Bochim בכים
Bochim (בכים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Counted across every skip (2–101,616), the Torah holds 510,131 sequences of Bochim, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 27:34); chance alone would give about 555,498.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 510,131
- Chance alone · every skip
- 555,498
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,536
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: 52,842 found · chance alone about 53,312 (probability of 52,842 or more by chance alone: 0.98).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 510,131 sequences of בכים across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 555,498).
The shortest skip at which בכים appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 27:34, reading forward.
The longest skip at which בכים was found in the Torah is 101,536 — at Deuteronomy 34:11, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 134,636
- Exodus 97,915
- Leviticus 72,833
- Numbers 104,551
- Deuteronomy 100,196
Examples across the range
5 of the 510,131 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
- ב כ י םGenesis 27:34
… וּמָרָה עַד־מְאֹד וַיֹּאמֶר לְאָבִיו בָּרֲכֵנִי גַם־אָנִי אָבִֽי
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father: ‘Bless me, even me also, O my father.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,895 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ב כ י םGenesis 27:34
Letter by letter
- ב כ י םGenesis 27:38
… הַֽבְרָכָה אַחַת הִֽוא־לְךָ אָבִי בָּרֲכֵנִי גַם־אָנִי אָבִי וַיִּשָּׂא עֵשָׂו קֹלוֹ …
And Esau said unto his father: ‘Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father.’ And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,121 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ב כ י םGenesis 27:38
- בExodus 33:7
… לוֹ אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְהָיָה כָּל־מְבַקֵּשׁ יְהוָה יֵצֵא אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד …
Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought the LORD went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- כExodus 33:9
וְהָיָה כְּבֹא מֹשֶׁה הָאֹהֱלָה יֵרֵד עַמּוּד הֶֽעָנָן וְעָמַד פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל וְדִבֶּר עִם־מֹשֶֽׁה
And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent; and [the LORD] spoke with Moses.
- יExodus 33:11
וְדִבֶּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִים …
And the LORD spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he would return into the camp; but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent.
- מExodus 33:12
… מֹשֶׁה אֶל־יְהוָה רְאֵה אַתָּה אֹמֵר אֵלַי הַעַל אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה …
And Moses said unto the LORD: ‘See, Thou sayest unto me: Bring up this people; and Thou hast not let me know whom Thou wilt send with me. Yet Thou hast said: I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in My sight.
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 128,147 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- בExodus 33:7
- בLeviticus 14:42
וְלָקְחוּ אֲבָנִים אֲחֵרוֹת וְהֵבִיאוּ אֶל־תַּחַת הָאֲבָנִים וְעָפָר אַחֵר יִקַּח וְטָח אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת
And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- כLeviticus 15:7
וְהַנֹּגֵעַ בִּבְשַׂר הַזָּב יְכַבֵּס בְּגָדָיו וְרָחַץ בַּמַּיִם וְטָמֵא עַד־הָעָֽרֶב
And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- יLeviticus 15:26
… כָּל־יְמֵי זוֹבָהּ כְּמִשְׁכַּב נִדָּתָהּ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּהּ וְכָֽל־הַכְּלִי אֲשֶׁר תֵּשֵׁב …
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her impurity; and every thing whereon she sitteth shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity.
- מLeviticus 16:12
וְלָקַח מְלֹֽא־הַמַּחְתָּה גַּֽחֲלֵי־אֵשׁ מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ מִלִּפְנֵי …
And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil.
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 163,580 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- בLeviticus 14:42
- בDeuteronomy 34:11
לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- כNumbers 8:17
… בָּאָדָם 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.
- יExodus 16:8
… מַלִּינִם עָלָיו וְנַחְנוּ מָה לֹא־עָלֵינוּ תְלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם כִּי עַל־יְהוָֽה
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.’
- םGenesis 1:5
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד
And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
skip 101,536, width 101,536 — one row is 101,536 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,773 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,536 in the laboratory →
- בDeuteronomy 34:11
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), בכים appears 10,157,292 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.4% more than the 9,822,190 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,157,292 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 243,492 found · chance alone about 244,572 (probability of 243,492 or more by chance alone: 0.99).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 607,457
- Exodus 441,051
- Leviticus 345,674
- Numbers 516,389
- Deuteronomy 430,822
- Joshua 316,572
- Judges 321,635
- Samuel 749,155
- Kings 873,260
- Isaiah 539,801
- Jeremiah 770,644
- Ezekiel 665,719
- The Twelve 508,641
- Psalms 683,604
- Proverbs 270,152
- Job 262,215
- Song of Songs 43,868
- Ruth 39,958
- Lamentations 61,450
- Ecclesiastes 97,755
- Esther 102,570
- Daniel 202,734
- Ezra–Nehemiah 371,474
- Chronicles 934,692
Outside the Torah
- ב ך1 Samuel 3:10
וַיָּבֹא יְהוָה וַיִּתְיַצַּב וַיִּקְרָא כְפַֽעַם־בְּפַעַם שְׁמוּאֵל שְׁמוּאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל דַּבֵּר כִּי שֹׁמֵעַ עַבְדֶּֽךָ
And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times: ‘Samuel, Samuel.’ Then Samuel said: ‘Speak; for Thy servant heareth.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- י מ1 Samuel 3:11
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי …
And the LORD said to Samuel: ‘Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 387,837 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ב ך1 Samuel 3:10
- בJoshua 3:10
… בְּזֹאת תֵּֽדְעוּן כִּי אֵל חַי בְּקִרְבְּכֶם וְהוֹרֵשׁ יוֹרִישׁ מִפְּנֵיכֶם אֶת־הַכְּנַעֲנִי …
And Joshua said: ‘Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- כJoshua 3:11
הִנֵּה אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית אֲדוֹן כָּל־הָאָרֶץ עֹבֵר לִפְנֵיכֶם בַּיַּרְדֵּֽן
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth on before you over the Jordan.
- יJoshua 3:13
… יְהוָה אֲדוֹן כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בְּמֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן יִכָּרֵתוּן הַמַּיִם הַיֹּרְדִים …
And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.’
- םJoshua 3:14
וַיְהִי בִּנְסֹעַ הָעָם מֵאָהֳלֵיהֶם לַעֲבֹר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן וְהַכֹּהֲנִים נֹֽשְׂאֵי הָאָרוֹן הַבְּרִית לִפְנֵי הָעָֽם
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bore the ark of the covenant being before the people;
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 308,221 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- בJoshua 3:10
- ב2 Chronicles 36:23
… פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בִּֽיהוּדָה מִֽי־בָכֶם מִכָּל …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- כEzekiel 46:19
… אֲשֶׁר עַל־כֶּתֶף הַשַּׁעַר אֶל־הַלִּשְׁכוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים הַפֹּנוֹת צָפוֹנָה …
Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north; and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward.
- י1 Samuel 11:10
וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ מָחָר נֵצֵא אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָּנוּ כְּכָל־הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם
And the men of Jabesh said: ‘To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.’
- םGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 398,993, width 398,993 — one row is 398,993 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,197,000 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,993 in the laboratory →
- ב2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
בכים — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בכים, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 72.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 25:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Bochim appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 510,131 sequences of בכים across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 555,498).
What is the shortest skip for Bochim in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 27:34 — the shortest of 510,131 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 555,498.
What is the gematria of Bochim in Hebrew?
Bochim is spelled בכים — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 72.
How many times is Bochim found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), בכים appears 10,157,292 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.4% more than the 9,822,190 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,157,292 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 555,498 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.