Carchemish כרכמיש

Carchemish (כרכמיש) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Carchemish appears 696 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–60,969), in line with the 742 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 696
Chance alone · every skip: 742
P (≥ found) · every skip: 0.96
Shortest skip: 7
Longest skip found: 59,865

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 6 letters (2–60,969), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 118 found · chance alone about 117 (probability of 118 or more by chance alone: 0.47).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–60,969), כרכמיש appears 696 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 742, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 7 — at Exodus 4:21, reading forward.

The longest skip at which כרכמיש was found in the Torah is 59,865 — at Deuteronomy 33:12, reading backward; a spelling of 6 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 60,969.

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

Genesis 162
Exodus 131
Leviticus 97
Numbers 99
Deuteronomy 207

Examples across the range

5 of the 696 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 skipExodus 4:21שמות ד:כאskip 7, forward
Letter by letter
1. ך ר כ ם י שExodus 4:21
  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּלֶכְתְּךָ לָשׁוּב מִצְרַיְמָה רְאֵה כָּל־הַמֹּֽפְתִים אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי בְיָדֶךָ וַעֲשִׂיתָם לִפְנֵי פַרְעֹה וַאֲנִי אֲחַזֵּק אֶת …
  And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand; but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 83,023 of the TorahOpen at skip 7 in the laboratory →
a short skipDeuteronomy 14:24דברים יד:כדskip 22, backward
1. כDeuteronomy 14:24
  וְכִֽי־יִרְבֶּה מִמְּךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ כִּי לֹא …
  And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which the LORD thy God …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. ר כ ם יDeuteronomy 14:23
  וְאָכַלְתָּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם מַעְשַׂר דְּגָֽנְךָ תִּֽירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ וּבְכֹרֹת בְּקָרְךָ וְצֹאנֶךָ לְמַעַן תִּלְמַד לְיִרְאָה אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ …
  And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which He shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of …
2. שDeuteronomy 14:22
  … זַרְעֶךָ הַיֹּצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה שָׁנָה שָׁנָֽה
  Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which is brought forth in the field year by year.
skip 22, width 22 — one row is 22 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 274,809 of the TorahOpen at skip 22 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 32:21בראשית לב:כאskip 150, forward
1. כGenesis 32:21
  … עַבְדְּךָ יַעֲקֹב אַחֲרֵינוּ כִּֽי־אָמַר אֲכַפְּרָה פָנָיו …
  and ye shall say: Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.’ For he said: ‘I will appease him with the present that goeth before …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. רGenesis 32:23
  … אַחַד עָשָׂר יְלָדָיו וַֽיַּעֲבֹר אֵת מַעֲבַר יַבֹּֽק
  And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
2. כGenesis 32:27
  … אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲךָ כִּי אִם־בֵּרַכְתָּֽנִי
  And he said: ‘Let me go, for the day breaketh.’ And he said: ‘I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.’
3. םGenesis 32:31
  וַיִּקְרָא יַעֲקֹב שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם פְּנִיאֵל כִּֽי־רָאִיתִי …
  And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: ‘for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.’
4. יGenesis 33:1
  וַיִּשָּׂא יַעֲקֹב עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה עֵשָׂו בָּא …
  And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and …
5. שGenesis 33:3
  וְהוּא עָבַר לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אַרְצָה שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים …
  And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
skip 150, width 150 — one row is 150 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 47,594 of the TorahOpen at skip 150 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 10:9במדבר י:טskip 1,145, backward
1. כNumbers 10:9
  … אֶתְכֶם וַהֲרֵעֹתֶם בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹת וֲנִזְכַּרְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם …
  And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. רNumbers 9:11
  בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם בֵּין …
  in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;
2. כNumbers 8:17
  כִּי לִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל …
  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 …
3. מNumbers 7:85
  שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה הַקְּעָרָה הָֽאַחַת כֶּסֶף וְשִׁבְעִים הַמִּזְרָק …
  each silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and each basin seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand and four hundred …
4. יNumbers 7:59
  … שְׁנַיִם אֵילִם חֲמִשָּׁה עַתֻּדִים חֲמִשָּׁה כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי …
  and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lamb of the first year. This was the offering of …
5. שNumbers 7:31
  … שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת …
  his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the …
skip 1,145, width 1,145 — one row is 1,145 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 205,487 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,145 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 33:12דברים לג:יבskip 59,865, backward
1. כDeuteronomy 33:12
  … כָּל־הַיּוֹם וּבֵין כְּתֵיפָיו שָׁכֵֽן
  Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him; He covereth him all the day, And He dwelleth between his …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. רNumbers 32:29
  … וּנְתַתֶּם לָהֶם אֶת־אֶרֶץ הַגִּלְעָד לַאֲחֻזָּֽה
  And Moses said unto them: ‘If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to …
2. כLeviticus 26:29
  וַאֲכַלְתֶּם בְּשַׂר בְּנֵיכֶם וּבְשַׂר בְּנֹתֵיכֶם תֹּאכֵֽלוּ
  And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
3. םExodus 30:16
  וְלָקַחְתָּ אֶת־כֶּסֶף הַכִּפֻּרִים מֵאֵת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל …
  And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it …
4. יGenesis 42:21
  … אֶל־אָחִיו אֲבָל אֲשֵׁמִים אֲנַחְנוּ עַל־אָחִינוּ …
  And they said one to another: ‘We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us …
5. שGenesis 3:23
  וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִגַּן …
  Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
skip 59,865, width 59,865 — one row is 59,865 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 303,432 of the TorahOpen at skip 59,865 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 12,132 sequences of כרכמיש across every skip (2–239,408), 2.3% above what chance alone gives (about 11,858); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0061 by chance alone.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 473 found · chance alone about 490 (probability of 473 or more by chance alone: 0.79).

