Persia פרס

Persia (פרס) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Persia is found 255,015 times across every skip (2–152,424), the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 16:16) — about what chance alone gives (about 261,824).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 255,015
Chance alone · every skip: 261,824
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.00
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 151,697

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 18,075 found · chance alone about 16,892 (probability of 18,075 or more by chance alone: 1.2 × 10⁻¹⁹).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–152,424), פרס appears 255,015 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 261,824, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which פרס appears in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 16:16, reading backward.

The longest skip at which פרס was found in the Torah is 151,697 — at Genesis 1:2, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.

A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 261,824 of it, so a large count is expected.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 65,624
Exodus 52,978
Leviticus 35,982
Numbers 63,343
Deuteronomy 37,088

Examples across the range

5 of the 255,015 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.

shortest skipExodus 16:16שמות טז:טזskip 2, backward
Letter by letter
1. פ ר סExodus 16:16
  … אִישׁ לְפִי אָכְלוֹ עֹמֶר לַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת מִסְפַּר נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם אִישׁ לַאֲשֶׁר בְּאָהֳלוֹ תִּקָּֽחוּ …
  This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 102,163 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a short skipExodus 14:9שמות יד:טskip 3, backward
Letter by letter
1. פ ר סExodus 14:9
  … אוֹתָם חֹנִים עַל־הַיָּם כָּל־סוּס רֶכֶב פַּרְעֹה וּפָרָשָׁיו וְחֵילוֹ עַל־פִּי הַֽחִירֹת …
  And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 98,487 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 7:48במדבר ז:מחskip 100, backward
1. פNumbers 7:48
  בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי נָשִׂיא לִבְנֵי אֶפְרָיִם אֱלִֽישָׁמָע בֶּן־עַמִּיהֽוּד
  On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רNumbers 7:46
  שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים אֶחָד לְחַטָּֽאת
  one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
2. סNumbers 7:43
  … שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם …
  his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
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 up the middle column.
letter 200,454 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 27:19ויקרא כז:יטskip 1,001, backward
1. ףLeviticus 27:19
  וְאִם־גָּאֹל יִגְאַל אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶה הַמַּקְדִּישׁ אֹתוֹ וְיָסַף חֲמִשִׁית כֶּֽסֶף־עֶרְכְּךָ עָלָיו וְקָם לֽוֹ
  And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רLeviticus 26:46
  אֵלֶּה הַֽחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים וְהַתּוֹרֹת אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה בֵּינוֹ וּבֵין בְּנֵי …
  These are the statutes and ordinances and laws, which the LORD made between Him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
2. סLeviticus 26:28
  וְהָלַכְתִּי עִמָּכֶם בַּחֲמַת־קֶרִי וְיִסַּרְתִּי אֶתְכֶם אַף־אָנִי שֶׁבַע עַל־חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם
  then I will walk contrary unto you in fury; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.
skip 1,001, width 1,001 — one row is 1,001 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 185,667 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,001 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 1:2בראשית א:בskip 151,697, forward
1. פGenesis 1:2
  וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
  Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רLeviticus 8:18
  וַיַּקְרֵב אֵת אֵיל הָעֹלָה וַֽיִּסְמְכוּ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־רֹאשׁ הָאָֽיִל
  And the ram of the burnt-offering was presented; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
2. סDeuteronomy 33:13
  וּלְיוֹסֵף אָמַר מְבֹרֶכֶת יְהֹוָה אַרְצוֹ מִמֶּגֶד שָׁמַיִם מִטָּל וּמִתְּהוֹם רֹבֶצֶת תָּֽחַת
  And of Joseph he said: Blessed of the LORD be his land; For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,
skip 151,697, width 151,697 — one row is 151,697 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 51 of the TorahOpen at skip 151,697 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–598,520), פרס appears 3,981,442 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.3% more than the 3,968,772 chance alone would give; the probability of 3,981,442 or more by chance alone is 1.0 × 10⁻¹⁰.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 69,213 found · chance alone about 66,020 (probability of 69,213 or more by chance alone: 3.2 × 10⁻³⁵).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 266,760
Exodus 221,064
Leviticus 151,548
Numbers 267,926
Deuteronomy 152,923
Joshua 117,448
Judges 129,854
Samuel 270,309
Kings 249,845
Isaiah 254,376
Jeremiah 227,751
Ezekiel 271,188
The Twelve 188,166
Psalms 321,962
Proverbs 142,155
Job 161,564
Song of Songs 25,110
Ruth 8,615
Lamentations 27,388
Ecclesiastes 27,034
Esther 34,876
Daniel 78,572
Ezra–Nehemiah 99,305
Chronicles 285,703

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahIsaiah 11:11ישעיהו יא:יאskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. פ ר סIsaiah 11:11
  … עַמּוֹ אֲשֶׁר יִשָּׁאֵר מֵאַשּׁוּר וּמִמִּצְרַיִם וּמִפַּתְרוֹס וּמִכּוּשׁ וּמֵעֵילָם וּמִשִּׁנְעָר וּמֵחֲמָת וּמֵאִיֵּי …
  And it shall come to pass in that day, That the Lord will set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people, That shall remain from Assyria, and from Egypt, And from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, And from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 587,403 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skip2 Kings 6:14מלכים ב ו:ידskip 100, forward
1. פ2 Kings 6:14
  וַיִּשְׁלַח־שָׁמָּה סוּסִים וְרֶכֶב וְחַיִל כָּבֵד וַיָּבֹאוּ לַיְלָה וַיַּקִּפוּ עַל־הָעִֽיר
  Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host; and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. ר2 Kings 6:16
  וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־תִּירָא כִּי רַבִּים אֲשֶׁר אִתָּנוּ מֵאֲשֶׁר אוֹתָֽם
  And he answered: ‘Fear not: for they that are with us are more than they that are with them.’
2. ס2 Kings 6:17
  … הָהָר מָלֵא סוּסִים וְרֶכֶב אֵשׁ סְבִיבֹת אֱלִישָֽׁע
  And Elisha prayed, and said: ‘LORD, I pray Thee, open his eyes, that he may see.’ And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw; and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
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 537,734 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:23דברי הימים ב לו:כגskip 597,387, backward
1. פ2 Chronicles 36:23
  … לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם …
  ’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רIsaiah 26:16
  יְהוָה בַּצַּר פְּקָדוּךָ צָקוּן לַחַשׁ מוּסָרְךָ לָֽמוֹ
  LORD, in trouble have they sought Thee, Silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them.
2. סGenesis 2:11
  שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פִּישׁוֹן הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָֽב
  The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
skip 597,387, width 597,387 — one row is 597,387 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,984 of the TanakhOpen at skip 597,387 in the laboratory →

The spelling

פרס — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as פרס, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 340.

As a plain word it stands 29 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 58:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Persia in the Tanakh

Questions

Does Persia appear in the Torah codes?

Across every skip (2–152,424), פרס appears 255,015 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 261,824, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Persia in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Exodus 16:16 — the shortest of 255,015 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 261,824.

What is the gematria of Persia in Hebrew?

Persia is spelled פרס — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 340.

How many times is Persia found in the whole Tanakh?

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