Gazer גזר
Gazer (גזר) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Gezer. In the Torah codes, Gazer is found 151,924 times across every skip (2–152,424), the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 6:21) — 10% above the 137,803 chance alone would give (probability of 151,924 or more by chance alone: 1.1 × 10⁻³⁰⁶).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 151,924
- Chance alone · every skip
- 137,803
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.1 × 10⁻³⁰⁶
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,063
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: 8,583 found · chance alone about 8,891 (probability of 8,583 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 151,924 sequences of גזר across every skip (2–152,424), 10% above what chance alone gives (about 137,803); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.1 × 10⁻³⁰⁶ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 6:21, reading forward.
The longest skip at which גזר was found in the Torah is 152,063 — at Deuteronomy 33:29, reading backward; 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 137,803 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 39,722
- Exodus 27,145
- Leviticus 29,926
- Numbers 28,815
- Deuteronomy 26,316
Examples across the range
5 of the 151,924 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.
Letter by letter
- ג ז רExodus 6:21
וּבְנֵי יִצְהָר קֹרַח וָנֶפֶג וְזִכְרִֽי
And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 85,887 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ג ז רExodus 6:21
- ג זNumbers 22:24
וַֽיַּעֲמֹד מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה בְּמִשְׁעוֹל הַכְּרָמִים גָּדֵר מִזֶּה וְגָדֵר מִזֶּֽה
Then the angel of the LORD stood in a hollow way between the vineyards, a fence being on this side, and a fence on that side.
Letter by letter: the other 1 letter
- רNumbers 22:25
וַתֵּרֶא הָאָתוֹן אֶת־מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה וַתִּלָּחֵץ …
And the ass saw the angel of the LORD, and she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall; and he smote her again.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 226,613 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
- ג זNumbers 22:24
- גNumbers 22:28
… לְךָ כִּי הִכִּיתַנִי זֶה שָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִֽים
And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam: ‘What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- זNumbers 22:30
… רָכַבְתָּ עָלַי מֵעֽוֹדְךָ עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה הַֽהַסְכֵּן הִסְכַּנְתִּי לַעֲשׂוֹת לְךָ כֹּה …
And the ass said unto Balaam: ‘Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee?’ And he said: ‘Nay.’
- רNumbers 22:32
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה עַל־מָה …
And the angel of the LORD said unto him: ‘Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is contrary unto me;
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 226,837 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- גNumbers 22:28
- גGenesis 34:25
… חַרְבּוֹ וַיָּבֹאוּ עַל־הָעִיר בֶּטַח וַיַּֽהַרְגוּ כָּל־זָכָֽר
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- זGenesis 35:12
וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לְאַבְרָהָם וּלְיִצְחָק לְךָ אֶתְּנֶנָּה וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.’
- רGenesis 36:6
… כָּל־בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־קִנְיָנוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכַשׁ בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל …
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
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 50,470 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- גGenesis 34:25
- גDeuteronomy 33:29
… מִי כָמוֹךָ עַם נוֹשַׁע בַּֽיהוָה מָגֵן עֶזְרֶךָ וַאֲשֶׁר־חֶרֶב גַּאֲוָתֶךָ וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁוּ …
Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? A people saved by the LORD, The shield of thy help, And that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- זLeviticus 8:24
… מֹשֶׁה מִן־הַדָּם עַל־תְּנוּךְ אָזְנָם הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן יָדָם הַיְמָנִית …
And Aaron’s sons were brought, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot; and Moses dashed the blood against the altar round about.
- רGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 152,063, width 152,063 — one row is 152,063 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,153 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,063 in the laboratory →
- גDeuteronomy 33:29
Across the Tanakh
2,564,873 sequences of גזר across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,607,535 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 43,042 found · chance alone about 43,376 (probability of 43,042 or more by chance alone: 0.95).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 143,674
- Exodus 93,389
- Leviticus 99,948
- Numbers 100,092
- Deuteronomy 95,684
- Joshua 130,904
- Judges 92,226
- Samuel 209,706
- Kings 144,125
- Isaiah 179,700
- Jeremiah 158,149
- Ezekiel 169,845
- The Twelve 167,486
- Psalms 189,926
- Proverbs 62,950
- Job 85,921
- Song of Songs 17,530
- Ruth 16,125
- Lamentations 20,706
- Ecclesiastes 30,601
- Esther 28,668
- Daniel 64,510
- Ezra–Nehemiah 78,334
- Chronicles 184,674
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ג ז רJob 9:6
הַמַּרְגִּיז אֶרֶץ מִמְּקוֹמָהּ וְעַמּוּדֶיהָ יִתְפַלָּצֽוּן
Who shaketh the earth out of her place, And the pillars thereof tremble.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 970,460 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ג ז רJob 9:6
- גJoshua 4:20
וְאֵת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה הָֽאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר לָקְחוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּן הֵקִים יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּגִּלְגָּֽל
And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- זJoshua 4:22
וְהוֹדַעְתֶּם אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶם לֵאמֹר בַּיַּבָּשָׁה עָבַר יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּֽה
then ye shall let your children know, saying: Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
- רJoshua 4:24
לְמַעַן דַּעַת כָּל־עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ אֶת־יַד יְהוָה כִּי חֲזָקָה …
that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty; that ye may fear the LORD your God for ever.’
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 310,091 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- גJoshua 4:20
- ג2 Chronicles 36:22
… פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־קוֹל בְּכָל־מַלְכוּתוֹ וְגַם־בְּמִכְתָּב לֵאמֹֽר
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
- זIsaiah 25:4
… צֵל מֵחֹרֶב כִּי רוּחַ עָרִיצִים כְּזֶרֶם קִֽיר
For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, A stronghold to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall.
- רGenesis 1:6
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
skip 598,361, width 598,361 — one row is 598,361 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,924 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,361 in the laboratory →
- ג2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
גזר — the Tanakh's own spelling: Gezer. Searched as גזר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 210.
As a plain word it stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 10:33. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Gazer in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 151,924 sequences of גזר across every skip (2–152,424), 10% above what chance alone gives (about 137,803); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.1 × 10⁻³⁰⁶ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Gazer in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 6:21 — the shortest of 151,924 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 137,803.
How is Gazer spelled in Hebrew?
Gazer is spelled גזר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 210.
Is Gazer in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
2,564,873 sequences of גזר across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,607,535 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 137,803 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.