Hareph חרף
Hareph (חרף) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 65,746 sequences of Hareph, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 13:13); chance alone would give about 66,251.
- Found in the Torah
- 65,746
- Chance alone
- 66,251
- P (≥ found)
- 0.98
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
65,746 sequences of חרף at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 66,251 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which חרף appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 13:13, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), חרף is found 999,235 times; chance alone would give about 1,026,869.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 66,251 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 16,432
- Exodus 14,256
- Leviticus 9,918
- Numbers 17,632
- Deuteronomy 7,508
The shortest skips
וְכָל־פֶּטֶר חֲמֹר תִּפְדֶּה בְשֶׂה וְאִם־לֹא תִפְדֶּה וַעֲרַפְתּוֹ וְכֹל בְּכוֹר אָדָם בְּבָנֶיךָ תִּפְדֶּֽה
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck; and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 97,415Open in the laboratory →
וְרֹחַב הֶֽחָצֵר לִפְאַת־יָם קְלָעִים חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה עַמֻּדֵיהֶם עֲשָׂרָה וְאַדְנֵיהֶם עֲשָׂרָֽה
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 117,761Open in the laboratory →
וְרֹחַב הֶֽחָצֵר לִפְאַת קֵדְמָה מִזְרָחָה חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּֽה
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 117,809Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־הֶחָצֵר לִפְאַת נֶגֶב תֵּימָנָה קַלְעֵי הֶֽחָצֵר שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר מֵאָה בָּאַמָּֽה
And he made the court; for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 136,572Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּצְבֹּר יוֹסֵף בָּר כְּחוֹל הַיָּם הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד עַד כִּי־חָדַל לִסְפֹּר כִּי־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר
And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 62,534Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, חרף appears 243,528 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.0% more than the 238,639 chance alone would give; the probability of 243,528 or more by chance alone is 1.0 × 10⁻²³.
- Genesis 16,432
- Exodus 14,256
- Leviticus 9,918
- Numbers 17,632
- Deuteronomy 7,888
- Joshua 8,429
- Judges 6,891
- Samuel 12,746
- Kings 15,399
- Isaiah 16,726
- Jeremiah 11,213
- Ezekiel 16,920
- The Twelve 10,746
- Psalms 20,138
- Proverbs 12,601
- Job 12,144
- Song of Songs 1,456
- Ruth 821
- Lamentations 1,428
- Ecclesiastes 2,303
- Esther 1,740
- Daniel 4,421
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,740
- Chronicles 15,540
Outside the Torah
וּבְנָיָהוּ בֶן־יְהוֹיָדָע בֶּן־אִֽישׁ־חי רַב־פְּעָלִים מִֽקַּבְצְאֵל הוּא הִכָּה אֵת שְׁנֵי אֲרִאֵל מוֹאָב וְהוּא יָרַד וְהִכָּה אֶֽת־האריה בְּתוֹךְ הַבֹּאר בְּיוֹם הַשָּֽׁלֶג
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he smote the two altar-hearths of Moab; he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 474,824Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הֶחָצֵר הַפְּנִימִית שְׁלֹשָׁה טוּרֵי גָזִית וְטוּר כְּרֻתֹת אֲרָזִֽים
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 489,675Open in the laboratory →
וְהַכְּרֻבִים עֹֽמְדִים מִימִין לַבַּיִת בְּבֹאוֹ הָאִישׁ וְהֶעָנָן מָלֵא אֶת־הֶחָצֵר הַפְּנִימִֽית
Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 737,834Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חרף — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חרף, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 288.
As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 5:18. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Hareph in the Bible code?
65,746 sequences of חרף at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 66,251 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Hareph in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 13:13 — the shortest of 65,746 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 66,251.
What is the gematria of Hareph in Hebrew?
Hareph is spelled חרף — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 288.
How many times is Hareph found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, חרף appears 243,528 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.0% more than the 238,639 chance alone would give; the probability of 243,528 or more by chance alone is 1.0 × 10⁻²³.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 66,251 here) beside the count.