Heres חרס
Heres (חרס) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Heres is found 25,721 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 27:16) — 1.8% above the 25,273 chance alone would give (probability of 25,721 or more by chance alone: 0.0025).
- Found in the Torah
- 25,721
- Chance alone
- 25,273
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0025
- 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 25,721 sequences of חרס at skips 2–5,000, 1.8% above what chance alone gives (about 25,273); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0025 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 27:16, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 381,660 sequences of חרס, against about 391,728 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 25,273 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 6,273
- Exodus 5,532
- Leviticus 3,538
- Numbers 7,316
- Deuteronomy 3,062
The shortest skips
וּלְשַׁעַר הֶֽחָצֵר מָסָךְ עֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר מַעֲשֵׂה רֹקֵם עַמֻּֽדֵיהֶם אַרְבָּעָה וְאַדְנֵיהֶם אַרְבָּעָֽה
And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the weaver in colours: their pillars four, and their sockets four.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 117,923Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא אֲלֵהֶם לוֹט הַפֶּתְחָה וְהַדֶּלֶת סָגַר אַחֲרָֽיו
And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 22,529Open in the laboratory →
עַד מִֽמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת הַשְּׁבִיעִת תִּסְפְּרוּ חֲמִשִּׁים יוֹם וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם מִנְחָה חֲדָשָׁה לַיהוָֽה
even unto the morrow after the seventh week shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall present a new meal-offering unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 176,944Open in the laboratory →
וְנָתַן הַכֹּהֵן מִן־הַדָּם עַל־קַרְנוֹת מִזְבַּח קְטֹרֶת הַסַּמִּים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְאֵת כָּל־דַּם הַפָּר יִשְׁפֹּךְ אֶל־יְסוֹד מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה אֲשֶׁר־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד
And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the remaining blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 144,613Open in the laboratory →
וְעָשִׂיתָ מִכְסֶה לָאֹהֶל עֹרֹת אֵילִם מְאָדָּמִים וּמִכְסֵה עֹרֹת תְּחָשִׁים מִלְמָֽעְלָה
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’skins dyed red and a covering of sealskins above.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 116,025Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 102,392 sequences of חרס at skips 2–5,000, 2.8% above what chance alone gives (about 99,651); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.7 × 10⁻¹⁸ by chance alone.
- Genesis 6,273
- Exodus 5,532
- Leviticus 3,538
- Numbers 7,316
- Deuteronomy 3,177
- Joshua 2,754
- Judges 2,919
- Samuel 3,850
- Kings 8,787
- Isaiah 7,888
- Jeremiah 4,698
- Ezekiel 5,669
- The Twelve 4,881
- Psalms 10,399
- Proverbs 5,737
- Job 3,707
- Song of Songs 474
- Ruth 297
- Lamentations 531
- Ecclesiastes 1,692
- Esther 1,270
- Daniel 2,118
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,740
- Chronicles 6,145
Outside the Torah
וּמִן־הָעִיר לָקַח סָרִיס אֶחָד אֲֽשֶׁר־הוּא פָקִיד עַל־אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה וַחֲמִשָּׁה אֲנָשִׁים מֵרֹאֵי פְנֵֽי־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר נִמְצְאוּ בָעִיר וְאֵת הַסֹּפֵר שַׂר הַצָּבָא הַמַּצְבִּא אֶת־עַם הָאָרֶץ וְשִׁשִּׁים אִישׁ מֵעַם הָאָרֶץ הַֽנִּמְצְאִים בָּעִֽיר
and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 574,700Open in the laboratory →
וּמִן־הָעִיר לָקַח סָרִיס אֶחָד אֲֽשֶׁר־הָיָה פָקִיד עַל־אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה וְשִׁבְעָה אֲנָשִׁים מֵרֹאֵי פְנֵי־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר נִמְצְאוּ בָעִיר וְאֵת סֹפֵר שַׂר הַצָּבָא הַמַּצְבִּא אֶת־עַם הָאָרֶץ וְשִׁשִּׁים אִישׁ מֵעַם הָאָרֶץ הַֽנִּמְצְאִים בְּתוֹךְ הָעִֽיר
and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and seven men of them that saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 726,722Open in the laboratory →
וּמָדַד אֹֽרֶךְ־הַבִּנְיָן אֶל־פְּנֵי הַגִּזְרָה אֲשֶׁר עַל־אַחֲרֶיהָ ואתוקיהא מִפּוֹ וּמִפּוֹ מֵאָה אַמָּה וְהַֽהֵיכָל הַפְּנִימִי וְאֻֽלַמֵּי הֶחָצֵֽר
And he measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at the back thereof, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits. Now the temple, and the inner place, and the porches of the court,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 789,788Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חרס — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חרס, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 268.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 1:35. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Cheres.
Questions
Is Heres in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 25,721 sequences of חרס at skips 2–5,000, 1.8% above what chance alone gives (about 25,273); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0025 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Heres in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 27:16 — the shortest of 25,721 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 25,273.
How is Heres spelled in Hebrew?
Heres is spelled חרס — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 268.
Is Heres in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 102,392 sequences of חרס at skips 2–5,000, 2.8% above what chance alone gives (about 99,651); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.7 × 10⁻¹⁸ 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 25,273 here) beside the count.