Charashim חרשים
Charashim (חרשים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Harashim, craftsmen. Counted across every skip (2–76,212), the Torah holds 14,121 sequences of Charashim, the shortest at skip 5 (Genesis 45:7); chance alone would give about 14,196.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 14,121
- Chance alone · every skip
- 14,196
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.74
- Shortest skip
- 5
- Longest skip found
- 74,968
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,784 found · chance alone about 1,801 (probability of 1,784 or more by chance alone: 0.66).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 14,121 sequences of חרשים across every skip (2–76,212) — about what chance alone gives (about 14,196).
The shortest skip at which חרשים appears in the Torah is 5 — at Genesis 45:7, reading backward.
The longest skip at which חרשים was found in the Torah is 74,968 — at Genesis 1:7, reading forward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 3,718
- Exodus 2,925
- Leviticus 2,161
- Numbers 3,394
- Deuteronomy 1,923
Examples across the range
5 of the 14,121 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
- חGenesis 45:7
וַיִּשְׁלָחֵנִי אֱלֹהִים לִפְנֵיכֶם לָשׂוּם לָכֶם שְׁאֵרִית בָּאָרֶץ וּלְהַחֲיוֹת לָכֶם לִפְלֵיטָה גְּדֹלָֽה
And God sent me before you to give you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive for a great deliverance.
- ר ש י םGenesis 45:6
כִּי־זֶה שְׁנָתַיִם הָרָעָב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ וְעוֹד חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים אֲשֶׁר אֵין־חָרִישׁ וְקָצִּֽיר
For these two years hath the famine been in the land; and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 69,094 of the TorahOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →
- חGenesis 45:7
- ח ר שLeviticus 10:15
שׁוֹק הַתְּרוּמָה וַחֲזֵה הַתְּנוּפָה עַל אִשֵּׁי הַחֲלָבִים יָבִיאוּ …
The thigh of heaving and the breast of waving shall they bring with the offerings of the fat made by fire, to wave it for a wave-offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’with thee, as a due for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- י מLeviticus 10:14
… חָקְךָ וְחָק־בָּנֶיךָ נִתְּנוּ מִזִּבְחֵי שַׁלְמֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And the breast of waving and the thigh of heaving shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee; for they are given as thy due, and thy sons’due, out of the sacrifices of the peace-offerings of the children of Israel.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 155,031 of the TorahOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →
- ח ר שLeviticus 10:15
- חLeviticus 24:6
וְשַׂמְתָּ אוֹתָם שְׁתַּיִם מַֽעֲרָכוֹת שֵׁשׁ הַֽמַּעֲרָכֶת עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן הַטָּהֹר לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And thou shalt set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- רLeviticus 24:4
עַל הַמְּנֹרָה הַטְּהֹרָה יַעֲרֹךְ אֶת־הַנֵּרוֹת לִפְנֵי יְהוָה תָּמִֽיד
He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.
- שLeviticus 24:2
צַו אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ שֶׁמֶן זַיִת זָךְ כָּתִית לַמָּאוֹר לְהַעֲלֹת נֵר תָּמִֽיד
’Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
- יLeviticus 23:43
… כִּי בַסֻּכּוֹת הוֹשַׁבְתִּי אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּהוֹצִיאִי אוֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם אֲנִי …
that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
- םLeviticus 23:41
וְחַגֹּתֶם אֹתוֹ חַג לַֽיהוָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי תָּחֹגּוּ אֹתֽוֹ
And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year; it is a statute for ever in your generations; ye shall keep it in the seventh month.
skip 105, width 105 — one row is 105 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 178,800 of the TorahOpen at skip 105 in the laboratory →
- חLeviticus 24:6
- חDeuteronomy 2:24
קוּמוּ סְּעוּ וְעִבְרוּ אֶת־נַחַל אַרְנֹן רְאֵה נָתַתִּי בְיָדְךָ אֶת …
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of Arnon; behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- רDeuteronomy 3:4
וַנִּלְכֹּד אֶת־כָּל־עָרָיו בָּעֵת הַהִוא לֹא הָֽיְתָה קִרְיָה …
And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
- שDeuteronomy 3:20
… נֹתֵן לָהֶם בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן וְשַׁבְתֶּם אִישׁ לִֽירֻשָּׁתוֹ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָכֶֽם
until the LORD give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God giveth them beyond the Jordan; then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
- יDeuteronomy 4:7
כִּי מִי־גוֹי גָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ אֱלֹהִים קְרֹבִים אֵלָיו כַּיהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ בְּכָּל־קָרְאֵנוּ אֵלָֽיו
For what great nation is there, that hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is whensoever we call upon Him?
- םDeuteronomy 4:22
… עֹבֵר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן וְאַתֶּם עֹֽבְרִים וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַטּוֹבָה הַזֹּֽאת
but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye are to go over, and possess that good land.
skip 1,003, width 1,003 — one row is 1,003 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 253,760 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,003 in the laboratory →
- חDeuteronomy 2:24
- חGenesis 1:7
… הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל …
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- רGenesis 49:1
וַיִּקְרָא יַעֲקֹב אֶל־בָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הֵאָֽסְפוּ וְאַגִּידָה לָכֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָא אֶתְכֶם בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִֽים
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: ‘Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days.
