Heresh חרש
Heresh (חרש) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 213,057 sequences of Heresh, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 11:24); chance alone would give about 215,024.
- Found in the Torah
- 213,057
- Chance alone
- 215,024
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, חרש appears 213,057 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 215,024, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 11:24, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 3,248,126 sequences of חרש, against about 3,332,784 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 215,024 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 49,633
- Exodus 49,584
- Leviticus 32,206
- Numbers 53,107
- Deuteronomy 28,527
The shortest skips
וַיְחִי נָחוֹר תֵּשַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־תָּֽרַח
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,714Open in the laboratory →
וָאֶשְׁאַל אֹתָהּ וָאֹמַר בַּת־מִי אַתְּ וַתֹּאמֶר בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל בֶּן־נָחוֹר אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ מִלְכָּה וָאָשִׂם הַנֶּזֶם עַל־אַפָּהּ וְהַצְּמִידִים עַל־יָדֶֽיהָ
And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? And she said: The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore unto him. And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 31,813Open in the laboratory →
אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם וֵֽאלֹהֵי נָחוֹר יִשְׁפְּטוּ בֵינֵינוּ אֱלֹהֵי אֲבִיהֶם וַיִּשָּׁבַע יַעֲקֹב בְּפַחַד אָבִיו יִצְחָֽק
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us.’ And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 46,367Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁרַץ הַיְאֹר צְפַרְדְּעִים וְעָלוּ וּבָאוּ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבַחֲדַר מִשְׁכָּבְךָ וְעַל־מִטָּתֶךָ וּבְבֵית עֲבָדֶיךָ וּבְעַמֶּךָ וּבְתַנּוּרֶיךָ וּבְמִשְׁאֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ
And the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bed-chamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 87,865Open in the laboratory →
וְעָשִׂיתָ אֵת חֲצַר הַמִּשְׁכָּן לִפְאַת נֶֽגֶב־תֵּימָנָה קְלָעִים לֶחָצֵר שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר מֵאָה בָֽאַמָּה אֹרֶךְ לַפֵּאָה הָאֶחָֽת
And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 117,612Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 761,069 sequences of חרש at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% above what chance alone gives (about 759,589); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.04 by chance alone.
- Genesis 49,633
- Exodus 49,584
- Leviticus 32,206
- Numbers 53,107
- Deuteronomy 30,303
- Joshua 30,264
- Judges 23,327
- Samuel 50,327
- Kings 69,272
- Isaiah 43,638
- Jeremiah 38,464
- Ezekiel 43,867
- The Twelve 29,597
- Psalms 46,562
- Proverbs 26,226
- Job 22,966
- Song of Songs 3,329
- Ruth 2,300
- Lamentations 4,543
- Ecclesiastes 9,370
- Esther 6,767
- Daniel 12,805
- Ezra–Nehemiah 22,757
- Chronicles 59,855
Outside the Torah
מִֽן־הַשִּׁיחוֹר אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי מִצְרַיִם וְעַד גְּבוּל עֶקְרוֹן צָפוֹנָה לַֽכְּנַעֲנִי תֵּחָשֵׁב חֲמֵשֶׁת סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים הָעַזָּתִי וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִי הָאֶשְׁקְלוֹנִי הַגִּתִּי וְהָעֶקְרוֹנִי וְהָעַוִּֽים
from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward—which is counted to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines: the Gazite, and the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite; also the Avvim
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 324,967Open in the laboratory →
חֲסַר מְשֻׁגָּעִים אָנִי כִּי־הֲבֵאתֶם אֶת־זֶה לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ עָלָי הֲזֶה יָבוֹא אֶל־בֵּיתִֽי
Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 419,609Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־יוֹאָב וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּוֹ קִרְעוּ בִגְדֵיכֶם וְחִגְרוּ שַׂקִּים וְסִפְדוּ לִפְנֵי אַבְנֵר וְהַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד הֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֵי הַמִּטָּֽה
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him: ‘Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and wail before Abner.’ And king David followed the bier.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 440,348Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חרש — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חרש, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 508.
As a plain word it stands 40 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:22. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Heresh in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, חרש appears 213,057 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 215,024, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Heresh in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 11:24 — the shortest of 213,057 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 215,024.
How is Heresh spelled in Hebrew?
Heresh is spelled חרש — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 508.
Is Heresh in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 761,069 sequences of חרש at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% above what chance alone gives (about 759,589); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.04 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 215,024 here) beside the count.