Fire שריפה
Fire — in Hebrew שריפה — fire, blaze. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,301 sequences of Fire, the shortest at skip 3 (Exodus 8:10); chance alone would give about 1,346.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,301
- Chance alone
- 1,346
- P (≥ found)
- 0.89
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,301 sequences of שריפה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,346 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which שריפה appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 8:10, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), שריפה is found 10,789 times; chance alone would give about 10,610.
- Genesis 287
- Exodus 316
- Leviticus 175
- Numbers 321
- Deuteronomy 202
The shortest skips
וַיִּצְבְּרוּ אֹתָם חֳמָרִם חֳמָרִם וַתִּבְאַשׁ הָאָֽרֶץ
And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 88,489Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה תֶחֱזֶה מִכָּל־הָעָם אַנְשֵׁי־חַיִל יִרְאֵי אֱלֹהִים אַנְשֵׁי אֱמֶת שֹׂנְאֵי בָצַע וְשַׂמְתָּ עֲלֵהֶם שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים שָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת שָׂרֵי חֲמִשִּׁים וְשָׂרֵי עֲשָׂרֹֽת
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 105,263Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ אֲדֹנָיו אֶת־דִּבְרֵי אִשְׁתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר דִּבְּרָה אֵלָיו לֵאמֹר כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה עָשָׂהּ לִי עַבְדֶּךָ וַיִּחַר אַפּֽוֹ
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke unto him, saying: ‘After this manner did thy servant to me’; that his wrath was kindled.
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 58,557Open in the laboratory →
וְאִישׁ כִּֽי־יִשְׁכַּב אֶת־אִשָּׁה שִׁכְבַת־זֶרַע וְהִוא שִׁפְחָה נֶחֱרֶפֶת לְאִישׁ וְהָפְדֵּה לֹא נִפְדָּתָה אוֹ חֻפְשָׁה לֹא נִתַּן־לָהּ בִּקֹּרֶת תִּהְיֶה לֹא יוּמְתוּ כִּי־לֹא חֻפָּֽשָׁה
And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, designated for a man, and not at all redeemed, nor was freedom given her; there shall be inquisition; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 171,061Open in the laboratory →
וָֽאֶתְנַפַּל לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֵת אַרְבָּעִים הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־אַרְבָּעִים הַלַּיְלָה אֲשֶׁר הִתְנַפָּלְתִּי כִּֽי־אָמַר יְהוָה לְהַשְׁמִיד אֶתְכֶֽם
So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down; because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 267,047Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
4,798 sequences of שריפה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 4,916 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 287
- Exodus 316
- Leviticus 175
- Numbers 321
- Deuteronomy 229
- Joshua 173
- Judges 194
- Samuel 296
- Kings 387
- Isaiah 319
- Jeremiah 294
- Ezekiel 296
- The Twelve 299
- Psalms 296
- Proverbs 107
- Job 113
- Song of Songs 27
- Ruth 15
- Lamentations 16
- Ecclesiastes 35
- Esther 50
- Daniel 59
- Ezra–Nehemiah 134
- Chronicles 360
Outside the Torah
כִּי בְּטֶרֶם יֵדַע הַנַּעַר קְרֹא אָבִי וְאִמִּי יִשָּׂא אֶת־חֵיל דַּמֶּשֶׂק וְאֵת שְׁלַל שֹׁמְרוֹן לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry: My father, and: My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 583,285Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ בִּגְבוּל נַחֲלָתוֹ בְּתִמְנַת־סֶרַח אֲשֶׁר בְּהַר־אֶפְרָיִם מִצְּפוֹן לְהַר־גָּֽעַשׁ
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 344,390Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הִנֵּה חַג־יְהוָה בְּשִׁלוֹ מִיָּמִים יָמִימָה אֲשֶׁר מִצְּפוֹנָה לְבֵֽית־אֵל מִזְרְחָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לִמְסִלָּה הָעֹלָה מִבֵּֽית־אֵל שְׁכֶמָה וּמִנֶּגֶב לִלְבוֹנָֽה
And they said: ‘Behold, there is the feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.’
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 383,177Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שריפה — a Hebrew word: fire, blaze. Searched as שריפה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 595.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- שרפה — a Hebrew word found 12,790 in the Torah (chance 13,116)
Questions
Is Fire in the Torah codes?
1,301 sequences of שריפה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,346 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Fire in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 8:10 — the shortest of 1,301 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,346.
What is the gematria of Fire in Hebrew?
Fire is spelled שריפה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 595; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Fire found in the whole Tanakh?
4,798 sequences of שריפה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 4,916 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
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