Biblical names

Harhur חרחור

Harhur (חרחור) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 578 sequences of Harhur, the shortest at skip 11 (Genesis 32:27); chance alone would give about 580.

Found in the Torah
578
Chance alone
580
P (≥ found)
0.55
Shortest skip
11

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

578 sequences of חרחור at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 580 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which חרחור appears in the Torah is 11 — the first at Genesis 32:27, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), חרחור is found 4,673 times; chance alone would give about 4,574.

  • Genesis 156
  • Exodus 136
  • Leviticus 103
  • Numbers 124
  • Deuteronomy 59

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 32:27בראשית לב:כזskip 11, backward

    וַיֹּאמֶר שַׁלְּחֵנִי כִּי עָלָה הַשָּׁחַר וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲךָ כִּי אִם־בֵּרַכְתָּֽנִי

    And he said: ‘Let me go, for the day breaketh.’ And he said: ‘I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.’

    חרחור at skip 11, backward from Genesis 32:27לותהשחרויראכילאיכללוויגעבכףירכוותקעכףיךיעקבבהאבקעמוויאמרשלניכיעלההשחויאמרלאאשלךכיאםברכתניויאמראליומהשמךויאמריעקבויאמחרחור
    skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 47,886Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 26:2שמות כו:בskip 12, backward

    אֹרֶךְ הַיְרִיעָה הָֽאַחַת שְׁמֹנֶה וְעֶשְׂרִים בָּֽאַמָּה וְרֹחַב אַרְבַּע בָּאַמָּה הַיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת מִדָּה אַחַת לְכָל־הַיְרִיעֹֽת

    The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have one measure.

    חרחור at skip 12, backward from Exodus 26:2כלתוארגמןותלעתשניכרביםמעשהחשבתעשהאתםארךהייעההאחתשמנהעשריםבאמהורבארבעבאמההייעההאחתמדהאתלכלהיריעתחמשהיריעתתהייןחברתאשהאלאחתהוחמשיחרחור
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 115,313Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 36:9שמות לו:טskip 12, backward

    אֹרֶךְ הַיְרִיעָה הָֽאַחַת שְׁמֹנֶה וְעֶשְׂרִים בָּֽאַמָּה וְרֹחַב אַרְבַּע בָּֽאַמָּה הַיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת מִדָּה אַחַת לְכָל־הַיְרִיעֹֽת

    The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had one measure.

    חרחור at skip 12, backward from Exodus 36:9כלתוארגמןותולעתשניכרביםמעשהחשבעשהאתםארךהייעההאחתשמנהעשריםבאמהורבארבעבאמההייעההאחתמדהאתלכלהיריעתויחבראתחמשהיריעתאחתאלאחתוחמשיריעחרחור
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 133,298Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 8:1בראשית ח:אskip 16, backward

    וַיִּזְכֹּר אֱלֹהִים אֶת־נֹחַ וְאֵת כָּל־הַֽחַיָּה וְאֶת־כָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ בַּתֵּבָה וַיַּעֲבֵר אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיָּשֹׁכּוּ הַמָּֽיִם

    And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;

    חרחור at skip 16, backward from Genesis 8:1םאשרעלפניהאדמהמאדםעדבהמהעדרמשועדעוףהשמיםוימחומןהארץוישאאךנחואשראתובתבהיגברוהמיםעלהארץמשיםומאתיוםויזכאלהיםאתנחואתכלהיהואתכלהבהמהאשראתובתבהויעבראלהיםרוחעלהארץוישכוהמיםויסכרוחרחור
    skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 9,156Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 23:1דברים כג:אskip 24, backward

    לֹא־יִקַּח אִישׁ אֶת־אֵשֶׁת אָבִיו וְלֹא יְגַלֶּה כְּנַף אָבִֽיו

    A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.

    חרחור at skip 24, backward from Deuteronomy 23:1וםאישעלרעהוורצחונפשכןרהזהכיבשדהמצאהצעקההנעארשהואיןמושיעלהכיימצאנערבתולהאשלאארשהותפשכבעמהונמצאונתןהאישהשמהלאביהנערמשיםכסףולוהלאשהתחתאשענהלאיוכלשכלימיולאיקאישאתאשתאבלאיגלהכנףאביולאיבאפצואוכרותשפכהבקהליקוקלאימזרבקהליקוקגםדורעשיריחרחור
    skip 24, width 24 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 285,585Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, חרחור appears 2,243 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,208, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 156
  • Exodus 136
  • Leviticus 103
  • Numbers 124
  • Deuteronomy 67
  • Joshua 108
  • Judges 69
  • Samuel 114
  • Kings 190
  • Isaiah 146
  • Jeremiah 91
  • Ezekiel 146
  • The Twelve 89
  • Psalms 174
  • Proverbs 110
  • Job 91
  • Song of Songs 15
  • Ruth 7
  • Lamentations 17
  • Ecclesiastes 26
  • Esther 17
  • Daniel 39
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 62
  • Chronicles 146

Outside the Torah

  1. Proverbs 3:14משלי ג:ידskip 6, forward

    כִּי טוֹב סַחְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּסֶף וּמֵחָרוּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ

    For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, And the gain thereof than fine gold.

    חרחור at skip 6, forward from Proverbs 3:14הואדםיפיקתבונהכיטובסרהמסחכסףומרוץתבאתהיקההיאמפנייםוכלחפציךלאיחרחור
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 939,433Open in the laboratory →

  2. Jeremiah 48:15ירמיהו מח:טוskip 6, backward

    שֻׁדַּד מוֹאָב וְעָרֶיהָ עָלָה וּמִבְחַר בַּֽחוּרָיו יָרְדוּ לַטָּבַח נְאֻם־הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁמֽוֹ

    Moab is spoiled, and they are gone up into her cities, And his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, Saith the King, Whose name is the LORD of hosts.

    חרחור at skip 6, backward from Jeremiah 48:15שיחיללמלחמהשדדמואבועיהעלהמבחרבוריוידולטבנאםהמלךיקוקצבאותשמוקרחרחור
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 715,256Open in the laboratory →

  3. Jeremiah 48:15ירמיהו מח:טוskip 12, backward

    שֻׁדַּד מוֹאָב וְעָרֶיהָ עָלָה וּמִבְחַר בַּֽחוּרָיו יָרְדוּ לַטָּבַח נְאֻם־הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁמֽוֹ

    Moab is spoiled, and they are gone up into her cities, And his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, Saith the King, Whose name is the LORD of hosts.

    חרחור at skip 12, backward from Jeremiah 48:15מואבמכמושכאשרבשוביתישראלמביתאלמבטחםאיךתאמוגבוריםאנחנואנשיחיללמלמהשדדמואבועיהעלהומבחרבוריוירדולטבחנאםהמלךיקוקצבאותשמוקרובאידמואבחרחור
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 715,244Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

חרחור — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חרחור, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 422.

As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:51. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Harhur appear in the Torah codes?

578 sequences of חרחור at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 580 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Harhur in the Torah?

Skip 11, reading backward from Genesis 32:27 — the shortest of 578 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 580.

What is the gematria of Harhur in Hebrew?

Harhur is spelled חרחור — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 422.

How many times is Harhur found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, חרחור appears 2,243 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,208, so the count is in line with chance.

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