Chorashan כור עשן
Chorashan (כור עשן) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Bor-ashan. In the Torah codes, כור (from Chorashan) is found 702,244 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:30) — 0.2% above the 700,849 chance alone would give (probability of 702,244 or more by chance alone: 0.05).
- Found in the Torah (כור)
- 702,244
- Chance alone
- 700,849
- P (≥ found)
- 0.05
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for כור, and עשן has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
The Torah holds 702,244 sequences of כור at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% above what chance alone gives (about 700,849); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.05 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:30, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 10,709,125 sequences of כור, against about 10,862,864 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 700,849 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 178,092
- Exodus 136,254
- Leviticus 100,521
- Numbers 105,547
- Deuteronomy 181,830
The shortest skips
וּֽלְכָל־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וּלְכָל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה אֶת־כָּל־יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב לְאָכְלָה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
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 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,620Open in the laboratory →
קוּם הִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּאָרֶץ לְאָרְכָּהּ וּלְרָחְבָּהּ כִּי לְךָ אֶתְּנֶֽנָּה
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,969Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו וַיַּכֵּם וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם עַד־חוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר מִשְּׂמֹאל לְדַמָּֽשֶׂק
And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,857Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּפְצַר־בָּם מְאֹד וַיָּסֻרוּ אֵלָיו וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ לָהֶם מִשְׁתֶּה וּמַצּוֹת אָפָה וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ
And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 22,386Open in the laboratory →
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.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,735Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
2,893,286 sequences of כור at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,909,484 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 178,092
- Exodus 136,254
- Leviticus 100,521
- Numbers 105,547
- Deuteronomy 189,432
- Joshua 97,491
- Judges 78,153
- Samuel 215,848
- Kings 252,755
- Isaiah 199,494
- Jeremiah 223,035
- Ezekiel 176,588
- The Twelve 150,942
- Psalms 215,150
- Proverbs 78,113
- Job 76,310
- Song of Songs 13,772
- Ruth 10,457
- Lamentations 13,396
- Ecclesiastes 27,101
- Esther 35,962
- Daniel 51,078
- Ezra–Nehemiah 66,102
- Chronicles 201,693
Outside the Torah
עַד אֲשֶׁר־יָנִיחַ יְהוָה לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם כָּכֶם וְיָרְשׁוּ גַם־הֵמָּה אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָהֶם וְשַׁבְתֶּם לְאֶרֶץ יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם אוֹתָהּ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרַח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as unto you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,761Open in the laboratory →
עַד אֲשֶׁר־יָנִיחַ יְהוָה לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם כָּכֶם וְיָרְשׁוּ גַם־הֵמָּה אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָהֶם וְשַׁבְתֶּם לְאֶרֶץ יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם אוֹתָהּ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרַח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as unto you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,811Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה כְּנוֹחַ כַּפּוֹת רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה אֲדוֹן כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בְּמֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן יִכָּרֵתוּן הַמַּיִם הַיֹּרְדִים מִלְמָעְלָה וְיַעַמְדוּ נֵד אֶחָֽד
And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,381Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
כור עשן — the Tanakh's own spelling: Bor-ashan. Searched as כור, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 226.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 8:51. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- עשן — the Tanakh's own spelling found 265,034 in the Torah (chance 262,248)
Questions
Does Chorashan appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 702,244 sequences of כור at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% above what chance alone gives (about 700,849); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.05 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Chorashan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:30 — the shortest of 702,244 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 700,849.
How is Chorashan spelled in Hebrew?
Chorashan is spelled כור עשן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 226; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Chorashan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
2,893,286 sequences of כור at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,909,484 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 700,849 here) beside the count.