Korach (Korah · קרח)
Korach (Korah · קרח) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 64,536 sequences of Korach (Korah), the shortest at skip 2 (Leviticus 9:20); chance alone would give about 64,735.
- Found in the Torah
- 64,536
- Chance alone
- 64,735
- P (≥ found)
- 0.78
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
64,536 sequences of קרח at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 64,735 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which קרח appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Leviticus 9:20, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), קרח is found 981,389 times; chance alone would give about 1,003,361.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 64,735 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 17,886
- Exodus 13,781
- Leviticus 11,106
- Numbers 14,717
- Deuteronomy 7,046
The shortest skips
וַיָּשִׂימוּ אֶת־הַחֲלָבִים עַל־הֶחָזוֹת וַיַּקְטֵר הַחֲלָבִים הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה
And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he made the fat smoke upon the altar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 153,916Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא פִּֽינְחָס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן וַיָּקָם מִתּוֹךְ הָֽעֵדָה וַיִּקַּח רֹמַח בְּיָדֽוֹ
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 230,543Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח יִצְחָק אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹב וַיֵּלֶךְ פַּדֶּנָֽה אֲרָם אֶל־לָבָן בֶּן־בְּתוּאֵל הָֽאֲרַמִּי אֲחִי רִבְקָה אֵם יַעֲקֹב וְעֵשָֽׂו
And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 38,859Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשָּׂא הָעָם אֶת־בְּצֵקוֹ טֶרֶם יֶחְמָץ מִשְׁאֲרֹתָם צְרֻרֹת בְּשִׂמְלֹתָם עַל־שִׁכְמָֽם
And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 95,984Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּצְחַק שָׂרָה בְּקִרְבָּהּ לֵאמֹר אַחֲרֵי בְלֹתִי הָֽיְתָה־לִּי עֶדְנָה וַֽאדֹנִי זָקֵֽן
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying: ‘After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 21,039Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, קרח appears 215,505 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.4% more than the 212,457 chance alone would give; the probability of 215,505 or more by chance alone is 2.1 × 10⁻¹¹.
- Genesis 17,886
- Exodus 13,781
- Leviticus 11,106
- Numbers 14,717
- Deuteronomy 7,530
- Joshua 6,616
- Judges 5,606
- Samuel 10,967
- Kings 15,847
- Isaiah 16,361
- Jeremiah 11,696
- Ezekiel 12,345
- The Twelve 9,758
- Psalms 15,600
- Proverbs 9,682
- Job 8,216
- Song of Songs 873
- Ruth 1,084
- Lamentations 1,150
- Ecclesiastes 1,878
- Esther 1,404
- Daniel 4,554
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,896
- Chronicles 11,952
Outside the Torah
וַתּוֹרִדֵם בַּחֶבֶל בְּעַד הַֽחַלּוֹן כִּי בֵיתָהּ בְּקִיר הַֽחוֹמָה וּבַֽחוֹמָה הִיא יוֹשָֽׁבֶת
Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,005Open in the laboratory →
לִבִּי לְמוֹאָב יִזְעָק בְּרִיחֶהָ עַד־צֹעַר עֶגְלַת שְׁלִשִׁיָּה כִּי מַעֲלֵה הַלּוּחִית בִּבְכִי יַֽעֲלֶה־בּוֹ כִּי דֶּרֶךְ חוֹרֹנַיִם זַעֲקַת־שֶׁבֶר יְעֹעֵֽרוּ
My heart crieth out for Moab; her fugitives reach unto Zoar, a heifer of three years old; for by the ascent of Luhith With weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 590,706Open in the laboratory →
וְנָבְקָה רֽוּחַ־מִצְרַיִם בְּקִרְבּוֹ וַעֲצָתוֹ אֲבַלֵּעַ וְדָרְשׁוּ אֶל־הָֽאֱלִילִים וְאֶל־הָאִטִּים וְאֶל־הָאֹבוֹת וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִֽים
And the spirit of Egypt shall be made empty within it; And I will make void the counsel thereof; And they shall seek unto the idols, and to the whisperers, And to the ghosts, and to the familiar spirits.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 593,006Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
קרח — the Tanakh's own spelling: Korah. Searched as קרח, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 308.
As a plain word it stands 53 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Korah, Careah.
Questions
Is Korach (Korah) in the Bible code?
64,536 sequences of קרח at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 64,735 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Korach (Korah) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Leviticus 9:20 — the shortest of 64,536 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 64,735.
What is the gematria of Korach (Korah) in Hebrew?
Korach is spelled קרח — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 308.
How many times is Korach (Korah) found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, קרח appears 215,505 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.4% more than the 212,457 chance alone would give; the probability of 215,505 or more by chance alone is 2.1 × 10⁻¹¹.
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