Erech ארך
Erech (ארך) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Erech is found 626,124 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 2:16) — 0.8% above the 621,131 chance alone would give (probability of 626,124 or more by chance alone: 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁰).
- Found in the Torah
- 626,124
- Chance alone
- 621,131
- P (≥ found)
- 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 626,124 sequences of ארך at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 621,131); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁰ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:16, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 9,403,649 sequences of ארך, against about 9,627,259 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 621,131 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 161,657
- Exodus 117,240
- Leviticus 87,575
- Numbers 97,740
- Deuteronomy 161,912
The shortest skips
וַיְצַו יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים עַל־הָֽאָדָם לֵאמֹר מִכֹּל עֵֽץ־הַגָּן אָכֹל תֹּאכֵֽל
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: ‘Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,410Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֶת־קֹלְךָ שָׁמַעְתִּי בַּגָּן וָאִירָא כִּֽי־עֵירֹם אָנֹכִי וָאֵחָבֵֽא
And he said: ‘I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,409Open in the laboratory →
הַנְּפִלִים הָיוּ בָאָרֶץ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְגַם אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בְּנֵי הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶל־בְּנוֹת הָֽאָדָם וְיָלְדוּ לָהֶם הֵמָּה הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּֽׁם
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of nobles came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,993Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲנִי הִנְנִי מֵקִים אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אִתְּכֶם וְאֶֽת־זַרְעֲכֶם אַֽחֲרֵיכֶֽם
’As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,655Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל וַאֲבָרֶכְךָ וַאֲגַדְּלָה שְׁמֶךָ וֶהְיֵה בְּרָכָֽה
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,210Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 2,152,918 sequences of ארך at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% above what chance alone gives (about 2,148,019); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00042 by chance alone.
- Genesis 161,657
- Exodus 117,240
- Leviticus 87,575
- Numbers 97,740
- Deuteronomy 168,784
- Joshua 64,473
- Judges 61,709
- Samuel 169,795
- Kings 207,514
- Isaiah 120,559
- Jeremiah 172,027
- Ezekiel 137,475
- The Twelve 99,962
- Psalms 119,032
- Proverbs 41,956
- Job 53,983
- Song of Songs 6,569
- Ruth 10,228
- Lamentations 8,517
- Ecclesiastes 20,771
- Esther 24,451
- Daniel 45,569
- Ezra–Nehemiah 41,381
- Chronicles 113,951
Outside the Torah
לֹֽא־יִתְיַצֵּב אִישׁ לְפָנֶיךָ כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ כַּֽאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי עִם־מֹשֶׁה אֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ לֹא אַרְפְּךָ וְלֹא אֶעֶזְבֶֽךָּ
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,136Open in the laboratory →
עִבְרוּ בְּקֶרֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְצַוּוּ אֶת־הָעָם לֵאמֹר הָכִינוּ לָכֶם צֵידָה כִּי בְּעוֹד שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים אַתֶּם עֹֽבְרִים אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה לָבוֹא לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָכֶם לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ
’Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying: Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,461Open in the laboratory →
וְלָרֽאוּבֵנִי וְלַגָּדִי וְלַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁה אָמַר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹֽר
And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,581Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ארך — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ארך, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 221.
As a plain word it stands 60 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 6:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Erech appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 626,124 sequences of ארך at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 621,131); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁰ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Erech in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:16 — the shortest of 626,124 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 621,131.
How is Erech spelled in Hebrew?
Erech is spelled ארך — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 221.
Is Erech in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 2,152,918 sequences of ארך at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% above what chance alone gives (about 2,148,019); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00042 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 621,131 here) beside the count.