Eker עקר
Eker (עקר) is a person named in the Tanakh. Eker appears 100,872 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 101,303 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 100,872
- Chance alone
- 101,303
- P (≥ found)
- 0.91
- 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, עקר appears 100,872 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 101,303, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 35:20, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 1,647,188 sequences of עקר, against about 1,570,151 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 101,303 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 28,763
- Exodus 23,348
- Leviticus 14,170
- Numbers 21,501
- Deuteronomy 13,090
The shortest skips
וַיַּצֵּב יַעֲקֹב מַצֵּבָה עַל־קְבֻרָתָהּ הִוא מַצֶּבֶת קְבֻֽרַת־רָחֵל עַד־הַיּֽוֹם
And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 51,795Open in the laboratory →
וְהִקְרִיבוֹ הַכֹּהֵן אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּמָלַק אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ וְהִקְטִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה וְנִמְצָה דָמוֹ עַל קִיר הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and pinch off its head, and make it smoke on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the altar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 142,419Open in the laboratory →
וְהִזָּה מִדַּם הַחַטָּאת עַל־קִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְהַנִּשְׁאָר בַּדָּם יִמָּצֵה אֶל־יְסוֹד הַמִּזְבֵּחַ חַטָּאת הֽוּא
And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin-offering.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 146,798Open in the laboratory →
וְרָאָה אֶת־הַנֶּגַע וְהִנֵּה הַנֶּגַע בְּקִירֹת הַבַּיִת שְׁקַֽעֲרוּרֹת יְרַקְרַקֹּת אוֹ אֲדַמְדַּמֹּת וּמַרְאֵיהֶן שָׁפָל מִן־הַקִּֽיר
And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 163,326Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁב הַכֹּהֵן בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וְרָאָה וְהִנֵּה פָּשָׂה הַנֶּגַע בְּקִירֹת הַבָּֽיִת
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 163,447Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 347,944 sequences of עקר at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 344,968); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.1 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
- Genesis 28,763
- Exodus 23,348
- Leviticus 14,170
- Numbers 21,501
- Deuteronomy 13,754
- Joshua 11,910
- Judges 10,198
- Samuel 18,646
- Kings 25,576
- Isaiah 27,047
- Jeremiah 23,136
- Ezekiel 17,515
- The Twelve 17,718
- Psalms 24,010
- Proverbs 13,053
- Job 11,855
- Song of Songs 1,483
- Ruth 1,561
- Lamentations 1,599
- Ecclesiastes 3,055
- Esther 2,283
- Daniel 7,266
- Ezra–Nehemiah 8,406
- Chronicles 20,091
Outside the Torah
בְּלֶכְתְּךָ הַיּוֹם מֵעִמָּדִי וּמָצָאתָ שְׁנֵי אֲנָשִׁים עִם־קְבֻרַת רָחֵל בִּגְבוּל בִּנְיָמִן בְּצֶלְצַח וְאָמְרוּ אֵלֶיךָ נִמְצְאוּ הָאֲתֹנוֹת אֲשֶׁר הָלַכְתָּ לְבַקֵּשׁ וְהִנֵּה נָטַשׁ אָבִיךָ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הָאֲתֹנוֹת וְדָאַג לָכֶם לֵאמֹר מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה לִבְנִֽי
When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by the tomb of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee: The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious concerning you, saying: What shall I do for my son?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 396,721Open in the laboratory →
יָֽשָׁב־נָא עַבְדְּךָ וְאָמֻת בְּעִירִי עִם קֶבֶר אָבִי וְאִמִּי וְהִנֵּה עַבְדְּךָ כִמְהָם יַֽעֲבֹר עִם־אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ וַעֲשֵׂה־לוֹ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־טוֹב בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ
Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 468,316Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֶת־עַצְמוֹת־שָׁאוּל וִיהוֹנָֽתָן־בְּנוֹ בְּאֶרֶץ בִּנְיָמִן בְּצֵלָע בְּקֶבֶר קִישׁ אָבִיו וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֵּעָתֵר אֱלֹהִים לָאָרֶץ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵֽן
And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 471,598Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עקר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עקר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 370.
As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 7:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Eker appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, עקר appears 100,872 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 101,303, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Eker in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 35:20 — the shortest of 100,872 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 101,303.
How is Eker spelled in Hebrew?
Eker is spelled עקר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 370.
Is Eker in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 347,944 sequences of עקר at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 344,968); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.1 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 101,303 here) beside the count.