Cedar ארז
Cedar is written ארז in Hebrew. In the Torah codes, Cedar is found 111,879 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 11:6) — about what chance alone gives (about 114,075).
- Found in the Torah
- 111,879
- Chance alone
- 114,075
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- 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, ארז appears 111,879 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 114,075, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 11:6, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 1,726,638 sequences of ארז, against about 1,768,108 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 114,075 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 25,264
- Exodus 25,835
- Leviticus 20,415
- Numbers 21,700
- Deuteronomy 18,665
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה הֵן עַם אֶחָד וְשָׂפָה אַחַת לְכֻלָּם וְזֶה הַחִלָּם לַעֲשׂוֹת וְעַתָּה לֹֽא־יִבָּצֵר מֵהֶם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יָזְמוּ לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת
And the LORD said: ‘Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 12,981Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּרָא יְהוָה אֶל־אַבְרָם וַיֹּאמֶר לְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה הַנִּרְאֶה אֵלָֽיו
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said: ‘Unto thy seed will I give this land’; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,492Open in the laboratory →
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כָּרַת יְהוָה אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּרִית לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ נָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת מִנְּהַר מִצְרַיִם עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת
In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: ‘Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,152Open in the laboratory →
וְהוֹכִחַ אַבְרָהָם אֶת־אֲבִימֶלֶךְ עַל־אֹדוֹת בְּאֵר הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר גָּזְלוּ עַבְדֵי אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 26,560Open in the laboratory →
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם אֲשֶׁר לְקָחַנִי מִבֵּית אָבִי וּמֵאֶרֶץ מֽוֹלַדְתִּי וַאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר־לִי וַאֲשֶׁר נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־לִי לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת הוּא יִשְׁלַח מַלְאָכוֹ לְפָנֶיךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִשָּֽׁם
The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke unto me, and who swore unto me, saying: Unto thy seed will I give this land; He will send His angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,706Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 405,443 sequences of ארז at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 411,747).
- Genesis 25,264
- Exodus 25,835
- Leviticus 20,415
- Numbers 21,700
- Deuteronomy 19,586
- Joshua 13,730
- Judges 14,004
- Samuel 23,580
- Kings 41,357
- Isaiah 27,082
- Jeremiah 26,454
- Ezekiel 21,217
- The Twelve 19,054
- Psalms 22,178
- Proverbs 7,220
- Job 10,330
- Song of Songs 1,196
- Ruth 1,958
- Lamentations 1,510
- Ecclesiastes 2,861
- Esther 3,415
- Daniel 9,733
- Ezra–Nehemiah 13,116
- Chronicles 32,648
Outside the Torah
גַּם־אֲנִי לֹא אוֹסִיף לְהוֹרִישׁ אִישׁ מִפְּנֵיהֶם מִן־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר־עָזַב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיָּמֹֽת
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 348,059Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת תְּנוּ־נָא כִּכְּרוֹת לֶחֶם לָעָם אֲשֶׁר בְּרַגְלָי כִּי־עֲיֵפִים הֵם וְאָנֹכִי רֹדֵף אַחֲרֵי זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע מַלְכֵי מִדְיָֽן
And he said unto the men of Succoth: ‘Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 358,039Open in the laboratory →
לָבוֹא חֲמַס שִׁבְעִים בְּנֵֽי־יְרֻבָּעַל וְדָמָם לָשׂוּם עַל־אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֲחִיהֶם אֲשֶׁר הָרַג אוֹתָם וְעַל בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם אֲשֶׁר־חִזְּקוּ אֶת־יָדָיו לַהֲרֹג אֶת־אֶחָֽיו
that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 361,259Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ארז — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ארז, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 208.
As a plain word it stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at Leviticus 14:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Erez.
Questions
Is Cedar in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, ארז appears 111,879 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 114,075, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Cedar in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 11:6 — the shortest of 111,879 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 114,075.
How is Cedar spelled in Hebrew?
Cedar is spelled ארז — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 208.
Is Cedar in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 405,443 sequences of ארז at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 411,747).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 114,075 here) beside the count.