Biblical names

Chephirah כפירה

Chephirah (כפירה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Chephirah is found 989 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 19:28) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,033).

Found in the Torah
989
Chance alone
1,033
P (≥ found)
0.92
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

The Torah holds 989 sequences of כפירה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,033).

The shortest skip at which כפירה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 19:28, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), כפירה is found 8,209 times; chance alone would give about 8,142.

  • Genesis 208
  • Exodus 233
  • Leviticus 140
  • Numbers 191
  • Deuteronomy 217

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 19:28בראשית יט:כחskip 2, forward

    וַיַּשְׁקֵף עַל־פְּנֵי סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה וְעַֽל־כָּל־פְּנֵי אֶרֶץ הַכִּכָּר וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה עָלָה קִיטֹר הָאָרֶץ כְּקִיטֹר הַכִּבְשָֽׁן

    And he looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

    כפירה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 19:28מרהועללנאץככרויראכפירה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 23,725Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 7:9שמות ז:טskip 2, forward

    כִּי יְדַבֵּר אֲלֵכֶם פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר תְּנוּ לָכֶם מוֹפֵת וְאָמַרְתָּ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן קַח אֶֽת־מַטְּךָ וְהַשְׁלֵךְ לִפְנֵֽי־פַרְעֹה יְהִי לְתַנִּֽין

    ’When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying: Show a wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.’

    כפירה at skip 2, forward from Exodus 7:9טךוהשללנפעיהילתניךפירה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 86,781Open in the laboratory →

  3. Leviticus 15:13ויקרא טו:יגskip 6, backward

    וְכִֽי־יִטְהַר הַזָּב מִזּוֹבוֹ וְסָפַר לוֹ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים לְטָהֳרָתוֹ וְכִבֶּס בְּגָדָיו וְרָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ בְּמַיִם חַיִּים וְטָהֵֽר

    And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

    כפירה at skip 6, backward from Leviticus 15:13דהערבוכליחרשאשריגעבוזבישבוכלכלעץישטבמיםוייטהרהזבמזובווספרלושבכףירה
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 164,836Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 34:11דברים לד:יאskip 11, forward

    לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ

    in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;

    כפירה at skip 11, forward from Deuteronomy 34:11ביאעודבישראלכמשהאשרידעויקוקפניםאלפניםללהאתותוהמותיםאשרשלחוקוקלעשותבאץמצריםלפרעולכלעבדיוולכלארצוולכלהידהחזקהולכלהמוראכפירה
    skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 304,742Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 9:27בראשית ט:כזskip 14, backward

    יַפְתְּ אֱלֹהִים לְיֶפֶת וְיִשְׁכֹּן בְּאָֽהֳלֵי־שֵׁם וִיהִי כְנַעַן עֶבֶד לָֽמוֹ

    God enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be their servant.

    כפירה at skip 14, backward from Genesis 9:27מיינווידעאתאשרעשהלובנוהקטןויאמרארורכנעןעבדעבדיםייהלאחיוויאמרבוךיקוקאלהישםוהיכנעןעבדלמויתאלהיםליפתוישןבאהלישםויהיכנעןעבדלמוויחינחאחרהמבולשלשמאותשנהוחמכפירה
    skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 11,478Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 3,962 sequences of כפירה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,010).

  • Genesis 208
  • Exodus 233
  • Leviticus 140
  • Numbers 191
  • Deuteronomy 254
  • Joshua 102
  • Judges 104
  • Samuel 216
  • Kings 283
  • Isaiah 301
  • Jeremiah 283
  • Ezekiel 289
  • The Twelve 230
  • Psalms 335
  • Proverbs 132
  • Job 123
  • Song of Songs 28
  • Ruth 11
  • Lamentations 18
  • Ecclesiastes 33
  • Esther 47
  • Daniel 61
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 83
  • Chronicles 257

Outside the Torah

  1. Psalms 48:3תהלים מח:גskip 5, backward

    יְפֵה נוֹף מְשׂוֹשׂ כָּל־הָאָרֶץ הַר־צִיּוֹן יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֹן קִרְיַת מֶלֶךְ רָֽב

    Fair in situation, the joy of the whole earth; Even mount Zion, the uttermost parts of the north, The city of the great King.

    כפירה at skip 5, backward from Psalms 48:3קוקומהללמאדבעיראלינוהקדשופהנומשושלהארץהרציוןירכתיצכףירה
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 882,525Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Kings 18:7מלכים א יח:זskip 6, forward

    וַיְהִי עֹבַדְיָהוּ בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְהִנֵּה אֵלִיָּהוּ לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיַּכִּרֵהוּ וַיִּפֹּל עַל־פָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הַאַתָּה זֶה אֲדֹנִי אֵלִיָּֽהוּ

    And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said: ‘Is it thou, my lord Elijah?’

    כפירה at skip 6, forward from 1 Kings 18:7דרךוהנהאליהולקראתווירהווילעלפנוויאמהאתהזאדניאליהוויאמרלואנילךכפירה
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 515,977Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Samuel 13:18שמואל ב יג:יחskip 6, backward

    וְעָלֶיהָ כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּים כִּי כֵן תִּלְבַּשְׁןָ בְנוֹת־הַמֶּלֶךְ הַבְּתוּלֹת מְעִילִים וַיֹּצֵא אוֹתָהּ מְשָֽׁרְתוֹ הַחוּץ וְנָעַל הַדֶּלֶת אַחֲרֶֽיהָ

    Now she had a garment of many colours upon her; for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled.—And his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

    כפירה at skip 6, backward from 2 Samuel 13:18נאאתזאתמעליהחוצהונעלדלתאחיהועלהכתנתסיםכיןתלבשןבנותהמלךהבתולתמכפירה
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 454,187Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

כפירה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as כפירה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 315.

As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:25. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Chephirah appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 989 sequences of כפירה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,033).

What is the shortest skip for Chephirah in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 19:28 — the shortest of 989 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,033.

What is the gematria of Chephirah in Hebrew?

Chephirah is spelled כפירה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 315.

How many times is Chephirah found in the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 3,962 sequences of כפירה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,010).

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