechorath, the shortest at skip 17 (Deuteronomy 33:10); chance alone would give about 17,147.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 15,841
Chance alone · every skip: 17,147
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.00
Shortest skip: 17
Longest skip found: 74,922

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 2,187 found · chance alone about 2,176 (probability of 2,187 or more by chance alone: 0.41).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 15,841 sequences of בכורת across every skip (2–76,212) — about what chance alone gives (about 17,147).

The shortest skip at which בכורת appears in the Torah is 17 — at Deuteronomy 33:10, reading backward.

The longest skip at which בכורת was found in the Torah is 74,922 — at Genesis 1:11, reading forward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 4,156
Exodus 3,060
Leviticus 2,275
Numbers 3,128
Deuteronomy 3,222

Examples across the range

5 of the 15,841 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.

shortest skipDeuteronomy 33:10דברים לג:יskip 17, backward
Letter by letter
1. ב ך וDeuteronomy 33:10
  יוֹרוּ מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לְיַעֲקֹב וְתוֹרָתְךָ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל יָשִׂימוּ קְטוֹרָה בְּאַפֶּךָ וְכָלִיל עַֽל־מִזְבְּחֶֽךָ
  They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances, And Israel Thy law; They shall put incense before Thee, And whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar. .
2. ר תDeuteronomy 33:9
  … רְאִיתִיו וְאֶת־אֶחָיו לֹא הִכִּיר וְאֶת־בנו לֹא יָדָע כִּי שָֽׁמְרוּ אִמְרָתֶךָ וּבְרִֽיתְךָ יִנְצֹֽרוּ
  Who said of his father, and of his mother: ‘I have not seen him’; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children; For they have observed Thy word, And keep Thy covenant.
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 303,320 of the TorahOpen at skip 17 in the laboratory →
a short skipExodus 15:8שמות טו:חskip 19, backward
1. בExodus 15:8
  וּבְרוּחַ אַפֶּיךָ נֶעֶרְמוּ מַיִם נִצְּבוּ כְמוֹ־נֵד נֹזְלִים קָֽפְאוּ תְהֹמֹת בְּלֶב־יָֽם
  And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up— The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ךExodus 15:7
  וּבְרֹב גְּאוֹנְךָ תַּהֲרֹס קָמֶיךָ תְּשַׁלַּח חֲרֹנְךָ יֹאכְלֵמוֹ כַּקַּֽשׁ
  And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
2. ו רExodus 15:6
  יְמִֽינְךָ יְהוָה נֶאְדָּרִי בַּכֹּחַ יְמִֽינְךָ יְהוָה תִּרְעַץ אוֹיֵֽב
  Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth in pieces the enemy.
3. תExodus 15:5
  תְּהֹמֹת יְכַסְיֻמוּ יָרְדוּ בִמְצוֹלֹת כְּמוֹ־אָֽבֶן
  The deeps cover them— They went down into the depths like a stone.
skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 100,172 of the TorahOpen at skip 19 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 15:9במדבר טו:טskip 105, forward
1. בNumbers 15:9
  וְהִקְרִיב עַל־בֶּן־הַבָּקָר מִנְחָה סֹלֶת שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶשְׂרֹנִים בָּלוּל בַּשֶּׁמֶן חֲצִי הַהִֽין
  then shall there be presented with the bullock a meal-offering of three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. כNumbers 15:12
  כַּמִּסְפָּר אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּ כָּכָה תַּעֲשׂוּ לָאֶחָד כְּמִסְפָּרָֽם
  According to the number that ye may prepare, so shall ye do for every one according to their number.
2. וNumbers 15:14
  … לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם וְעָשָׂה אִשֵּׁה רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָה כַּאֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּ כֵּן יַעֲשֶֽׂה
  And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever may be among you, throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
3. רNumbers 15:17
  וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
  And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
4. תNumbers 15:20
  רֵאשִׁית עֲרִסֹתֵכֶם חַלָּה תָּרִימוּ תְרוּמָה כִּתְרוּמַת גֹּרֶן כֵּן תָּרִימוּ אֹתָֽהּ
  Of the first of your dough ye shall set apart a cake for a gift; as that which is set apart of the threshing-floor, so shall ye set it apart.
skip 105, width 105 — one row is 105 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 213,725 of the TorahOpen at skip 105 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 13:11ויקרא יג:יאskip 1,056, backward
1. בLeviticus 13:11
  צָרַעַת נוֹשֶׁנֶת הִוא בְּעוֹר בְּשָׂרוֹ וְטִמְּאוֹ הַכֹּהֵן לֹא יַסְגִּרֶנּוּ כִּי טָמֵא הֽוּא
  it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not shut him up; for he is unclean.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. כLeviticus 11:47
  לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַטָּמֵא וּבֵין הַטָּהֹר וּבֵין הַֽחַיָּה הַֽנֶּאֱכֶלֶת וּבֵין הַֽחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר לֹא תֵאָכֵֽל
  to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.
2. וLeviticus 11:27
  וְכֹל הוֹלֵךְ עַל־כַּפָּיו בְּכָל־הַֽחַיָּה …
  And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you; whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even.
3. רLeviticus 11:2
  דַּבְּרוּ אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר זֹאת הַֽחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכְלוּ מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
4. תLeviticus 10:4
  … אֲלֵהֶם קִרְבוּ שְׂאוּ אֶת־אֲחֵיכֶם מֵאֵת פְּנֵי־הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֶל־מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה …
  And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them: ‘Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.’
skip 1,056, width 1,056 — one row is 1,056 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 158,624 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,056 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 1:11בראשית א:יאskip 74,922, forward
1. בGenesis 1:11
  … עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
  And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. כGenesis 49:5
  שִׁמְעוֹן וְלֵוִי אַחִים כְּלֵי חָמָס מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶֽם
  Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence their kinship.
2. וLeviticus 7:30
  יָדָיו תְּבִיאֶינָה אֵת אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה אֶת …
  His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire: the fat with the breast shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before the LORD.
3. רNumbers 22:1
  וַיִּסְעוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּעַֽרְבוֹת מוֹאָב מֵעֵבֶר לְיַרְדֵּן יְרֵחֽוֹ
  And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
4. תDeuteronomy 31:26
  … אֵת סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּה וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֹתוֹ מִצַּד אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם …
  ’Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
skip 74,922, width 74,922 — one row is 74,922 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 502 of the TorahOpen at skip 74,922 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–299,260), בכורת appears 258,766 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.9% more than the 251,571 chance alone would give; the probability of 258,766 or more by chance alone is 1.5 × 10⁻⁴⁶.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 8,225 found · chance alone about 8,335 (probability of 8,225 or more by chance alone: 0.89).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 16,324
Exodus 11,868
Leviticus 9,016
Numbers 12,982
Deuteronomy 11,212
Joshua 8,307
Judges 8,008
Samuel 18,369
Kings 22,810
Isaiah 14,212
Jeremiah 19,952
Ezekiel 17,072
The Twelve 12,810
Psalms 16,771
Proverbs 6,566
Job 6,412
Song of Songs 1,040
Ruth 1,018
Lamentations 1,594
Ecclesiastes 2,325
Esther 2,557
Daniel 5,056
Ezra–Nehemiah 9,261
Chronicles 23,224

