Gera גרא
Gera (גרא) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Gera is found 112,055 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 10:8) — 2.4% above the 109,456 chance alone would give (probability of 112,055 or more by chance alone: 2.5 × 10⁻¹⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 112,055
- Chance alone
- 109,456
- P (≥ found)
- 2.5 × 10⁻¹⁵
- 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 112,055 sequences of גרא at skips 2–5,000, 2.4% above what chance alone gives (about 109,456); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.5 × 10⁻¹⁵ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 10:8, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 1,658,335 sequences of גרא, against about 1,696,515 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 109,456 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 34,185
- Exodus 18,546
- Leviticus 19,924
- Numbers 19,226
- Deuteronomy 20,174
The shortest skips
וְכוּשׁ יָלַד אֶת־נִמְרֹד הוּא הֵחֵל לִֽהְיוֹת גִּבֹּר בָּאָֽרֶץ
And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,837Open in the laboratory →
גּוּר בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וְאֶֽהְיֶה עִמְּךָ וַאֲבָרְכֶךָּ כִּֽי־לְךָ וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת־כָּל־הָֽאֲרָצֹת הָאֵל וַהֲקִֽמֹתִי אֶת־הַשְּׁבֻעָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִֽיךָ
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 34,511Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ הָלַךְ אֵלָיו מִגְּרָר וַאֲחֻזַּת מֵֽרֵעֵהוּ וּפִיכֹל שַׂר־צְבָאֽוֹ
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,767Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּשֶׁב יַעֲקֹב בְּאֶרֶץ מְגוּרֵי אָבִיו בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָֽעַן
And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 54,065Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה לָגוּר בָּאָרֶץ בָּאנוּ כִּי־אֵין מִרְעֶה לַצֹּאן אֲשֶׁר לַעֲבָדֶיךָ כִּֽי־כָבֵד הָרָעָב בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וְעַתָּה יֵֽשְׁבוּ־נָא עֲבָדֶיךָ בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן
And they said unto Pharaoh: ‘To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 72,075Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, גרא appears 455,038 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 456,139, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 34,185
- Exodus 18,546
- Leviticus 19,924
- Numbers 19,226
- Deuteronomy 21,157
- Joshua 24,762
- Judges 18,718
- Samuel 42,038
- Kings 30,641
- Isaiah 30,823
- Jeremiah 29,551
- Ezekiel 30,045
- The Twelve 28,690
- Psalms 24,028
- Proverbs 8,487
- Job 12,405
- Song of Songs 2,468
- Ruth 2,288
- Lamentations 2,953
- Ecclesiastes 4,348
- Esther 4,629
- Daniel 10,692
- Ezra–Nehemiah 10,095
- Chronicles 24,339
Outside the Torah
וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ בְּנֵי יוֹסֵף אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹר מַדּוּעַ נָתַתָּה לִּי נַחֲלָה גּוֹרָל אֶחָד וְחֶבֶל אֶחָד וַֽאֲנִי עַם־רָב עַד אֲשֶׁר־עַד־כֹּה בֵּֽרְכַנִי יְהוָֽה
And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying: ‘Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me thus?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 331,455Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־בֵּית יוֹסֵף לְאֶפְרַיִם וְלִמְנַשֶּׁה לֵאמֹר עַם־רַב אַתָּה וְכֹחַ גָּדוֹל לָךְ לֹֽא־יִהְיֶה לְךָ גּוֹרָל אֶחָֽד
And Joshua spoke unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying: ‘Thou art a great people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 331,713Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּתְּנוּ לָהֶם אֶת־עִיר מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ אֶת־שְׁכֶם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ בְּהַר אֶפְרָיִם וְאֶת־גֶּזֶר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ
And they gave them Shechem with the open land about it in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with the open land about it;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 337,240Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
גרא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as גרא, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 204.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 46:21. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Gera in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 112,055 sequences of גרא at skips 2–5,000, 2.4% above what chance alone gives (about 109,456); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.5 × 10⁻¹⁵ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Gera in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 10:8 — the shortest of 112,055 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 109,456.
How is Gera spelled in Hebrew?
Gera is spelled גרא — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 204.
Is Gera in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, גרא appears 455,038 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 456,139, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 109,456 here) beside the count.