Gerar גרר
Gerar (גרר) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Gerar is found 75,394 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 49:9) — 2.8% above the 73,314 chance alone would give (probability of 75,394 or more by chance alone: 1.1 × 10⁻¹⁴).
- Found in the Torah
- 75,394
- Chance alone
- 73,314
- P (≥ found)
- 1.1 × 10⁻¹⁴
- 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 75,394 sequences of גרר at skips 2–5,000, 2.8% above what chance alone gives (about 73,314); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.1 × 10⁻¹⁴ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 49:9, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 1,111,588 sequences of גרר, against about 1,136,339 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 73,314 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 21,814
- Exodus 13,537
- Leviticus 12,257
- Numbers 13,637
- Deuteronomy 14,149
The shortest skips
גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה מִטֶּרֶף בְּנִי עָלִיתָ כָּרַע רָבַץ כְּאַרְיֵה וּכְלָבִיא מִי יְקִימֶֽנּוּ
Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 75,579Open in the laboratory →
וּלְדָן אָמַר דָּן גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְזַנֵּק מִן־הַבָּשָֽׁן
And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion’s whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 303,863Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ עַל־הַחֹשֶׁן שַׁרְשְׁרֹת גַּבְלֻת מַעֲשֵׂה עֲבֹת זָהָב טָהֽוֹר
And they made upon the breastplate plaited chains, of wreathen work of pure gold.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 138,555Open in the laboratory →
אַשְׁרֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִי כָמוֹךָ עַם נוֹשַׁע בַּֽיהוָה מָגֵן עֶזְרֶךָ וַאֲשֶׁר־חֶרֶב גַּאֲוָתֶךָ וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁוּ אֹיְבֶיךָ לָךְ וְאַתָּה עַל־בָּמוֹתֵימוֹ תִדְרֹֽךְ
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.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 304,166Open in the laboratory →
הָרַכָּה בְךָ וְהָעֲנֻגָּה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נִסְּתָה כַף־רַגְלָהּ הַצֵּג עַל־הָאָרֶץ מֵהִתְעַנֵּג וּמֵרֹךְ תֵּרַע עֵינָהּ בְּאִישׁ חֵיקָהּ וּבִבְנָהּ וּבְבִתָּֽהּ
The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 294,468Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 328,752 sequences of גרר at skips 2–5,000, 1.3% above what chance alone gives (about 324,468); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.1 × 10⁻¹⁴ by chance alone.
- Genesis 21,814
- Exodus 13,537
- Leviticus 12,257
- Numbers 13,637
- Deuteronomy 14,969
- Joshua 22,544
- Judges 11,884
- Samuel 23,076
- Kings 20,923
- Isaiah 26,209
- Jeremiah 20,978
- Ezekiel 20,803
- The Twelve 21,296
- Psalms 21,357
- Proverbs 8,667
- Job 8,976
- Song of Songs 2,000
- Ruth 1,742
- Lamentations 2,110
- Ecclesiastes 3,412
- Esther 3,752
- Daniel 6,809
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,503
- Chronicles 18,497
Outside the Torah
וַֽיְהִי לִבְנֵי אַהֲרֹן מִמִּשְׁפְּחוֹת הַקְּהָתִי מִבְּנֵי לֵוִי כִּי לָהֶם הָיָה הַגּוֹרָל רִיאשֹׁנָֽה
And they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot. .
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 336,737Open in the laboratory →
הֵם עִם־הָאֶבֶן הַגְּדוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר בְּגִבְעוֹן וַעֲמָשָׂא בָּא לִפְנֵיהֶם וְיוֹאָב חָגוּר מִדּוֹ לְבֻשׁוּ ועלו חֲגוֹר חֶרֶב מְצֻמֶּדֶת עַל־מָתְנָיו בְּתַעְרָהּ וְהוּא יָצָא וַתִּפֹּֽל
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 469,436Open in the laboratory →
בֶּן־גֶּבֶר בְּרָמֹת גִּלְעָד לוֹ חַוֺּת יָאִיר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁה אֲשֶׁר בַּגִּלְעָד לוֹ חֶבֶל אַרְגֹּב אֲשֶׁר בַּבָּשָׁן שִׁשִּׁים עָרִים גְּדֹלוֹת חוֹמָה וּבְרִיחַ נְחֹֽשֶׁת
the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 485,528Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
גרר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as גרר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 403.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 20:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Gerar appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 75,394 sequences of גרר at skips 2–5,000, 2.8% above what chance alone gives (about 73,314); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.1 × 10⁻¹⁴ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Gerar in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 49:9 — the shortest of 75,394 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 73,314.
How is Gerar spelled in Hebrew?
Gerar is spelled גרר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 403.
Is Gerar in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 328,752 sequences of גרר at skips 2–5,000, 1.3% above what chance alone gives (about 324,468); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.1 × 10⁻¹⁴ 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 73,314 here) beside the count.