Earth ארץ

Earth — in Hebrew ארץ — earth, land. In the Torah codes, Earth is found 3,120,781 times across every skip (2–152,424), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 2:8) — about what chance alone gives (about 3,187,099).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 3,120,781
Chance alone · every skip: 3,187,099
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.00
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 152,219

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 208,837 found · chance alone about 205,625 (probability of 208,837 or more by chance alone: 8.1 × 10⁻¹³).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 3,120,781 sequences of ארץ across every skip (2–152,424) — about what chance alone gives (about 3,187,099).

The shortest skip at which ארץ appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 2:8, reading forward.

The longest skip at which ארץ was found in the Torah is 152,219 — at Genesis 1:1, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.

A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 3,187,099 of it, so a large count is expected.

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

Genesis 904,187
Exodus 606,587
Leviticus 464,462
Numbers 589,148
Deuteronomy 556,397

Examples across the range

5 of the 3,120,781 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 skipGenesis 2:8בראשית ב:חskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. א ר צGenesis 2:8
  וַיִּטַּע יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים גַּן־בְעֵדֶן מִקֶּדֶם וַיָּשֶׂם שָׁם אֶת־הָֽאָדָם אֲשֶׁר יָצָֽר
  And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 2,073 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
also at the shortest skipGenesis 4:7בראשית ד:זskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. א ר ץGenesis 4:7
  … שְׂאֵת וְאִם לֹא תֵיטִיב לַפֶּתַח חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ וְאֵלֶיךָ תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּֽוֹ …
  If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 4,499 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 7:16שמות ז:טזskip 100, forward
1. אExodus 7:16
  … אֵלָיו יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הָעִבְרִים שְׁלָחַנִי אֵלֶיךָ לֵאמֹר שַׁלַּח אֶת־עַמִּי וְיַֽעַבְדֻנִי …
  And thou shalt say unto him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying: Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness; and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רExodus 7:17
  … אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִי עַל־הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר בַּיְאֹר וְנֶהֶפְכוּ לְדָֽם
  thus saith the LORD: In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD—behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
2. צExodus 7:19
  … מַטְּךָ וּנְטֵֽה־יָדְךָ עַל־מֵימֵי מִצְרַיִם עַֽל־נַהֲרֹתָם עַל־יְאֹרֵיהֶם וְעַל …
  And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt…
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 87,131 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 24:14ויקרא כד:ידskip 1,000, forward
1. אLeviticus 24:14
  הוֹצֵא אֶת־הַֽמְקַלֵּל אֶל־מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְסָמְכוּ כָֽל־הַשֹּׁמְעִים …
  ’Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רLeviticus 25:11
  … הַחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם לֹא תִזְרָעוּ וְלֹא תִקְצְרוּ אֶת־סְפִיחֶיהָ וְלֹא …
  A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines.
2. צLeviticus 25:31
  … יֵחָשֵׁב גְּאֻלָּה תִּהְיֶה־לּוֹ וּבַיֹּבֵל יֵצֵֽא
  But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country; they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 179,161 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 1:1בראשית א:אskip 152,219, forward
1. אGenesis 1:1
  בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רLeviticus 8:26
  וּמִסַּל הַמַּצּוֹת אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לָקַח חַלַּת מַצָּה …
  And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and upon the right thigh.
2. ץDeuteronomy 34:5
  וַיָּמָת שָׁם מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב עַל־פִּי יְהוָֽה
  So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
skip 152,219, width 152,219 — one row is 152,219 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 23 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,219 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–598,520), ארץ appears 40,978,030 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.6% more than the 40,742,211 chance alone would give; the probability of 40,978,030 or more by chance alone is 1.6 × 10⁻²⁹⁸.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 677,589 found · chance alone about 677,738 (probability of 677,589 or more by chance alone: 0.57).

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

Genesis 3,326,701
Exodus 2,278,187
Leviticus 1,746,316
Numbers 2,242,792
Deuteronomy 2,107,155
Joshua 1,278,550
Judges 1,469,627
Samuel 3,778,592
Kings 3,705,655
Isaiah 2,010,257
Jeremiah 2,927,800
Ezekiel 2,546,838
The Twelve 1,862,693
Psalms 2,025,990
Proverbs 649,001
Job 1,036,166
Song of Songs 119,061
Ruth 183,168
Lamentations 154,063
Ecclesiastes 346,530
Esther 344,733
Daniel 891,342
Ezra–Nehemiah 1,100,371
Chronicles 2,846,442

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahJoshua 1:18יהושע א:יחskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. א ר צJoshua 1:18
  … וְלֹֽא־יִשְׁמַע אֶת־דְּבָרֶיךָ לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־תְּצַוֶּנּוּ יוּמָת רַק חֲזַק וֶאֱמָֽץ …
  Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death; only be strong and of good courage.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 305,997 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skip2 Samuel 6:3שמואל ב ו:גskip 100, forward
1. א2 Samuel 6:3
  וַיַּרְכִּבוּ אֶת־אֲרוֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶל־עֲגָלָה חֲדָשָׁה וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּ מִבֵּית …
  And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. ר2 Samuel 6:4
  וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּ מִבֵּית אֲבִֽינָדָב אֲשֶׁר בַּגִּבְעָה עִם אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים וְאַחְיוֹ הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵי הָאָרֽוֹן
  And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.
2. צ2 Samuel 6:5
  … בְרוֹשִׁים וּבְכִנֹּרוֹת וּבִנְבָלִים וּבְתֻפִּים וּבִמְנַֽעַנְעִים וּֽבְצֶלְצֶלִֽים
  And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all manner of instruments made of cypress-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with sistra, and with cymbals.
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 443,291 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:22דברי הימים ב לו:כבskip 598,410, backward
1. א2 Chronicles 36:22
  וּבִשְׁנַת אַחַת לְכוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר …
  Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רIsaiah 25:2
  כִּי שַׂמְתָּ מֵעִיר לַגָּל קִרְיָה בְצוּרָה לְמַפֵּלָה אַרְמוֹן זָרִים מֵעִיר לְעוֹלָם לֹא יִבָּנֶֽה
  For Thou hast made of a city a heap, Of a fortified city a ruin; A castle of strangers to be no city, It shall never be built. .
2. ץGenesis 1:1
  בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 598,410, width 598,410 — one row is 598,410 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,848 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,410 in the laboratory →

The spelling

ארץ — the Tanakh's own spelling: earth, land. Searched as ארץ, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 291.

As a plain word it stands 491 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 1:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

“earth” in Hebrew

Questions

Does Earth appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 3,120,781 sequences of ארץ across every skip (2–152,424) — about what chance alone gives (about 3,187,099).

What is the shortest skip for Earth in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:8 — the shortest of 3,120,781 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 3,187,099.

What is the gematria of Earth in Hebrew?

Earth is spelled ארץ — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 291.

How many times is Earth found in the whole Tanakh?

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Berlin ברליןTorah · every skip: 24,514 (chance 25,135)
fruit פריTorah · every skip: 4,399,452 (chance 4,507,426)
healing רפואהTorah · every skip: 18,509 (chance 17,813)
firstfruits ביכוריםTorah · every skip: 150 (chance 171)
flower פרחTorah · every skip: 999,235 (chance 1,026,869)
purple ארגמןTorah · every skip: 3,216 (chance 3,235)

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