Biblical names

Kore קורא

Kore (קורא) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Kore is found 24,177 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 40:6) — about what chance alone gives (about 24,202).

Found in the Torah
24,177
Chance alone
24,202
P (≥ found)
0.56
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

The Torah holds 24,177 sequences of קורא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 24,202).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 40:6, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 245,799 sequences of קורא, against about 252,176 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 8,116
  • Exodus 4,484
  • Leviticus 3,956
  • Numbers 4,470
  • Deuteronomy 3,151

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 40:6בראשית מ:וskip 2, forward

    וַיָּבֹא אֲלֵיהֶם יוֹסֵף בַּבֹּקֶר וַיַּרְא אֹתָם וְהִנָּם זֹעֲפִֽים

    And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad.

    קורא at skip 2, forward from Genesis 40:6יוסףבבריאתםוהנםזקורא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 59,115Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 2:24שמות ב:כדskip 2, forward

    וַיִּשְׁמַע אֱלֹהִים אֶת־נַאֲקָתָם וַיִּזְכֹּר אֱלֹהִים אֶת־בְּרִיתוֹ אֶת־אַבְרָהָם אֶת־יִצְחָק וְאֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב

    And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

    קורא at skip 2, forward from Exodus 2:24קואתיעביאלהיםאתבקורא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 80,291Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 2:15בראשית ב:טוskip 2, backward

    וַיִּקַּח יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם וַיַּנִּחֵהוּ בְגַן־עֵדֶן לְעָבְדָהּ וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ

    And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

    קורא at skip 2, backward from Genesis 2:15ביעיהופתיחיקוקאלקורא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 2,350Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 12:18בראשית יב:יחskip 2, backward

    וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה לְאַבְרָם וַיֹּאמֶר מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לִּי לָמָּה לֹא־הִגַּדְתָּ לִּי כִּי אִשְׁתְּךָ הִֽוא

    And Pharaoh called Abram, and said: ‘What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

    קורא at skip 2, backward from Genesis 12:18שריאשתבםיראפרעהלקורא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 15,023Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 19:15בראשית יט:טוskip 2, backward

    וּכְמוֹ הַשַּׁחַר עָלָה וַיָּאִיצוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים בְּלוֹט לֵאמֹר קוּם קַח אֶֽת־אִשְׁתְּךָ וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי בְנֹתֶיךָ הַנִּמְצָאֹת פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶה בַּעֲוֺן הָעִֽיר

    And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying: ‘Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here; lest thou be swept away in the iniquity of the city.’

    קורא at skip 2, backward from Genesis 19:15םבלוטלמקםחאתאשתךקורא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 23,068Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

79,401 sequences of קורא at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 79,586 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 8,116
  • Exodus 4,484
  • Leviticus 3,956
  • Numbers 4,470
  • Deuteronomy 3,442
  • Joshua 2,434
  • Judges 2,664
  • Samuel 5,933
  • Kings 6,512
  • Isaiah 5,706
  • Jeremiah 5,664
  • Ezekiel 4,334
  • The Twelve 4,122
  • Psalms 4,242
  • Proverbs 1,921
  • Job 2,154
  • Song of Songs 225
  • Ruth 301
  • Lamentations 307
  • Ecclesiastes 486
  • Esther 472
  • Daniel 1,603
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 1,601
  • Chronicles 4,252

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 18:27יהושע יח:כזskip 2, forward

    וְרֶקֶם וְיִרְפְּאֵל וְתַרְאֲלָֽה

    and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah;

    קורא at skip 2, forward from Joshua 18:27המצהורםיפלותראלהקורא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 333,338Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Kings 1:9מלכים א א:טskip 2, forward

    וַיִּזְבַּח אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ צֹאן וּבָקָר וּמְרִיא עִם אֶבֶן הַזֹּחֶלֶת אֲשֶׁר־אֵצֶל עֵין רֹגֵל וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־כָּל־אֶחָיו בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וּלְכָל־אַנְשֵׁי יְהוּדָה עַבְדֵי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ

    And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants;

    קורא at skip 2, forward from 1 Kings 1:9וצאןוברמיעםאבןהזקורא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 477,614Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Kings 19:20מלכים א יט:כskip 2, forward

    וַיַּעֲזֹב אֶת־הַבָּקָר וַיָּרָץ אַחֲרֵי אֵֽלִיָּהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר אֶשְּׁקָה־נָּא לְאָבִי וּלְאִמִּי וְאֵלְכָה אַחֲרֶיךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ לֵךְ שׁוּב כִּי מֶה־עָשִׂיתִי לָֽךְ

    And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said: ‘Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.’ And he said unto him: ‘Go back; for what have I done to thee?’

    קורא at skip 2, forward from 1 Kings 19:20זבאתהבריץחריאליהקורא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 519,737Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

קורא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קורא, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 307.

As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 40:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Kore appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 24,177 sequences of קורא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 24,202).

What is the shortest skip for Kore in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 40:6 — the shortest of 24,177 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 24,202.

How is Kore spelled in Hebrew?

Kore is spelled קורא — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 307.

Is Kore in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

79,401 sequences of קורא at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 79,586 that chance alone would produce.

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 24,202 here) beside the count.

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