Creator בורא
Creator is written בורא in Hebrew. Creator appears 85,482 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% more than chance alone would give (about 84,254; probability 1.2 × 10⁻⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 85,482
- Chance alone
- 84,254
- P (≥ found)
- 1.2 × 10⁻⁵
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, בורא appears 85,482 times in the Torah — 1.5% more than the 84,254 chance alone would give; the probability of 85,482 or more by chance alone is 1.2 × 10⁻⁵.
The shortest skip at which בורא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 26:23, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), בורא is found 854,800 times; chance alone would give about 877,918.
- Genesis 27,198
- Exodus 15,362
- Leviticus 12,030
- Numbers 16,519
- Deuteronomy 14,373
The shortest skips
וַיַּעַל מִשָּׁם בְּאֵר שָֽׁבַע
And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,609Open in the laboratory →
וַתַּהַר הָאִשָּׁה וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֵּרֶא אֹתוֹ כִּי־טוֹב הוּא וַֽתִּצְפְּנֵהוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה יְרָחִֽים
And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 79,064Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא אֶת־עֲמָלֵק וַיִּשָּׂא מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַר רֵאשִׁית גּוֹיִם עֲמָלֵק וְאַחֲרִיתוֹ עֲדֵי אֹבֵֽד
And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said: Amalek was the first of the nations; But his end shall come to destruction.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 230,020Open in the laboratory →
פְּנוּ וּסְעוּ לָכֶם וּבֹאוּ הַר הָֽאֱמֹרִי וְאֶל־כָּל־שְׁכֵנָיו בָּעֲרָבָה בָהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבַנֶּגֶב וּבְחוֹף הַיָּם אֶרֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַלְּבָנוֹן עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת
turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore; the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 250,283Open in the laboratory →
וַיֶּאֱהַל אַבְרָם וַיָּבֹא וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֹן וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַֽיהוָֽה
And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 15,997Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 318,582 sequences of בורא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 318,854).
- Genesis 27,198
- Exodus 15,362
- Leviticus 12,030
- Numbers 16,519
- Deuteronomy 15,656
- Joshua 11,489
- Judges 11,671
- Samuel 28,127
- Kings 30,161
- Isaiah 16,656
- Jeremiah 24,059
- Ezekiel 19,117
- The Twelve 15,345
- Psalms 14,948
- Proverbs 5,924
- Job 6,432
- Song of Songs 1,027
- Ruth 887
- Lamentations 1,410
- Ecclesiastes 2,145
- Esther 2,799
- Daniel 5,138
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,230
- Chronicles 25,252
Outside the Torah
וַיִּרְדֵּהוּ אֶל־כַּפָּיו וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֹךְ וְאָכֹל וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל־אָבִיו וְאֶל־אִמּוֹ וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם וַיֹּאכֵלוּ וְלֹֽא־הִגִּיד לָהֶם כִּי מִגְּוִיַּת הָאַרְיֵה רָדָה הַדְּבָֽשׁ
And he scraped it out into his hands, and went on, eating as he went, and he came to his father and mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 369,827Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקָּרֵא אַבְשָׁלוֹם לִפְנֵי עַבְדֵי דָוִד וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם רֹכֵב עַל־הַפֶּרֶד וַיָּבֹא הַפֶּרֶד תַּחַת שׂוֹבֶךְ הָאֵלָה הַגְּדוֹלָה וַיֶּחֱזַק רֹאשׁוֹ בָאֵלָה וַיֻּתַּן בֵּין הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ וְהַפֶּרֶד אֲשֶׁר־תַּחְתָּיו עָבָֽר
And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth, and his head caught hold of the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 464,270Open in the laboratory →
וּמָשַׁח אֹתוֹ שָׁם צָדוֹק הַכֹּהֵן וְנָתָן הַנָּבִיא לְמֶלֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וּתְקַעְתֶּם בַּשּׁוֹפָר וַאֲמַרְתֶּם יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה
And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel; and blow ye with the horn, and say: Long live king Solomon.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 479,089Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בורא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בורא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 209.
As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 40:28. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Creator appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, בורא appears 85,482 times in the Torah — 1.5% more than the 84,254 chance alone would give; the probability of 85,482 or more by chance alone is 1.2 × 10⁻⁵.
What is the shortest skip for Creator in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 26:23 — the shortest of 85,482 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 84,254.
What is the gematria of Creator in Hebrew?
Creator is spelled בורא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 209.
How many times is Creator found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 318,582 sequences of בורא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 318,854).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 84,254 here) beside the count.