Hormah חרמה
Hormah (חרמה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Hormah appears 327,486 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 328,966 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 327,486
- Chance alone · every skip
- 328,966
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,448
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: 30,880 found · chance alone about 31,571 (probability of 30,880 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), חרמה appears 327,486 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 328,966, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 31:2, reading forward.
The longest skip at which חרמה was found in the Torah is 101,448 — at Genesis 1:7, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 86,637
- Exodus 68,972
- Leviticus 47,874
- Numbers 77,476
- Deuteronomy 46,527
Examples across the range
5 of the 327,486 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.
Letter by letter
- ח ר מ הExodus 31:2
רְאֵה קָרָאתִֽי בְשֵׁם בְּצַלְאֵל בֶּן־אוּרִי בֶן־חוּר לְמַטֵּה יְהוּדָֽה
’See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 124,871 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח ר מ הExodus 31:2
Letter by letter
- ח ר מ הExodus 35:30
… בְּשֵׁם בְּצַלְאֵל בֶּן־אוּרִי בֶן־חוּר לְמַטֵּה יְהוּדָֽה
And Moses said unto the children of Israel: ‘See, the LORD hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 132,438 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח ר מ הExodus 35:30
- חNumbers 5:17
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מַיִם קְדֹשִׁים בִּכְלִי־חָרֶשׂ וּמִן־הֶֽעָפָר אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בְּקַרְקַע …
And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רNumbers 5:18
… וְנָתַן עַל־כַּפֶּיהָ אֵת מִנְחַת הַזִּכָּרוֹן מִנְחַת קְנָאֹת הִוא וּבְיַד הַכֹּהֵן …
And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy; and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse.
- מNumbers 5:19
… שָׂטִית טֻמְאָה תַּחַת אִישֵׁךְ הִנָּקִי מִמֵּי הַמָּרִים הַֽמְאָרֲרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה
And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman: ‘If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse;
- הNumbers 5:21
… אֶֽת־הָֽאִשָּׁה בִּשְׁבֻעַת הָאָלָה וְאָמַר הַכֹּהֵן לָֽאִשָּׁה יִתֵּן יְהוָה אוֹתָךְ לְאָלָה …
then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman—the LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to swell;
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 196,098 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- חNumbers 5:17
- חLeviticus 6:14
עַֽל־מַחֲבַת בַּשֶּׁמֶן תֵּעָשֶׂה מֻרְבֶּכֶת תְּבִיאֶנָּה תֻּפִינֵי מִנְחַת פִּתִּים תַּקְרִיב רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָֽה
On a griddle it shall be made with oil; when it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in; in broken pieces shalt thou offer the meal-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רLeviticus 7:14
וְהִקְרִיב מִמֶּנּוּ אֶחָד מִכָּל־קָרְבָּן תְּרוּמָה לַיהוָה לַכֹּהֵן הַזֹּרֵק אֶת־דַּם הַשְּׁלָמִים לוֹ יִהְיֶֽה
And of it he shall present one out of each offering for a gift unto the LORD; it shall be the priest’s that dasheth the blood of the peace-offerings against the altar.
- םLeviticus 7:34
… לָקַחְתִּי מֵאֵת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִזִּבְחֵי שַׁלְמֵיהֶם וָאֶתֵּן אֹתָם לְאַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן וּלְבָנָיו …
For the breast of waving and the thigh of heaving have I taken of the children of Israel out of their sacrifices of peace-offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons as a due for ever from the children of Israel.
- הLeviticus 8:15
… וְאֶת־הַדָּם יָצַק אֶל־יְסוֹד הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַֽיְקַדְּשֵׁהוּ לְכַפֵּר עָלָֽיו
And when it was slain, Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the remaining blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
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 148,584 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- חLeviticus 6:14
- חGenesis 1:7
… הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל …
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רExodus 16:9
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן אֱמֹר אֶֽל …
And Moses said unto Aaron: ‘Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel: Come near before the LORD; for He hath heard your murmurings.’
