Harp כנור

Harp — in Hebrew כנור — lyre, harp. Harp appears 335,543 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 335,569 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 335,543
Chance alone · every skip: 335,569
P (≥ found) · every skip: 0.52
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 101,420

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 31,105 found · chance alone about 32,205 (probability of 31,105 or more by chance alone: 1.00).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 335,543 sequences of כנור across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 335,569).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Numbers 9:16, reading forward.

The longest skip at which כנור was found in the Torah is 101,420 — at Deuteronomy 34:11, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 77,800
Exodus 61,783
Leviticus 51,078
Numbers 54,816
Deuteronomy 90,066

Examples across the range

5 of the 335,543 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.

shortest skipNumbers 9:16במדבר ט:טזskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. כ נ ו רNumbers 9:16
  כֵּן יִהְיֶה תָמִיד הֶעָנָן יְכַסֶּנּוּ וּמַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ לָֽיְלָה
  So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 204,681 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
also at the shortest skipDeuteronomy 4:11דברים ד:יאskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ך נ ו רDeuteronomy 4:11
  וַתִּקְרְבוּן וַתַּֽעַמְדוּן תַּחַת הָהָר וְהָהָר בֹּעֵר בָּאֵשׁ עַד־לֵב הַשָּׁמַיִם חֹשֶׁךְ עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶֽל
  And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 257,090 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 32:5בראשית לב:הskip 101, forward
1. ךGenesis 32:5
  … תֹאמְרוּן לַֽאדֹנִי לְעֵשָׂו כֹּה אָמַר עַבְדְּךָ יַעֲקֹב עִם־לָבָן גַּרְתִּי וָאֵחַר …
  And he commanded them, saying: ‘Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. נGenesis 32:7
  וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב לֵאמֹר בָּאנוּ אֶל־אָחִיךָ אֶל־עֵשָׂו וְגַם …
  And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: ‘We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.’
2. וGenesis 32:8
  … הַצֹּאן וְאֶת־הַבָּקָר וְהַגְּמַלִּים לִשְׁנֵי מַחֲנֽוֹת
  Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. And he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two camps.
3. רGenesis 32:10
  … יִצְחָק יְהוָה הָאֹמֵר אֵלַי שׁוּב לְאַרְצְךָ וּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָ וְאֵיטִיבָה עִמָּֽךְ
  And Jacob said: ‘O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who saidst unto me: Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good;
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 46,675 of the TorahOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 30:12שמות ל:יבskip 1,000, forward
1. כExodus 30:12
  כִּי תִשָּׂא אֶת־רֹאשׁ בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל …
  ’When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. ןExodus 30:33
  אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִרְקַח כָּמֹהוּ וַאֲשֶׁר יִתֵּן מִמֶּנּוּ עַל־זָר וְנִכְרַת מֵעַמָּֽיו
  Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.’
2. וExodus 31:17
  בֵּינִי וּבֵין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אוֹת הִוא לְעֹלָם כִּי־שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים עָשָׂה …
  It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He ceased from work and rested.’
3. רExodus 32:14
  וַיִּנָּחֶם יְהוָה עַל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לַעֲשׂוֹת לְעַמּֽוֹ
  And the LORD repented of the evil which He said He would do unto His people.
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 123,581 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 34:11דברים לד:יאskip 101,420, backward
1. כDeuteronomy 34:11
  לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
  in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. נNumbers 8:19
  … הַלְוִיִּם נְתֻנִים לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת בְּנֵֽי …
  And I have given the Levites— they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel…
2. וExodus 16:12
  … לֵאמֹר בֵּין הָֽעַרְבַּיִם תֹּאכְלוּ בָשָׂר וּבַבֹּקֶר תִּשְׂבְּעוּ־לָחֶם וִֽידַעְתֶּם כִּי אֲנִי …
  ’I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak unto them, saying: At dusk ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.’
3. רGenesis 1:11
  … דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ …
  And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 101,420, width 101,420 — one row is 101,420 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 304,742 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,420 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 5,272,672 sequences of כנור across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 5,366,527).

