Cherub כרוב
Cherub (כרוב) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Cherub (place). Cherub appears 37,394 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 37,264 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 37,394
- Chance alone
- 37,264
- P (≥ found)
- 0.25
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
37,394 sequences of כרוב at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 37,264 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 28:8, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 377,322 sequences of כרוב, against about 388,282 from chance alone.
- Genesis 9,757
- Exodus 6,910
- Leviticus 5,541
- Numbers 5,639
- Deuteronomy 9,547
The shortest skips
וַיַּרְא עֵשָׂו כִּי רָעוֹת בְּנוֹת כְּנָעַן בְּעֵינֵי יִצְחָק אָבִֽיו
and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; .
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,995Open in the laboratory →
אִם־בְּעָלָיו עִמּוֹ לֹא יְשַׁלֵּם אִם־שָׂכִיר הוּא בָּא בִּשְׂכָרֽוֹ
If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 110,395Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיַּעֲלוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב אֲבִיהֶֽם
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 70,076Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲהֵבְךָ וּבֵרַכְךָ וְהִרְבֶּךָ וּבֵרַךְ פְּרִֽי־בִטְנְךָ וּפְרִֽי־אַדְמָתֶךָ דְּגָנְךָ וְתִֽירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ שְׁגַר־אֲלָפֶיךָ וְעַשְׁתְּרֹת צֹאנֶךָ עַל הָֽאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ לָתֶת לָֽךְ
and He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; He will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land, thy corn and thy wine and thine oil, the increase of thy kine and the young of thy flock, in the land which He swore unto thy fathers to give thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 263,352Open in the laboratory →
וֶהֱבִֽיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָרְשׁוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ וִֽירִשְׁתָּהּ וְהֵיטִֽבְךָ וְהִרְבְּךָ מֵאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ
And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and He will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. .
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 297,409Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
156,324 sequences of כרוב at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 158,179 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 9,757
- Exodus 6,910
- Leviticus 5,541
- Numbers 5,639
- Deuteronomy 10,125
- Joshua 5,184
- Judges 4,246
- Samuel 11,683
- Kings 13,968
- Isaiah 9,985
- Jeremiah 12,350
- Ezekiel 9,682
- The Twelve 8,009
- Psalms 11,242
- Proverbs 4,532
- Job 3,797
- Song of Songs 662
- Ruth 563
- Lamentations 694
- Ecclesiastes 1,445
- Esther 1,760
- Daniel 2,765
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,119
- Chronicles 11,666
Outside the Torah
וְלָכֵן נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לְבֵית עֵלִי אִֽם־יִתְכַּפֵּר עֲוֺן בֵּית־עֵלִי בְּזֶבַח וּבְמִנְחָה עַד־עוֹלָֽם
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering for ever.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 388,022Open in the laboratory →
הִנֵּה יוֹם־יְהוָה בָּא אַכְזָרִי וְעֶבְרָה וַחֲרוֹן אָף לָשׂוּם הָאָרֶץ לְשַׁמָּה וְחַטָּאֶיהָ יַשְׁמִיד מִמֶּֽנָּה
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, Cruel, and full of wrath and fierce anger; To make the earth a desolation, And to destroy the sinners thereof out of it,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 588,352Open in the laboratory →
וּבָא עָלַיִךְ רָעָה לֹא תֵדְעִי שַׁחְרָהּ וְתִפֹּל עָלַיִךְ הֹוָה לֹא תוּכְלִי כַּפְּרָהּ וְתָבֹא עָלַיִךְ פִּתְאֹם שׁוֹאָה לֹא תֵדָֽעִי
Yet shall evil came upon thee; Thou shalt not know how to charm it away; And calamity shall fall upon thee; Thou shalt not be able to put it away; And ruin shall come upon thee suddenly, Before thou knowest.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 623,858Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
כרוב — the Tanakh's own spelling: Cherub (place). Searched as כרוב, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 228.
As a plain word it stands 9 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 25:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Cherub appear in the Torah codes?
37,394 sequences of כרוב at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 37,264 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Cherub in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 28:8 — the shortest of 37,394 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 37,264.
How is Cherub spelled in Hebrew?
Cherub is spelled כרוב — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 228.
Is Cherub in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
156,324 sequences of כרוב at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 158,179 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 37,264 here) beside the count.