- םNumbers 8:16
… בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תַּחַת פִּטְרַת כָּל־רֶחֶם בְּכוֹר כֹּל מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָקַחְתִּי …
For they are wholly given unto Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto Me.
- הDeuteronomy 34:8
וַיִּבְכּוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־מֹשֶׁה בְּעַֽרְבֹת מוֹאָב שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם וַֽיִּתְּמוּ יְמֵי בְכִי אֵבֶל מֹשֶֽׁה
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
skip 101,448, width 101,448 — one row is 101,448 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 275 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,448 in the laboratory →
- חGenesis 1:7
Across the Tanakh
4,398,452 sequences of חרמה across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 4,407,717 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 108,499 found · chance alone about 109,752 (probability of 108,499 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 301,130
- Exodus 244,044
- Leviticus 176,846
- Numbers 272,932
- Deuteronomy 162,579
- Joshua 153,220
- Judges 137,449
- Samuel 313,223
- Kings 346,691
- Isaiah 256,104
- Jeremiah 245,015
- Ezekiel 285,567
- The Twelve 180,969
- Psalms 316,505
- Proverbs 135,410
- Job 153,666
- Song of Songs 20,579
- Ruth 13,695
- Lamentations 26,848
- Ecclesiastes 51,272
- Esther 32,656
- Daniel 87,045
- Ezra–Nehemiah 135,045
- Chronicles 349,962
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ח ר ם ה2 Samuel 16:5
וּבָא הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד עַד־בַּֽחוּרִים וְהִנֵּה מִשָּׁם אִישׁ יוֹצֵא מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת בֵּית …
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and kept on cursing as he came.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 460,469 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח ר ם ה2 Samuel 16:5
- חJoshua 1:15
… מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרַח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as unto you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רJoshua 1:17
… רַק יִֽהְיֶה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ עִמָּךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם־מֹשֶֽׁה
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee; only the LORD thy God be with thee, as He was with Moses.
- םJoshua 2:1
… נוּן מִֽן־הַשִּׁטִּים שְׁנַֽיִם־אֲנָשִׁים מְרַגְּלִים חֶרֶשׁ לֵאמֹר לְכוּ רְאוּ אֶת …
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: ‘Go view the land, and Jericho.’ And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
- הJoshua 2:2
וַיֵּאָמַר לְמֶלֶךְ יְרִיחוֹ לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה אֲנָשִׁים בָּאוּ הֵנָּה הַלַּיְלָה מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַחְפֹּר אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying: ‘Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.’
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 305,854 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- חJoshua 1:15
- ח2 Chronicles 36:22
… בְּפִי יִרְמְיָהוּ הֵעִיר יְהוָה אֶת־רוּחַ כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־קוֹל …
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רEzekiel 46:20
… אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה לְבִלְתִּי הוֹצִיא אֶל־הֶחָצֵר הַחִֽיצוֹנָה לְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת־הָעָֽם
And he said unto me: ‘This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt-offering and the sin-offering, where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they bring them not forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.’
- ם1 Samuel 11:15
… שָׁאוּל לִפְנֵי יְהוָה בַּגִּלְגָּל וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־שָׁם זְבָחִים שְׁלָמִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיִּשְׂמַח …
And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
- הGenesis 1:13
וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שְׁלִישִֽׁי
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
skip 398,770, width 398,770 — one row is 398,770 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,895 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,770 in the laboratory →
- ח2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
חרמה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חרמה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 253.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 21:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Hormah in the Bible code?
Across every skip (2–101,616), חרמה appears 327,486 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 328,966, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Hormah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 31:2 — the shortest of 327,486 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 328,966.
How is Hormah spelled in Hebrew?
Hormah is spelled חרמה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 253.
Is Hormah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
4,398,452 sequences of חרמה across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 4,407,717 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 328,966 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.