Cherubim כרובים

Cherubim — in Hebrew כרובים — cherubs, the winged figures over the Ark. Cherubim appears 1,906 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–60,969), in line with the 1,985 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 1,906
Chance alone · every skip: 1,985
P (≥ found) · every skip: 0.96
Shortest skip: 17
Longest skip found: 59,073

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: 276 found · chance alone about 312 (probability of 276 or more by chance alone: 0.98).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–60,969), כרובים appears 1,906 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,985, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 17 — at Exodus 7:27, reading forward.

The longest skip at which כרובים was found in the Torah is 59,073 — at Genesis 3:18, reading forward; a spelling of 6 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 60,969.

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

Genesis 499
Exodus 387
Leviticus 295
Numbers 238
Deuteronomy 487

Examples across the range

5 of the 1,906 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 7:27שמות ז:כזskip 17, forward
Letter by letter
1. כExodus 7:27
  וְאִם־מָאֵן אַתָּה לְשַׁלֵּחַ הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי נֹגֵף אֶת־כָּל־גְּבוּלְךָ בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים
  And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.
2. ר ו ב י מExodus 7:28
  וְשָׁרַץ הַיְאֹר צְפַרְדְּעִים וְעָלוּ וּבָאוּ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבַחֲדַר מִשְׁכָּבְךָ וְעַל־מִטָּתֶךָ וּבְבֵית עֲבָדֶיךָ וּבְעַמֶּךָ וּבְתַנּוּרֶיךָ וּבְמִשְׁאֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ
  And the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bed-chamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs.
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 87,820 of the TorahOpen at skip 17 in the laboratory →
a short skipDeuteronomy 15:9דברים טו:טskip 42, backward
1. ך רDeuteronomy 15:9
  … לְךָ פֶּן־יִהְיֶה דָבָר עִם־לְבָבְךָ בְלִיַּעַל לֵאמֹר קָֽרְבָה שְׁנַֽת־הַשֶּׁבַע שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה וְרָעָה עֵֽינְךָ בְּאָחִיךָ הָֽאֶבְיוֹן וְלֹא …
  Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying: ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand’; and thine eye be evil …
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. וDeuteronomy 15:8
  … אֶת־יָדְךָ לוֹ וְהַעֲבֵט תַּעֲבִיטֶנּוּ דֵּי מַחְסֹרוֹ …
  but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.
2. ב יDeuteronomy 15:7
  … בְךָ אֶבְיוֹן מֵאַחַד אַחֶיךָ בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ בְּאַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה … נֹתֵן לָךְ לֹא תְאַמֵּץ אֶת־לְבָבְךָ וְלֹא תִקְפֹּץ אֶת …
  If there be among you a needy man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates, in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt …
3. מDeuteronomy 15:6
  … וְאַתָּה לֹא תַעֲבֹט וּמָֽשַׁלְתָּ בְּגוֹיִם רַבִּים וּבְךָ …
  For the LORD thy God will bless thee, as He promised thee; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt …
skip 42, width 42 — one row is 42 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 275,719 of the TorahOpen at skip 42 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 25:45ויקרא כה:מהskip 151, forward
1. כLeviticus 25:45
  … עִמָּכֶם אֲשֶׁר הוֹלִידוּ בְּאַרְצְכֶם וְהָיוּ לָכֶם לַֽאֲחֻזָּֽה
  Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. רLeviticus 25:48
  אַחֲרֵי נִמְכַּר גְּאֻלָּה תִּהְיֶה …
  after that he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brethren may redeem him;
2. וLeviticus 25:50
  … בְּמִסְפַּר שָׁנִים כִּימֵי שָׂכִיר יִהְיֶה עִמּֽוֹ
  And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale …
