Jerome ג׳רום
In Hebrew letters the first name Jerome is written ג׳רום — male given name. Jerome appears 9,970 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 10,080 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 9,970
- Chance alone
- 10,080
- P (≥ found)
- 0.86
- Shortest skip
- 4
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, ג׳רום appears 9,970 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 10,080, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which ג׳רום appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Deuteronomy 7:1, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), ג׳רום is found 101,936 times; chance alone would give about 105,031.
- Genesis 2,807
- Exodus 1,809
- Leviticus 1,728
- Numbers 1,971
- Deuteronomy 1,655
The shortest skips
כִּי יְבִֽיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה בָא־שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ וְנָשַׁל גּֽוֹיִם־רַבִּים מִפָּנֶיךָ הַֽחִתִּי וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַֽחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי שִׁבְעָה גוֹיִם רַבִּים וַעֲצוּמִים מִמֶּֽךָּ
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 262,651Open in the laboratory →
וְרָאָה הַכֹּהֵן אֹתוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שֵׁנִית וְהִנֵּה כֵּהָה הַנֶּגַע וְלֹא־פָשָׂה הַנֶּגַע בָּעוֹר וְטִהֲרוֹ הַכֹּהֵן מִסְפַּחַת הִיא וְכִבֶּס בְּגָדָיו וְטָהֵֽר
And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 158,399Open in the laboratory →
וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִקַּח אֶת־אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו נִדָּה הִוא עֶרְוַת אָחִיו גִּלָּה עֲרִירִים יִהְיֽוּ
And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 173,056Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־יָמוּךְ אָחִיךָ וּמָכַר מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֹ וּבָא גֹֽאֲלוֹ הַקָּרֹב אֵלָיו וְגָאַל אֵת מִמְכַּר אָחִֽיו
If thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 180,796Open in the laboratory →
וְנֹקֵב שֵׁם־יְהוָה מוֹת יוּמָת רָגוֹם יִרְגְּמוּ־בוֹ כָּל־הָעֵדָה כַּגֵּר כָּֽאֶזְרָח בְּנָקְבוֹ־שֵׁם יוּמָֽת
And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him; as well the stranger, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the Name, shall be put to death.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 179,279Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ג׳רום appears 51,414 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.9% more than the 50,954 chance alone would give; the probability of 51,414 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
- Genesis 2,807
- Exodus 1,809
- Leviticus 1,728
- Numbers 1,971
- Deuteronomy 1,807
- Joshua 3,087
- Judges 2,042
- Samuel 4,211
- Kings 3,041
- Isaiah 4,155
- Jeremiah 3,395
- Ezekiel 3,321
- The Twelve 3,723
- Psalms 3,502
- Proverbs 1,243
- Job 1,516
- Song of Songs 296
- Ruth 273
- Lamentations 347
- Ecclesiastes 491
- Esther 588
- Daniel 1,003
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,476
- Chronicles 3,582
Outside the Torah
גַּאֲוָה אֲפִיקֵי מָֽגִנִּים סָגוּר חוֹתָם צָֽר
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 994,393Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּפִּילוּ גּוֹרָלוֹת מִשְׁמֶרֶת לְעֻמַּת כַּקָּטֹן כַּגָּדוֹל מֵבִין עִם־תַּלְמִֽיד
And they cast lots ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,134,390Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע קוּם אַתָּה וּפְגַע־בָּנוּ כִּי כָאִישׁ גְּבוּרָתוֹ וַיָּקָם גִּדְעוֹן וַֽיַּהֲרֹג אֶת־זֶבַח וְאֶת־צַלְמֻנָּע וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִים אֲשֶׁר בְּצַוְּארֵי גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said: ‘Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength.’ And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’necks.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 358,958Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ג׳רום — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as גרום, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 249.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Jerome in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, ג׳רום appears 9,970 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 10,080, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Jerome in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Deuteronomy 7:1 — the shortest of 9,970 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 10,080.
What is the gematria of Jerome in Hebrew?
Jerome is spelled ג׳רום — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 249.
How many times is Jerome found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ג׳רום appears 51,414 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.9% more than the 50,954 chance alone would give; the probability of 51,414 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
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