Kir קירה
Kir (קירה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Kir is found 257,416 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 19:19) — about what chance alone gives (about 270,209).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 257,416
- Chance alone · every skip
- 270,209
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,480
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: 25,102 found · chance alone about 25,932 (probability of 25,102 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), קירה appears 257,416 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 270,209, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which קירה appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 19:19, reading forward.
The longest skip at which קירה was found in the Torah is 101,480 — 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 79,981
- Exodus 49,535
- Leviticus 40,524
- Numbers 52,571
- Deuteronomy 34,805
Examples across the range
5 of the 257,416 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
- ק י ר הGenesis 19:19
… לֹא אוּכַל לְהִמָּלֵט הָהָרָה פֶּן־תִּדְבָּקַנִי הָרָעָה וָמַֽתִּי
behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,353 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק י ר הGenesis 19:19
Letter by letter
- ק י ר הGenesis 34:5
… וּבָנָיו הָיוּ אֶת־מִקְנֵהוּ בַּשָּׂדֶה וְהֶחֱרִשׁ יַעֲקֹב עַד־בֹּאָֽם
Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field; and Jacob held his peace until they came.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 49,412 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק י ר הGenesis 34:5
- קDeuteronomy 30:10
כִּי תִשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתָיו וְחֻקֹּתָיו …
if thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יDeuteronomy 30:11
כִּי הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם לֹֽא־נִפְלֵאת הִוא מִמְּךָ וְלֹא רְחֹקָה הִֽוא
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off.
- רDeuteronomy 30:13
… מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם הִוא לֵאמֹר מִי יַעֲבָר־לָנוּ אֶל־עֵבֶר הַיָּם וְיִקָּחֶהָ …
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say: ‘Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?’
- הDeuteronomy 30:15
רְאֵה נָתַתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ הַיּוֹם אֶת־הַֽחַיִּים וְאֶת־הַטּוֹב וְאֶת־הַמָּוֶת וְאֶת־הָרָֽע
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil,
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 297,684 of the TorahOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
- קDeuteronomy 30:10
- קExodus 7:15
לֵךְ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה בַּבֹּקֶר הִנֵּה יֹצֵא הַמַּיְמָה וְנִצַּבְתָּ לִקְרָאתוֹ …
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יExodus 8:2
וַיֵּט אַהֲרֹן אֶת־יָדוֹ עַל מֵימֵי מִצְרָיִם וַתַּעַל הַצְּפַרְדֵּעַ וַתְּכַס אֶת־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
- רExodus 8:18
… תֵּדַע כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה בְּקֶרֶב הָאָֽרֶץ
And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end that thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
- הExodus 9:9
… לְאָבָק עַל כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְהָיָה עַל־הָאָדָם וְעַל־הַבְּהֵמָה לִשְׁחִין …
And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.’
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 87,047 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- קExodus 7:15
- קGenesis 1:7
… וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ …
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
- יExodus 16:9
… עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל קִרְבוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה כִּי שָׁמַע אֵת תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶֽם
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.’
- רNumbers 8:17
… בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה בְּיוֹם הַכֹּתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֹתָם לִֽי …
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- הDeuteronomy 34:10
וְלֹֽא־קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר יְדָעוֹ יְהוָה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִֽים
And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face;
skip 101,480, width 101,480 — one row is 101,480 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 279 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,480 in the laboratory →
- קGenesis 1:7
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), קירה appears 3,634,336 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.3% more than the 3,623,151 chance alone would give; the probability of 3,634,336 or more by chance alone is 2.1 × 10⁻⁹.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 88,543 found · chance alone about 90,216 (probability of 88,543 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 273,758
- Exodus 195,804
- Leviticus 167,600
- Numbers 214,457
- Deuteronomy 141,626
- Joshua 94,952
- Judges 104,648
- Samuel 239,151
- Kings 272,215
- Isaiah 260,887
- Jeremiah 256,704
- Ezekiel 213,491
- The Twelve 187,832
- Psalms 258,439
- Proverbs 115,114
- Job 113,799
- Song of Songs 14,053
- Ruth 18,404
- Lamentations 18,581
- Ecclesiastes 29,975
- Esther 23,786
- Daniel 87,150
- Ezra–Nehemiah 91,809
- Chronicles 240,101
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ק י ר הLamentations 3:23
חֲדָשִׁים לַבְּקָרִים רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ
They are new every morning; Great is Thy faithfulness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,009,308 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק י ר הLamentations 3:23
- ק1 Samuel 28:14
… וַיֵּדַע שָׁאוּל כִּֽי־שְׁמוּאֵל הוּא וַיִּקֹּד אַפַּיִם אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ
And he said unto her: ‘What form is he of?’ And she said: ‘An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a robe.’ And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and prostrated himself.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- י1 Samuel 28:15
… בִּי וֵֽאלֹהִים סָר מֵֽעָלַי וְלֹֽא־עָנָנִי עוֹד גַּם בְּיַֽד־הַנְּבִיאִם גַּם …
And Samuel said to Saul: ‘Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up?’ And Saul answered: ‘I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams; therefore I have called thee…
- ר1 Samuel 28:17
וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוָה לוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיָדִי וַיִּקְרַע יְהוָה אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה מִיָּדֶךָ וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ לְרֵעֲךָ לְדָוִֽד
And the LORD hath wrought for Himself; as He spoke by me; and the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David.
- ה1 Samuel 28:18
… הַזֶּה עָשָֽׂה־לְךָ יְהוָה הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
Because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the LORD, and didst not execute His fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
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 430,645 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ק1 Samuel 28:14
- ק2 Chronicles 36:22
… רוּחַ כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־קוֹל בְּכָל־מַלְכוּתוֹ וְגַם־בְּמִכְתָּב לֵאמֹֽר …
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
- יEzekiel 46:18
… לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָפֻצוּ עַמִּי אִישׁ מֵאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them wrongfully out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession; that My people be not scattered every man from his possession.’
- ר1 Samuel 11:10
וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ מָחָר נֵצֵא אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָּנוּ כְּכָל־הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם
And the men of Jabesh said: ‘To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.’
- הGenesis 1:3
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר
And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light.
skip 398,941, width 398,941 — one row is 398,941 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,911 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,941 in the laboratory →
- ק2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
קירה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קירה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 315.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 16:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Kira.
Questions
Is Kir in the Bible code?
Across every skip (2–101,616), קירה appears 257,416 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 270,209, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Kir in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 19:19 — the shortest of 257,416 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 270,209.
What is the gematria of Kir in Hebrew?
Kir is spelled קירה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 315.
How many times is Kir found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), קירה appears 3,634,336 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.3% more than the 3,623,151 chance alone would give; the probability of 3,634,336 or more by chance alone is 2.1 × 10⁻⁹.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 270,209 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.