3. בLeviticus 25:54
  … בִּשְׁנַת הַיֹּבֵל הוּא וּבָנָיו עִמּֽוֹ
  And if he be not redeemed by any of these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.
4. יLeviticus 26:2
  אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַי תִּשְׁמֹרוּ וּמִקְדָּשִׁי תִּירָאוּ אֲנִי יְהוָֽה
  Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD.
5. םLeviticus 26:5
  … וַאֲכַלְתֶּם לַחְמְכֶם לָשֹׂבַע וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם לָבֶטַח בְּאַרְצְכֶֽם
  And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread until ye …
skip 151, width 151 — one row is 151 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 181,777 of the TorahOpen at skip 151 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 34:12במדבר לד:יבskip 1,036, backward
1. כNumbers 34:12
  … הַמֶּלַח זֹאת תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם הָאָרֶץ לִגְבֻלֹתֶיהָ סָבִֽיב
  and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea; this shall be your land according to the …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. רNumbers 33:48
  … מֵהָרֵי הָעֲבָרִים וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּעַֽרְבֹת מוֹאָב עַל יַרְדֵּן …
  And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
2. וNumbers 33:9
  … מַיִם וְשִׁבְעִים תְּמָרִים וַיַּחֲנוּ־שָֽׁם
  And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim; and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they …
3. בNumbers 32:30
  וְאִם־לֹא יַֽעַבְרוּ חֲלוּצִים אִתְּכֶם וְנֹֽאחֲזוּ …
  but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.’
4. יNumbers 32:11
  … הָעֹלִים מִמִּצְרַיִם מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה אֵת …
  Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto …
5. םNumbers 31:46
  וְנֶפֶשׁ אָדָם שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר אָֽלֶף
  and sixteen thousand persons—
skip 1,036, width 1,036 — one row is 1,036 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 246,694 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,036 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 3:18בראשית ג:יחskip 59,073, forward
1. ךGenesis 3:18
  וְקוֹץ וְדַרְדַּר תַּצְמִיחַֽ לָךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת־עֵשֶׂב …
  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. רGenesis 41:57
  וְכָל־הָאָרֶץ בָּאוּ מִצְרַיְמָה לִשְׁבֹּר …
  And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth.
2. וExodus 29:27
  וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ אֵת חֲזֵה הַתְּנוּפָה וְאֵת שׁוֹק הַתְּרוּמָה …
  And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the thigh of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of …
3. בLeviticus 25:30
  … לַקֹּנֶה אֹתוֹ לְדֹרֹתָיו לֹא יֵצֵא בַּיֹּבֵֽל
  And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to …
4. יNumbers 31:16
  … בִּלְעָם לִמְסָר־מַעַל בַּיהוָה עַל־דְּבַר־פְּעוֹר …
  Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to revolt so as to break faith with the LORD in the matter of …
5. מDeuteronomy 31:13
  … יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם כָּל־הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם חַיִּים …
  and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go …
skip 59,073, width 59,073 — one row is 59,073 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 3,885 of the TorahOpen at skip 59,073 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 36,612 sequences of כרובים across every skip (2–239,408), 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 36,281); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.04 by chance alone.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,495 found · chance alone about 1,499 (probability of 1,495 or more by chance alone: 0.55).

