Honor כבד
Honor — in Hebrew כבד — honor, as in honor your father and your mother; also heavy. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 143,905 sequences of Honor, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 31:18); chance alone would give about 145,560.
- Found in the Torah
- 143,905
- Chance alone
- 145,560
- 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
The Torah holds 143,905 sequences of כבד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 145,560).
The shortest skip at which כבד appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 31:18, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), כבד is found 2,243,319 times; chance alone would give about 2,256,112.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 145,560 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 35,704
- Exodus 26,238
- Leviticus 21,161
- Numbers 26,053
- Deuteronomy 34,749
The shortest skips
וַיִּנְהַג אֶת־כָּל־מִקְנֵהוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־רְכֻשׁוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכָשׁ מִקְנֵה קִנְיָנוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכַשׁ בְּפַדַּן אֲרָם לָבוֹא אֶל־יִצְחָק אָבִיו אַרְצָה כְּנָֽעַן
and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 44,518Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה עַתָּה תִרְאֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶֽעֱשֶׂה לְפַרְעֹה כִּי בְיָד חֲזָקָה יְשַׁלְּחֵם וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה יְגָרְשֵׁם מֵאַרְצֽוֹ
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 84,801Open 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 87,862Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אָנֹכִי אֲשַׁלַּח אֶתְכֶם וּזְבַחְתֶּם לַיהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם בַּמִּדְבָּר רַק הַרְחֵק לֹא־תַרְחִיקוּ לָלֶכֶת הַעְתִּירוּ בַּעֲדִֽי
And Pharaoh said: ‘I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away; entreat for me.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 89,359Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בָרָד וְאֵשׁ מִתְלַקַּחַת בְּתוֹךְ הַבָּרָד כָּבֵד מְאֹד אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־הָיָה כָמֹהוּ בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מֵאָז הָיְתָה לְגֽוֹי
So there was hail, and fire flashing up amidst the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 90,927Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, כבד appears 694,102 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 696,285, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 35,704
- Exodus 26,238
- Leviticus 21,161
- Numbers 26,053
- Deuteronomy 35,942
- Joshua 16,026
- Judges 15,423
- Samuel 69,117
- Kings 58,144
- Isaiah 37,503
- Jeremiah 53,471
- Ezekiel 46,858
- The Twelve 30,845
- Psalms 57,995
- Proverbs 21,800
- Job 17,678
- Song of Songs 3,795
- Ruth 2,950
- Lamentations 3,568
- Ecclesiastes 7,844
- Esther 11,020
- Daniel 23,010
- Ezra–Nehemiah 22,052
- Chronicles 49,905
Outside the Torah
וְאַתֶּם תָּקֻמוּ מֵהָאוֹרֵב וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּם אֶת־הָעִיר וּנְתָנָהּ יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם בְּיֶדְכֶֽם
And ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,743Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ נְטֵה בַּכִּידוֹן אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָֽדְךָ אֶל־הָעַי כִּי בְיָדְךָ אֶתְּנֶנָּה וַיֵּט יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּכִּידוֹן אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדוֹ אֶל־הָעִֽיר
And the LORD said unto Joshua: ‘Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand.’ And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,419Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אַל־תִּירָא מֵהֶם כִּי בְיָדְךָ נְתַתִּים לֹֽא־יַעֲמֹד אִישׁ מֵהֶם בְּפָנֶֽיךָ
And the LORD said unto Joshua: ‘Fear them not; for I have delivered them into thy hand; there shall not a man of them stand against thee.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,960Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
כבד — the Tanakh's own spelling: honor, as in honor your father and your mother; also heavy. Searched as כבד, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 26.
As a plain word it stands 41 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 12:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Honor appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 143,905 sequences of כבד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 145,560).
What is the shortest skip for Honor in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 31:18 — the shortest of 143,905 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 145,560.
What is the gematria of Honor in Hebrew?
Honor is spelled כבד — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 26.
How many times is Honor found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, כבד appears 694,102 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 696,285, so the count is in line with chance.
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