- שLeviticus 7:26
וְכָל־דָּם לֹא תֹאכְלוּ בְּכֹל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם לָעוֹף וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה
And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
- יNumbers 21:34
… וְאֶת־אַרְצוֹ וְעָשִׂיתָ לּוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ לְסִיחֹן מֶלֶךְ הָֽאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר יוֹשֵׁב …
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Fear him not; for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.’
- םDeuteronomy 31:25
וַיְצַו מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה לֵאמֹֽר
that Moses commanded the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying:
skip 74,968, width 74,968 — one row is 74,968 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 275 of the TorahOpen at skip 74,968 in the laboratory →
- חGenesis 1:7
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–299,260), חרשים appears 216,006 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 217,324, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 7,120 found · chance alone about 7,200 (probability of 7,120 or more by chance alone: 0.83).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 15,731
- Exodus 12,667
- Leviticus 9,211
- Numbers 13,849
- Deuteronomy 7,843
- Joshua 7,493
- Judges 6,560
- Samuel 15,306
- Kings 17,226
- Isaiah 12,604
- Jeremiah 11,933
- Ezekiel 13,728
- The Twelve 8,617
- Psalms 15,001
- Proverbs 6,513
- Job 7,415
- Song of Songs 997
- Ruth 651
- Lamentations 1,309
- Ecclesiastes 2,494
- Esther 1,599
- Daniel 4,152
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,514
- Chronicles 16,593
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ח ר ש י מEzekiel 48:25
וְעַל גְּבוּל שִׁמְעוֹן מִפְּאַת קָדִימָה עַד־פְּאַת־יָמָּה יִשָׂשכָר אֶחָֽד
And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side: Issachar, one portion.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 801,364 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח ר ש י מEzekiel 48:25
- ח1 Kings 2:25
וַיִּשְׁלַח הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה בְּיַד בְּנָיָהוּ בֶן־יְהוֹיָדָע וַיִּפְגַּע־בּוֹ וַיָּמֹֽת
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- ר1 Kings 2:26
… לֹא אֲמִיתֶךָ כִּֽי־נָשָׂאתָ אֶת־אֲרוֹן אֲדֹנָי יְהֹוִה לִפְנֵי דָּוִד אָבִי …
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king: ‘Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art deserving of death; but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst bear the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father…
- ש1 Kings 2:27
… אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר עַל־בֵּית עֵלִי בְּשִׁלֹֽה
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that the word of the LORD might be fulfilled, which He spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
- י1 Kings 2:29
וַיֻּגַּד לַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה כִּי נָס יוֹאָב אֶל־אֹהֶל יְהוָה וְהִנֵּה אֵצֶל …
And it was told king Solomon: ‘Joab is fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and, behold, he is by the altar.’ Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying: ‘Go, fall upon him.’
- מ1 Kings 2:30
… אֵלָיו כֹּֽה־אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ צֵא וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא כִּי פֹה אָמוּת וַיָּשֶׁב …
And Benaiah came to the Tent of the LORD, and said unto him: ‘Thus saith the king: Come forth.’ And he said: ‘Nay; but I will die here.’ And Benaiah brought back word unto the king, saying: ‘Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.’
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 down the middle column. letter 481,842 of the TanakhOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
- ח1 Kings 2:25
- ח2 Chronicles 36:10
… נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר וַיְבִאֵהוּ בָבֶלָה עִם־כְּלֵי חֶמְדַּת בֵּית־יְהוָה וַיַּמְלֵךְ אֶת־צִדְקִיָּהוּ …
And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- רPsalms 75:5
אָמַרְתִּי לַֽהוֹלְלִים אַל־תָּהֹלּוּ וְלָרְשָׁעִים אַל־תָּרִימוּ קָֽרֶן
I say unto the arrogant 'Deal not arrogantly'; And to the wicked 'Lift not up the horn.'
- שIsaiah 25:9
… הִנֵּה אֱלֹהֵינוּ זֶה קִוִּינוּ לוֹ וְיֽוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ זֶה יְהוָה קִוִּינוּ לוֹ נָגִילָה …
And it shall be said in that day: ‘Lo, this is our God, For whom we waited, that He might save us; This is the LORD, for whom we waited, We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.’
- יDeuteronomy 31:26
… הַזֶּה וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֹתוֹ מִצַּד אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְהָֽיָה־שָׁם בְּךָ …
’Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
- מGenesis 1:30
וּֽלְכָל־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וּלְכָל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר …
and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, [I have given] every green herb for food.’ And it was so.
skip 298,628, width 298,628 — one row is 298,628 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,085 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,628 in the laboratory →
- ח2 Chronicles 36:10
The spelling
חרשים — the Tanakh's own spelling: Harashim, craftsmen. Searched as חרשים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 558.
As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 3:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Charashim in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 14,121 sequences of חרשים across every skip (2–76,212) — about what chance alone gives (about 14,196).
What is the shortest skip for Charashim in the Torah?
Skip 5, reading backward from Genesis 45:7 — the shortest of 14,121 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 14,196.
What is the gematria of Charashim in Hebrew?
Charashim is spelled חרשים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 558.
How many times is Charashim found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–299,260), חרשים appears 216,006 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 217,324, 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 14,196 across every skip (2–76,212) here) beside the count.