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahDaniel 4:19דניאל ד:יטskip 2, backward
Letter by letter
1. ב ך ו ר תDaniel 4:19
  אנתה־הוּא מַלְכָּא דִּי רְבַית וּתְקֵפְתְּ וּרְבוּתָךְ רְבָת וּמְטָת לִשְׁמַיָּא וְשָׁלְטָנָךְ לְסוֹף אַרְעָֽא
  it is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 1,043,532 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipIsaiah 37:2ישעיהו לז:בskip 103, forward
1. בIsaiah 37:2
  וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶת־אֶלְיָקִים אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַבַּיִת וְאֵת שֶׁבְנָא הַסּוֹפֵר וְאֵת זִקְנֵי …
  And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. כIsaiah 37:3
  … צָרָה וְתוֹכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי בָאוּ בָנִים עַד־מַשְׁבֵּר וְכֹחַ …
  And they said unto him: ‘Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
2. וIsaiah 37:4
  … חַי וְהוֹכִיחַ בַּדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְנָשָׂאתָ תְפִלָּה בְּעַד הַשְּׁאֵרִית …
  It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.’
3. רIsaiah 37:6
  … אֲדֹנֵיכֶם כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה אַל־תִּירָא מִפְּנֵי הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתָּ אֲשֶׁר …
  And Isaiah said unto them: ‘Thus shall ye say to your master: Thus saith the LORD: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
4. תIsaiah 37:8
  וַיָּשָׁב רַב־שָׁקֵה וַיִּמְצָא אֶת־מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר נִלְחָם עַל־לִבְנָה …
  So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
skip 103, width 103 — one row is 103 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 610,611 of the TanakhOpen at skip 103 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:17דברי הימים ב לו:יזskip 298,117, backward
1. ב2 Chronicles 36:17
  … אֶת־מֶלֶךְ כשדיים וַיַּהֲרֹג בַּחוּרֵיהֶם בַּחֶרֶב בְּבֵית מִקְדָּשָׁם וְלֹא חָמַל עַל …
  Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ךPsalms 77:13
  וְהָגִיתִי בְכָל־פָּעֳלֶךָ וּֽבַעֲלִילוֹתֶיךָ אָשִֽׂיחָה
  I will meditate also upon all Thy work, And muse on Thy doings.'
2. וIsaiah 27:10
  כִּי עִיר בְּצוּרָה בָּדָד נָוֶה מְשֻׁלָּח וְנֶעֱזָב כַּמִּדְבָּר …
  For the fortified city is solitary, A habitation abandoned and forsaken, like the wilderness; There shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, And consume the branches thereof.
3. רDeuteronomy 32:41
  אִם־שַׁנּוֹתִי בְּרַק חַרְבִּי וְתֹאחֵז בְּמִשְׁפָּט יָדִי אָשִׁיב נָקָם לְצָרָי וְלִמְשַׂנְאַי אֲשַׁלֵּֽם
  If I whet My glittering sword, And My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to Mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate Me.
4. תGenesis 3:22
  … כְּאַחַד מִמֶּנּוּ לָדַעַת טוֹב וָרָע וְעַתָּה פֶּן־יִשְׁלַח יָדוֹ וְלָקַח גַּם …
  And the LORD God said: ‘Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.’
skip 298,117, width 298,117 — one row is 298,117 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,537 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,117 in the laboratory →

The spelling

בכורת — the Tanakh's own spelling: Becorath. Searched as בכורת, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 628.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 9:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Bechorath in the Tanakh

Questions

Is Bechorath in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 15,841 sequences of בכורת across every skip (2–76,212) — about what chance alone gives (about 17,147).

What is the shortest skip for Bechorath in the Torah?

Skip 17, reading backward from Deuteronomy 33:10 — the shortest of 15,841 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 17,147.

What is the gematria of Bechorath in Hebrew?

Bechorath is spelled בכורת — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 628.

How many times is Bechorath found in the whole Tanakh?

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