Keturah קטורה
Keturah (קטורה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Keturah appears 146 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 147 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 146
- Chance alone
- 147
- P (≥ found)
- 0.55
- Shortest skip
- 32
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 146 sequences of קטורה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 147).
The shortest skip at which קטורה appears in the Torah is 32 — the first at Numbers 5:15, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), קטורה is found 1,199 times; chance alone would give about 1,160.
- Genesis 21
- Exodus 30
- Leviticus 50
- Numbers 25
- Deuteronomy 20
The shortest skips
וְהֵבִיא הָאִישׁ אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן וְהֵבִיא אֶת־קָרְבָּנָהּ עָלֶיהָ עֲשִׂירִת הָאֵיפָה קֶמַח שְׂעֹרִים לֹֽא־יִצֹק עָלָיו שֶׁמֶן וְלֹֽא־יִתֵּן עָלָיו לְבֹנָה כִּֽי־מִנְחַת קְנָאֹת הוּא מִנְחַת זִכָּרוֹן מַזְכֶּרֶת עָוֺֽן
then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
skip 32, width 32 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 195,968Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם לִקְרָאתוֹ אַחֲרֵי שׁוּבוֹ מֵֽהַכּוֹת אֶת־כְּדָרלָעֹמֶר וְאֶת־הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ אֶל־עֵמֶק שָׁוֵה הוּא עֵמֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh—the same is the King’s Vale.
skip 96, width 96 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 16,999Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־כֶּבֶשׂ יָבִיא קָרְבָּנוֹ לְחַטָּאת נְקֵבָה תְמִימָה יְבִיאֶֽנָּה
And if he bring a lamb as his offering for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
skip 243, width 243 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 146,037Open in the laboratory →
וּבַמְּנֹרָה אַרְבָּעָה גְבִעִים מְשֻׁקָּדִים כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ
And in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof.
skip 263, width 263 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 114,940Open in the laboratory →
כַּף אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מְלֵאָה קְטֹֽרֶת
one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
skip 288, width 288 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 201,846Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
433 sequences of קטורה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 446 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 21
- Exodus 30
- Leviticus 50
- Numbers 25
- Deuteronomy 22
- Joshua 10
- Judges 10
- Samuel 20
- Kings 31
- Isaiah 35
- Jeremiah 31
- Ezekiel 23
- The Twelve 18
- Psalms 31
- Proverbs 11
- Job 14
- Song of Songs 2
- Ruth 5
- Lamentations 2
- Ecclesiastes 2
- Esther 2
- Daniel 10
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7
- Chronicles 21
Outside the Torah
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מִדַּם הַחַטָּאת וְנָתַן אֶל־מְזוּזַת הַבַּיִת וְאֶל־אַרְבַּע פִּנּוֹת הָעֲזָרָה לַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְעַל־מְזוּזַת שַׁעַר הֶחָצֵר הַפְּנִימִֽית
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering, and put it upon the door-posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 796,460Open in the laboratory →
מַֽעֲלֶה נְשִׂאִים מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ בְּרָקִים לַמָּטָר עָשָׂה מֽוֹצֵא־רוּחַ מֵאֽוֹצְרוֹתָֽיו
Who causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings for the rain; He bringeth forth the wind out of His treasuries.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 930,453Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְצֹף נַעֲמָן וַיֵּלַךְ וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָמַרְתִּי אֵלַי יֵצֵא יָצוֹא וְעָמַד וְקָרָא בְּשֵׁם־יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו וְהֵנִיף יָדוֹ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם וְאָסַף הַמְּצֹרָֽע
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said: ‘Behold, I thought: He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 535,836Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
קטורה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קטורה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 320.
As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 25:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Keturah in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 146 sequences of קטורה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 147).
What is the shortest skip for Keturah in the Torah?
Skip 32, reading backward from Numbers 5:15 — the shortest of 146 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 147.
What is the gematria of Keturah in Hebrew?
Keturah is spelled קטורה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 320.
How many times is Keturah found in the whole Tanakh?
433 sequences of קטורה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 446 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
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