Caphtor כפתור
Caphtor (כפתור) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Caphtor appears 579 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 640 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 579
- Chance alone
- 640
- P (≥ found)
- 0.99
- Shortest skip
- 16
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 579 sequences of כפתור at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 640).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 16 — the first at Genesis 47:23, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 5,452 sequences of כפתור, against about 5,041 from chance alone.
- Genesis 132
- Exodus 124
- Leviticus 89
- Numbers 109
- Deuteronomy 125
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל־הָעָם הֵן קָנִיתִי אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־אַדְמַתְכֶם לְפַרְעֹה הֵֽא־לָכֶם זֶרַע וּזְרַעְתֶּם אֶת־הָאֲדָמָֽה
Then Joseph said unto the people: ‘Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh. Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 73,343Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמַר הַרְאֵנִי נָא אֶת־כְּבֹדֶֽךָ
And he said: ‘Show me, I pray Thee, Thy glory.’
skip 25, width 25 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 128,795Open in the laboratory →
עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמָהּ בָּבֶל כִּי־שָׁם בָּלַל יְהוָה שְׂפַת כָּל־הָאָרֶץ וּמִשָּׁם הֱפִיצָם יְהוָה עַל־פְּנֵי כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ
Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there aconfound the language of all the earth; and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
skip 35, width 35 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 13,083Open in the laboratory →
לֹא־יִקַּח אִישׁ אֶת־אֵשֶׁת אָבִיו וְלֹא יְגַלֶּה כְּנַף אָבִֽיו
A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.
skip 61, width 61 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 285,605Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁחַט אֶת־הַכֶּבֶשׂ בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁחַט אֶת־הַֽחַטָּאת וְאֶת־הָעֹלָה בִּמְקוֹם הַקֹּדֶשׁ כִּי כַּחַטָּאת הָאָשָׁם הוּא לַכֹּהֵן קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים הֽוּא
And he shall kill the he-lamb in the place where they kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the place of the sanctuary; for as the sin-offering is the priest’s, so is the guilt-offering; it is most holy.
skip 64, width 64 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 161,999Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, כפתור appears 2,234 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,337, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 132
- Exodus 124
- Leviticus 89
- Numbers 109
- Deuteronomy 140
- Joshua 65
- Judges 58
- Samuel 132
- Kings 155
- Isaiah 178
- Jeremiah 132
- Ezekiel 152
- The Twelve 124
- Psalms 198
- Proverbs 89
- Job 99
- Song of Songs 14
- Ruth 5
- Lamentations 12
- Ecclesiastes 12
- Esther 23
- Daniel 43
- Ezra–Nehemiah 36
- Chronicles 113
Outside the Torah
זַיִת רַֽעֲנָן יְפֵה פְרִי־תֹאַר קָרָא יְהוָה שְׁמֵךְ לְקוֹל הֲמוּלָּה גְדֹלָה הִצִּית אֵשׁ עָלֶיהָ וְרָעוּ דָּלִיּוֹתָֽיו
The LORD called thy name A leafy olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit; With the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire upon it, And the branches of it are broken.
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 659,201Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּגְדַּל עַד־צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם וַתַּפֵּל אַרְצָה מִן־הַצָּבָא וּמִן־הַכּוֹכָבִים וַֽתִּרְמְסֵֽם
And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and some of the host and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled upon them.
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,051,862Open in the laboratory →
גַּם־בְּרִיתִי תֻפַר אֶת־דָּוִד עַבְדִּי מִהְיֽוֹת־לוֹ בֵן מֹלֵךְ עַל־כִּסְאוֹ וְאֶת־הַלְוִיִּם הַכֹּהֲנִים מְשָׁרְתָֽי
Then may also My covenant be broken with David My servant, That he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; And with the Levites the priests, My ministers.
skip 22, width 22 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 693,910Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
כפתור — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as כפתור, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 706.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 47:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Caphtor appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 579 sequences of כפתור at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 640).
What is the shortest skip for Caphtor in the Torah?
Skip 16, reading forward from Genesis 47:23 — the shortest of 579 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 640.
How is Caphtor spelled in Hebrew?
Caphtor is spelled כפתור — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 706.
Is Caphtor in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, כפתור appears 2,234 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,337, 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 640 here) beside the count.