Hur חור
Hur (חור) is a person named in the Tanakh. Hur appears 416,397 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 420,990 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 416,397
- Chance alone
- 420,990
- 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
416,397 sequences of חור at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 420,990 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:9, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 6,447,712 sequences of חור, against about 6,525,161 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 420,990 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 118,439
- Exodus 86,858
- Leviticus 61,968
- Numbers 91,486
- Deuteronomy 57,646
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 380Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשֶׁב אֵת כָּל־הָרְכֻשׁ וְגַם אֶת־לוֹט אָחִיו וּרְכֻשׁוֹ הֵשִׁיב וְגַם אֶת־הַנָּשִׁים וְאֶת־הָעָֽם
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,905Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּגְדַּל הַיֶּלֶד וַיִּגָּמַל וַיַּעַשׂ אַבְרָהָם מִשְׁתֶּה גָדוֹל בְּיוֹם הִגָּמֵל אֶת־יִצְחָֽק
And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 25,685Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָהָם גָּרֵשׁ הָאָמָה הַזֹּאת וְאֶת־בְּנָהּ כִּי לֹא יִירַשׁ בֶּן־הָאָמָה הַזֹּאת עִם־בְּנִי עִם־יִצְחָֽק
Wherefore she said unto Abraham: ‘Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 25,779Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּהְיֶיןָ מֹרַת רוּחַ לְיִצְחָק וּלְרִבְקָֽה
And they were a bitterness of spirit unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 36,227Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,682,182 sequences of חור at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,691,580).
- Genesis 118,439
- Exodus 86,858
- Leviticus 61,968
- Numbers 91,486
- Deuteronomy 61,013
- Joshua 67,988
- Judges 53,467
- Samuel 117,026
- Kings 137,123
- Isaiah 111,768
- Jeremiah 93,195
- Ezekiel 104,438
- The Twelve 74,705
- Psalms 119,103
- Proverbs 55,186
- Job 58,000
- Song of Songs 7,389
- Ruth 4,825
- Lamentations 9,144
- Ecclesiastes 17,062
- Esther 12,352
- Daniel 29,517
- Ezra–Nehemiah 49,167
- Chronicles 140,963
Outside the Torah
וְהָיְתָה הָעִיר חֵרֶם הִיא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ לַֽיהוָה רַק רָחָב הַזּוֹנָה תִּֽחְיֶה הִיא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר אִתָּהּ בַּבַּיִת כִּי הֶחְבְּאַתָה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָכִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁלָֽחְנוּ
And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,605Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹֽא־נִשְׁאַר אִישׁ בָּעַי וּבֵית אֵל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָצְאוּ אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּעַזְבוּ אֶת־הָעִיר פְּתוּחָה וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 316,365Open in the laboratory →
וְיָצָא הַגְּבוּל הַיָּמָּה הַֽמִּכְמְתָת מִצָּפוֹן וְנָסַב הַגְּבוּל מִזְרָחָה תַּאֲנַת שִׁלֹה וְעָבַר אוֹתוֹ מִמִּזְרַח יָנֽוֹחָה
And the border went out westward, Mich-methath being on the north; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 330,248Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חור — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חור, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 214.
As a plain word it stands 13 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 31:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Ben-Chur.
Questions
Does Hur appear in the Torah codes?
416,397 sequences of חור at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 420,990 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Hur in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:9 — the shortest of 416,397 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 420,990.
How is Hur spelled in Hebrew?
Hur is spelled חור — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 214.
Is Hur in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,682,182 sequences of חור at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,691,580).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 420,990 here) beside the count.