Bowr בור
Bowr (בור) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — pit, cistern, dungeon. Bowr appears 959,519 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% more than chance alone would give (about 957,168; probability 0.0082).
- Found in the Torah
- 959,519
- Chance alone
- 957,168
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0082
- 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, בור appears 959,519 times in the Torah — 0.2% more than the 957,168 chance alone would give; the probability of 959,519 or more by chance alone is 0.0082.
The shortest skip at which בור appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 7:11, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), בור is found 14,661,221 times; chance alone would give about 14,835,687.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 957,168 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 279,815
- Exodus 181,125
- Leviticus 134,547
- Numbers 195,005
- Deuteronomy 169,027
The shortest skips
בִּשְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְחַיֵּי־נֹחַ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּשִׁבְעָֽה־עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה נִבְקְעוּ כָּֽל־מַעְיְנֹת תְּהוֹם רַבָּה וַאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמַיִם נִפְתָּֽחוּ
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,472Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי הַמַּבּוּל אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיִּרְבּוּ הַמַּיִם וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת־הַתֵּבָה וַתָּרָם מֵעַל הָאָֽרֶץ
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,790Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ חָֽרְבוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ וַיָּסַר נֹחַ אֶת־מִכְסֵה הַתֵּבָה וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה חָֽרְבוּ פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dried.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,807Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּבֶן נֹחַ מִזְבֵּחַ לַֽיהוָה וַיִּקַּח מִכֹּל הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה וּמִכֹּל הָעוֹף הַטָּהֹר וַיַּעַל עֹלֹת בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,122Open in the laboratory →
וַתְּהִי רֵאשִׁית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ בָּבֶל וְאֶרֶךְ וְאַכַּד וְכַלְנֵה בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,908Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
3,992,814 sequences of בור at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,997,322 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 279,815
- Exodus 181,125
- Leviticus 134,547
- Numbers 195,005
- Deuteronomy 178,853
- Joshua 155,167
- Judges 133,667
- Samuel 301,660
- Kings 346,845
- Isaiah 234,087
- Jeremiah 294,641
- Ezekiel 238,983
- The Twelve 201,402
- Psalms 242,236
- Proverbs 101,634
- Job 90,965
- Song of Songs 14,637
- Ruth 12,624
- Lamentations 19,942
- Ecclesiastes 29,983
- Esther 36,431
- Daniel 64,452
- Ezra–Nehemiah 131,208
- Chronicles 372,905
Outside the Torah
וְשִׁבְעָה כֹהֲנִים יִשְׂאוּ שִׁבְעָה שׁוֹפְרוֹת הַיּֽוֹבְלִים לִפְנֵי הָאָרוֹן וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי תָּסֹבּוּ אֶת־הָעִיר שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים וְהַכֹּהֲנִים יִתְקְעוּ בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת
And seven priests shall bear seven rams’horns before the ark; and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the horns.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,655Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כֶּאֱמֹר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־הָעָם וְשִׁבְעָה הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאִים שִׁבְעָה שׁוֹפְרוֹת הַיּֽוֹבְלִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה עָבְרוּ וְתָקְעוּ בַּשּֽׁוֹפָרוֹת וַֽאֲרוֹן בְּרִית יְהוָה הֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם
And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven rams’horns before the LORD passed on, and blew with the horns; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,950Open in the laboratory →
וְהֶחָלוּץ הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים תקעו הַשּֽׁוֹפָרוֹת וְהַֽמְאַסֵּף הֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֵי הָאָרוֹן הָלוֹךְ וְתָקוֹעַ בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת
And the armed men went before the priests that blew the horns, and the rearward went after the ark, [the priests] blowing with the horns continually.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,036Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בור — the Tanakh's own spelling: pit, cistern, dungeon. Searched as בור, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 208.
As a plain word it stands 26 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 21:33. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Bowr in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, בור appears 959,519 times in the Torah — 0.2% more than the 957,168 chance alone would give; the probability of 959,519 or more by chance alone is 0.0082.
What is the shortest skip for Bowr in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 7:11 — the shortest of 959,519 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 957,168.
What is the gematria of Bowr in Hebrew?
Bowr is spelled בור — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 208.
How many times is Bowr found in the whole Tanakh?
3,992,814 sequences of בור at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 3,997,322 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 957,168 here) beside the count.