Hersch הרש
Hersch is a first name, written הרש in Hebrew (given name). In the Torah codes, Hersch is found 828,217 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:21) — about what chance alone gives (about 839,130).
- Found in the Torah
- 828,217
- Chance alone
- 839,130
- 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
828,217 sequences of הרש at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 839,130 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:21, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 12,673,989 sequences of הרש, against about 13,006,155 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 839,130 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 169,568
- Exodus 195,499
- Leviticus 134,566
- Numbers 177,001
- Deuteronomy 151,583
The shortest skips
וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַתַּנִּינִם הַגְּדֹלִים וְאֵת כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ הַֽחַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 995Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ בְּהֵמָה וָרֶמֶשׂ וְחַֽיְתוֹ־אֶרֶץ לְמִינָהּ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,155Open in the laboratory →
וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְכִבְשֻׁהָ וּרְדוּ בִּדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבְכָל־חַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And God blessed them; and God said unto them: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,458Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ חָֽרְבוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ וַיָּסַר נֹחַ אֶת־מִכְסֵה הַתֵּבָה וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה חָֽרְבוּ פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dried.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,763Open in the laboratory →
וַתְּהִי רֵאשִׁית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ בָּבֶל וְאֶרֶךְ וְאַכַּד וְכַלְנֵה בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,894Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 2,815,875 sequences of הרש at skips 2–5,000, 0.3% above what chance alone gives (about 2,806,336); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.3 × 10⁻⁹ by chance alone.
- Genesis 169,568
- Exodus 195,499
- Leviticus 134,566
- Numbers 177,001
- Deuteronomy 159,289
- Joshua 123,318
- Judges 86,258
- Samuel 195,408
- Kings 279,967
- Isaiah 142,802
- Jeremiah 205,032
- Ezekiel 158,690
- The Twelve 133,779
- Psalms 125,346
- Proverbs 43,801
- Job 40,092
- Song of Songs 9,361
- Ruth 11,079
- Lamentations 10,920
- Ecclesiastes 28,080
- Esther 35,294
- Daniel 37,641
- Ezra–Nehemiah 87,087
- Chronicles 225,997
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּזֹאת תֵּֽדְעוּן כִּי אֵל חַי בְּקִרְבְּכֶם וְהוֹרֵשׁ יוֹרִישׁ מִפְּנֵיכֶם אֶת־הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְאֶת־הַחִתִּי וְאֶת־הַחִוִּי וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּי וְאֶת־הַגִּרְגָּשִׁי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
And Joshua said: ‘Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,273Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וַיִּתְּנָהּ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לְנַחֲלָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמַחְלְקֹתָם לְשִׁבְטֵיהֶם וְהָאָרֶץ שָׁקְטָה מִמִּלְחָמָֽה
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD spoke unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,881Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹא הוֹרִישׁוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַגְּשׁוּרִי וְאֶת־הַמַּעֲכָתִי וַיֵּשֶׁב גְּשׁוּר וּמַֽעֲכָת בְּקֶרֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
Nevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites; but Geshur and Maacath dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 325,579Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
הרש — the name in Hebrew letters: given name. Searched as הרש, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 505.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Hersch appear in the Torah codes?
828,217 sequences of הרש at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 839,130 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Hersch in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:21 — the shortest of 828,217 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 839,130.
How is Hersch spelled in Hebrew?
Hersch is spelled הרש — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 505.
Is Hersch in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 2,815,875 sequences of הרש at skips 2–5,000, 0.3% above what chance alone gives (about 2,806,336); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.3 × 10⁻⁹ 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 839,130 here) beside the count.