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

Genesis 669
Exodus 553
Leviticus 440
Numbers 481
Deuteronomy 745
Joshua 333
Judges 281
Samuel 889
Kings 1,011
Isaiah 787
Jeremiah 933
Ezekiel 846
The Twelve 581
Psalms 1,001
Proverbs 350
Job 351
Song of Songs 58
Ruth 57
Lamentations 66
Ecclesiastes 147
Esther 150
Daniel 242
Ezra–Nehemiah 317
Chronicles 844

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahSong of Songs 1:4שיר השירים א:דskip 25, backward
1. ך ר כSong of Songs 1:4
  מָשְׁכֵנִי אַחֲרֶיךָ נָּרוּצָה הֱבִיאַנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ חֲדָרָיו נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בָּךְ נַזְכִּירָה דֹדֶיךָ מִיַּיִן מֵישָׁרִים אֲהֵבֽוּךָ
  Draw me, we will run after thee; The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee, We will find thy love …
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. מSong of Songs 1:3
  לְרֵיחַ שְׁמָנֶיךָ טוֹבִים שֶׁמֶן תּוּרַק שְׁמֶךָ עַל …
  Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as ointment poured forth; Therefore do the maidens love thee.
2. יSong of Songs 1:2
  יִשָּׁקֵנִי מִנְּשִׁיקוֹת פִּיהוּ כִּֽי־טוֹבִים דֹּדֶיךָ מִיָּֽיִן
  Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— For thy love is better than wine.
3. שSong of Songs 1:1
  שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה
  THE song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
skip 25, width 25 — one row is 25 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 995,976 of the TanakhOpen at skip 25 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipJudges 2:18שופטים ב:יחskip 101, backward
1. כJudges 2:18
  … כֹּל יְמֵי הַשּׁוֹפֵט כִּֽי־יִנָּחֵם יְהוָה מִנַּֽאֲקָתָם …
  And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. רJudges 2:17
  … אֲחֵרִים וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ לָהֶם סָרוּ מַהֵר מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ …
  And yet they hearkened not unto their judges, for they went astray after other gods, and worshipped them; they turned aside quickly out of …
2. כJudges 2:15
  … כַּֽאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה וְכַאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לָהֶם …
  Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken, and as the LORD had sworn unto them …
3. םJudges 2:14
  … אַף יְהוָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיִּתְּנֵם בְּיַד־שֹׁסִים וַיָּשֹׁסּוּ …
  And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and He gave them …
4. יJudges 2:12
  … מִצְרַיִם וַיֵּלְכוּ אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים מֵאֱלֹהֵי הָֽעַמִּים …
  And they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the …
5. שJudges 2:10
  … יְהוָה וְגַם אֶת־הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
  And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers; and there arose another generation after them, that knew not the LORD, nor …
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 347,831 of the TanakhOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 34:24דברי הימים ב לד:כדskip 237,540, backward
1. כ2 Chronicles 34:24
  … אֵת כָּל־הָאָלוֹת הַכְּתוּבוֹת עַל־הַסֵּפֶר אֲשֶׁר …
  Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. רProverbs 22:10
  גָּרֵֽשׁ לֵץ וְיֵצֵא מָדוֹן וְיִשְׁבֹּת דִּין וְקָלֽוֹן
  Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and shame will cease.
2. ךJeremiah 49:16
  … כַּנֶּשֶׁר קִנֶּךָ מִשָּׁם אֽוֹרִידְךָ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה
  Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, Even the pride of thy heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, That holdest the height …
3. מ1 Kings 1:51
  … אָחַז בְּקַרְנוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לֵאמֹר יִשָּֽׁבַֽע־לִי כַיּוֹם …
  And it was told Solomon, saying: ‘Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon; for, lo, he hath laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying: Let …
4. יNumbers 32:12
  בִּלְתִּי כָּלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה הַקְּנִזִּי וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן …
  save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed the LORD.
5. שGenesis 4:19
  … לֶמֶךְ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים שֵׁם הָֽאַחַת עָדָה וְשֵׁם …
  And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
skip 237,540, width 237,540 — one row is 237,540 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,192,774 of the TanakhOpen at skip 237,540 in the laboratory →

The spelling

כרכמיש — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as כרכמיש, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 590.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Carchemish in the Tanakh

Questions

Is Carchemish in the Bible code?

Across every skip (2–60,969), כרכמיש appears 696 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 742, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Carchemish in the Torah?

Skip 7, reading forward from Exodus 4:21 — the shortest of 696 sequences across every skip (2–60,969), where chance alone would give about 742.

How is Carchemish spelled in Hebrew?

Carchemish is spelled כרכמיש — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 590.

Is Carchemish in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

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