Gath-kephr גתה חפר
Gath-kephr (גתה חפר) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Gath-hepher. In the Torah codes, גתה (from Gath-kephr) is found 113,081 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 25:27) — 0.6% above the 112,385 chance alone would give (probability of 113,081 or more by chance alone: 0.02).
- Found in the Torah (גתה)
- 113,081
- Chance alone
- 112,385
- P (≥ found)
- 0.02
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for גתה, and חפר has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
The Torah holds 113,081 sequences of גתה at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 112,385); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 25:27, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 1,803,091 sequences of גתה, against about 1,741,913 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 112,385 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 24,490
- Exodus 22,068
- Leviticus 25,566
- Numbers 19,345
- Deuteronomy 21,612
The shortest skips
לְעֻמַּת הַמִּסְגֶּרֶת תִּהְיֶיןָ הַטַּבָּעֹת לְבָתִּים לְבַדִּים לָשֵׂאת אֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָֽן
Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 114,556Open in the laboratory →
שָׁטוּ הָעָם וְלָֽקְטוּ וְטָחֲנוּ בָרֵחַיִם אוֹ דָכוּ בַּמְּדֹכָה וּבִשְּׁלוּ בַּפָּרוּר וְעָשׂוּ אֹתוֹ עֻגוֹת וְהָיָה טַעְמוֹ כְּטַעַם לְשַׁד הַשָּֽׁמֶן
The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and seethed it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was as the taste of a cake baked with oil.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 207,070Open in the laboratory →
וּבָאתָ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו הִגַּדְתִּי הַיּוֹם לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּי־בָאתִי אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ לָתֶת לָֽנוּ
And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him: ‘I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the land which the LORD swore unto our fathers to give us.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 289,194Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּקַּח רִבְקָה אֶת־בִּגְדֵי עֵשָׂו בְּנָהּ הַגָּדֹל הַחֲמֻדֹת אֲשֶׁר אִתָּהּ בַּבָּיִת וַתַּלְבֵּשׁ אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹב בְּנָהּ הַקָּטָֽן
And Rebekah took the choicest garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 36,882Open in the laboratory →
אֶת־חַג הַמַּצּוֹת תִּשְׁמֹר שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תֹּאכַל מַצּוֹת כַּֽאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִךָ לְמוֹעֵד חֹדֶשׁ הָֽאָבִיב כִּי־בוֹ יָצָאתָ מִמִּצְרָיִם וְלֹא־יֵרָאוּ פָנַי רֵיקָֽם
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep; seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib—for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear before Me empty;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 111,522Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
443,559 sequences of גתה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 451,370 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 24,490
- Exodus 22,068
- Leviticus 25,566
- Numbers 19,345
- Deuteronomy 22,591
- Joshua 25,348
- Judges 15,229
- Samuel 32,981
- Kings 27,221
- Isaiah 26,251
- Jeremiah 31,170
- Ezekiel 38,801
- The Twelve 27,881
- Psalms 24,281
- Proverbs 7,347
- Job 8,510
- Song of Songs 2,845
- Ruth 2,883
- Lamentations 3,515
- Ecclesiastes 5,055
- Esther 5,123
- Daniel 7,690
- Ezra–Nehemiah 11,025
- Chronicles 26,343
Outside the Torah
וָאֶתֵּן לָכֶם אֶרֶץ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָגַעְתָּ בָּהּ וְעָרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־בְנִיתֶם וַתֵּשְׁבוּ בָּהֶם כְּרָמִים וְזֵיתִים אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־נְטַעְתֶּם אַתֶּם אֹכְלִֽים
And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not laboured, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell therein; of vineyards and olive-yards which ye planted not do ye eat.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 343,241Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה שְׁמַע בְּקוֹלָם אַךְ כִּֽי־הָעֵד תָּעִיד בָּהֶם וְהִגַּדְתָּ לָהֶם מִשְׁפַּט הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יִמְלֹךְ עֲלֵיהֶֽם
Now therefore hearken unto their voice; howbeit thou shalt earnestly forewarn them, and shalt declare unto them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 394,061Open in the laboratory →
וְהָרְבִיעִי אֲדֹנִיָּה בֶן־חַגִּית וְהַחֲמִישִׁי שְׁפַטְיָה בֶן־אֲבִיטָֽל
and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 438,582Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
גתה חפר — the Tanakh's own spelling: Gath-hepher. Searched as גתה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 408.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 19:13. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- חפר — the Tanakh's own spelling found 66,806 in the Torah (chance 66,251)
Questions
Does Gath-kephr appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 113,081 sequences of גתה at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 112,385); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Gath-kephr in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 25:27 — the shortest of 113,081 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 112,385.
How is Gath-kephr spelled in Hebrew?
Gath-kephr is spelled גתה חפר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 408; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Gath-kephr in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
443,559 sequences of גתה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 451,370 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 112,385 here) beside the count.