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

Genesis 2,087
Exodus 1,814
Leviticus 1,391
Numbers 1,485
Deuteronomy 2,375
Joshua 1,080
Judges 900
Samuel 2,676
Kings 3,241
Isaiah 2,271
Jeremiah 2,809
Ezekiel 2,378
The Twelve 1,765
Psalms 2,777
Proverbs 974
Job 987
Song of Songs 175
Ruth 149
Lamentations 172
Ecclesiastes 390
Esther 482
Daniel 749
Ezra–Nehemiah 921
Chronicles 2,564

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahEzekiel 26:13יחזקאל כו:יגskip 12, backward
1. ך ר וEzekiel 26:13
  וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי הֲמוֹן שִׁירָיִךְ וְקוֹל כִּנּוֹרַיִךְ לֹא יִשָּׁמַע עֽוֹד
  And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease, And the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. ב י מEzekiel 26:12
  … וְהָֽרְסוּ חוֹמוֹתַיִךְ וּבָתֵּי חֶמְדָּתֵךְ יִתֹּצוּ וַאֲבָנַיִךְ וְעֵצַיִךְ וַֽעֲפָרֵךְ בְּתוֹךְ מַיִם יָשִֽׂימוּ …
  And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, And make a prey of thy merchandise; And they shall break down thy walls, And destroy the houses …
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 764,613 of the TanakhOpen at skip 12 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipIsaiah 52:13ישעיהו נב:יגskip 100, forward
1. כIsaiah 52:13
  הִנֵּה יַשְׂכִּיל עַבְדִּי יָרוּם וְנִשָּׂא וְגָבַהּ מְאֹֽד
  Behold, My servant shall prosper, He shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. רIsaiah 52:15
  … מְלָכִים פִּיהֶם כִּי אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־סֻפַּר לָהֶם …
  So shall he startle many nations, Kings shall shut their mouths because of him; From that which had not been told them shall they see, And …
2. וIsaiah 53:2
  … לוֹ וְלֹא הָדָר וְנִרְאֵהוּ וְלֹֽא־מַרְאֶה וְנֶחְמְדֵֽהוּ
  For he shot up right forth as a sapling, And as a root out of a dry ground; He had no form nor comeliness, that we should look upon him …
3. בIsaiah 53:4
  … הוּא נָשָׂא וּמַכְאֹבֵינוּ סְבָלָם וַאֲנַחְנוּ חֲשַׁבְנֻהוּ נָגוּעַ …
  Surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried; Whereas we did esteem him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted.
4. יIsaiah 53:6
  כֻּלָּנוּ כַּצֹּאן תָּעִינוּ אִישׁ לְדַרְכּוֹ פָּנִינוּ וַֽיהוָה …
  All we like sheep did go astray, We turned every one to his own way; And the LORD hath made to light on him The iniquity of us all.
5. מIsaiah 53:8
  מֵעֹצֶר וּמִמִּשְׁפָּט לֻקָּח וְאֶת־דּוֹרוֹ מִי יְשׂוֹחֵחַ …
  By oppression and judgment he was taken away, And with his generation who did reason? For he was cut off out of the land of the living, For …
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 629,264 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 34:27דברי הימים ב לד:כזskip 236,823, backward
1. כ2 Chronicles 34:27
  יַעַן רַךְ־לְבָבְךָ וַתִּכָּנַע מִלִּפְנֵי אֱלֹהִים בְּשָׁמְעֲךָ …
  because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest His words against this place, and against the …
Letter by letter: the other 5 letters
1. רProverbs 23:11
  … גֹאֲלָם חָזָק הֽוּא־יָרִיב אֶת־רִיבָם אִתָּֽךְ
  For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause with thee.
2. וJeremiah 50:5
  צִיּוֹן יִשְׁאָלוּ דֶּרֶךְ הֵנָּה פְנֵיהֶם …
  They shall inquire concerning Zion With their faces hitherward: ‘Come ye, and join yourselves to the LORD In an everlasting covenant that …
3. ב1 Kings 2:33
  וְשָׁבוּ דְמֵיהֶם בְּרֹאשׁ יוֹאָב וּבְרֹאשׁ זַרְעוֹ לְעֹלָם …
  So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever; but unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his …
4. יNumbers 33:48
  … מוֹאָב עַל יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחֽוֹ
  And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
5. םGenesis 7:19
  וְהַמַּיִם גָּֽבְרוּ מְאֹד מְאֹד …
  And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
skip 236,823, width 236,823 — one row is 236,823 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,192,963 of the TanakhOpen at skip 236,823 in the laboratory →

The spelling

כרובים — the Tanakh's own spelling: cherubs, the winged figures over the Ark. Searched as כרובים, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 278.

As a plain word it stands 12 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 6:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Cherubim in the Bible code?

Across every skip (2–60,969), כרובים appears 1,906 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,985, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Cherubim in the Torah?

Skip 17, reading forward from Exodus 7:27 — the shortest of 1,906 sequences across every skip (2–60,969), where chance alone would give about 1,985.

How is Cherubim spelled in Hebrew?

Cherubim is spelled כרובים — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 278.

Is Cherubim in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

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