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 130,430 found · chance alone about 133,626 (probability of 130,430 or more by chance alone: 1.00).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 316,249
Exodus 257,253
Leviticus 199,850
Numbers 207,782
Deuteronomy 338,892
Joshua 144,075
Judges 128,496
Samuel 373,300
Kings 426,311
Isaiah 302,204
Jeremiah 383,280
Ezekiel 331,027
The Twelve 255,196
Psalms 416,743
Proverbs 142,461
Job 153,949
Song of Songs 29,819
Ruth 23,427
Lamentations 29,640
Ecclesiastes 63,494
Esther 74,184
Daniel 121,610
Ezra–Nehemiah 148,793
Chronicles 404,637

Open the whole Tanakh in the laboratory

Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the Torah2 Kings 10:19מלכים ב י:יטskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. כ נ ו ר2 Kings 10:19
  … נְבִיאֵי הַבַּעַל כָּל־עֹבְדָיו וְכָל־כֹּהֲנָיו קִרְאוּ אֵלַי אִישׁ אַל־יִפָּקֵד כִּי …
  Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests, let none be wanting; for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live.’ But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 546,342 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipJeremiah 18:13ירמיהו יח:יגskip 100, forward
1. כJeremiah 18:13
  לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה שַֽׁאֲלוּ־נָא בַּגּוֹיִם …
  Therefore thus saith the LORD: Ask ye now among the nations, Who hath heard such things; The virgin of Israel hath done A very horrible thing.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. נJeremiah 18:15
  כִּֽי־שְׁכֵחֻנִי עַמִּי לַשָּׁוְא יְקַטֵּרוּ וַיַּכְשִׁלוּם בְּדַרְכֵיהֶם שְׁבִילֵי עוֹלָם לָלֶכֶת נְתִיבוֹת דֶּרֶךְ לֹא סְלוּלָֽה
  For My people hath forgotten Me, They offer unto vanity; And they have been made to stumble in their ways, In the ancient paths, To walk in bypaths, In a way not cast up;
2. וJeremiah 18:16
  לָשׂוּם אַרְצָם לְשַׁמָּה שרוקת עוֹלָם כֹּל עוֹבֵר עָלֶיהָ יִשֹּׁם וְיָנִיד בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ
  To make their land an astonishment, And a perpetual hissing; Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, And shake his head.
3. רJeremiah 18:18
  … תֹאבַד תּוֹרָה מִכֹּהֵן וְעֵצָה מֵֽחָכָם וְדָבָר מִנָּבִיא לְכוּ וְנַכֵּהוּ בַלָּשׁוֹן וְאַל …
  Then said they: ‘Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; For instruction shall not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, And let us not give heed to any of his words.’
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 668,328 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:20דברי הימים ב לו:כskip 398,816, backward
1. ך2 Chronicles 36:20
  וַיֶּגֶל הַשְּׁאֵרִית מִן־הַחֶרֶב אֶל־בָּבֶל וַֽיִּהְיוּ־לוֹ וּלְבָנָיו לַעֲבָדִים עַד־מְלֹךְ מַלְכוּת פָּרָֽס
  And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. נEzekiel 46:18
  … לְהֽוֹנֹתָם מֵאֲחֻזָּתָם מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֹ יַנְחִל אֶת־בָּנָיו לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָפֻצוּ עַמִּי …
  Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them wrongfully out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession; that My people be not scattered every man from his possession.’
2. ו1 Samuel 11:11
  … אֶת־עַמּוֹן עַד־חֹם הַיּוֹם וַיְהִי הַנִּשְׁאָרִים וַיָּפֻצוּ וְלֹא נִשְׁאֲרוּ־בָם …
  And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
3. רGenesis 1:8
  וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָֽרָקִיעַ שָׁמָיִם וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שֵׁנִֽי
  And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
skip 398,816, width 398,816 — one row is 398,816 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,766 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,816 in the laboratory →

The spelling

כנור — the Tanakh's own spelling: lyre, harp. Searched as כנור, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 276.

As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:21. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

כינור — the Tanakh's own spelling Torah · every skip: 25,648 (chance 26,052)

“harp” in Hebrew

Questions

Does Harp appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 335,543 sequences of כנור across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 335,569).

What is the shortest skip for Harp in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 9:16 — the shortest of 335,543 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 335,569.

How is Harp spelled in Hebrew?

Harp is spelled כנור — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 276; one other spelling is counted on this page.

Is Harp in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?