Biblical names

Pethor פתורה

Pethor (פתורה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Pethor is found 1,423 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 7 (Deuteronomy 9:22) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,499).

Found in the Torah
1,423
Chance alone
1,499
P (≥ found)
0.98
Shortest skip
7

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

In the Torah

The Torah holds 1,423 sequences of פתורה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,499).

The shortest skip at which פתורה appears in the Torah is 7 — the first at Deuteronomy 9:22, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), פתורה is found 11,565 times; chance alone would give about 11,816.

  • Genesis 315
  • Exodus 329
  • Leviticus 240
  • Numbers 317
  • Deuteronomy 222

The shortest skips

  1. Deuteronomy 9:22דברים ט:כבskip 7, backward

    וּבְתַבְעֵרָה וּבְמַסָּה וּבְקִבְרֹת הַֽתַּאֲוָה מַקְצִפִים הֱיִיתֶם אֶת־יְהוָֽה

    And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye made the LORD wroth.

    פתורה at skip 7, backward from Deuteronomy 9:22ואשלךאתעפרואלהנחלהירדמןהרובתבעהובמסהבקברתהאוהמקציםהייתםאתיקוקובשלחיקוקאתפתורה
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 266,854Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 8:2שמות ח:בskip 9, forward

    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.

    פתורה at skip 9, forward from Exodus 8:2יםויטאהרןאתידועלמימימצריםותעלהצרדעותכסאארץמצריםיעשוכןהחטמיםבלטיםויעלואתהצפרדעיםעלארץמצריםויקראפתורה
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 88,055Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 41:12בראשית מא:יבskip 11, forward

    וְשָׁם אִתָּנוּ נַעַר עִבְרִי עֶבֶד לְשַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים וַנְּסַפֶּר־לוֹ וַיִּפְתָּר־לָנוּ אֶת־חֲלֹמֹתֵינוּ אִישׁ כַּחֲלֹמוֹ פָּתָֽר

    And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

    פתורה at skip 11, forward from Genesis 41:12מנוושםאתנונערעבריעבדלשרהטבחיםונספרלוויתרלנואתחלמינואישכחלמפתרויהיכאשפתרלנוכןהיאתיהשיבעלכניואתותלהוישלחפרעהויקראאתיוספתורה
    skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 60,644Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 16:32במדבר טז:לבskip 15, backward

    וַתִּפְתַּח הָאָרֶץ אֶת־פִּיהָ וַתִּבְלַע אֹתָם וְאֶת־בָּתֵּיהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר לְקֹרַח וְאֵת כָּל־הָרֲכֽוּשׁ

    And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

    פתורה at skip 15, backward from Numbers 16:32אתםואתכלאשרלהםוירדוחייםשאלהוידעתםכינאצוהאנשיםהאלהאתיוקויהיככלתולדבאתכלהדבריםהאלהתבקעהאדמהאשרתחיהםותפתחהארץאתיהותבלעאתםואתבתיהםואתכלהאדםאשרלקרחואתכלהרכושוירדוהםופתורק
    skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 216,984Open in the laboratory →

  5. Leviticus 4:8ויקרא ד:חskip 16, forward

    וְאֶת־כָּל־חֵלֶב פַּר הַֽחַטָּאת יָרִים מִמֶּנּוּ אֶת־הַחֵלֶב הַֽמְכַסֶּה עַל־הַקֶּרֶב וְאֵת כָּל־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַקֶּֽרֶב

    And all the fat of the bullock of the sin-offering he shall take off from it; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

    פתורה at skip 16, forward from Leviticus 4:8הלמועדואתכלדםהפרישפךאליסודמזבחהעלהאשרפתחאהלמועדואתכלחלברהחטאתיריםממנואהחלבהמכסהעלהקרבאתכלהחלבאשרעלהקבואתשתיהכליתואתחלבאשרעליהןאשרעלהכסליםואתהיתרתעלהכבדעלהכליותיסירנהכאשריופתורה
    skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 144,691Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 4,856 sequences of פתורה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 5,019).

  • Genesis 315
  • Exodus 329
  • Leviticus 240
  • Numbers 317
  • Deuteronomy 252
  • Joshua 179
  • Judges 153
  • Samuel 294
  • Kings 327
  • Isaiah 301
  • Jeremiah 328
  • Ezekiel 407
  • The Twelve 226
  • Psalms 318
  • Proverbs 145
  • Job 113
  • Song of Songs 21
  • Ruth 10
  • Lamentations 30
  • Ecclesiastes 29
  • Esther 25
  • Daniel 71
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 102
  • Chronicles 324

Outside the Torah

  1. 1 Kings 20:38מלכים א כ:לחskip 2, backward

    וַיֵּלֶךְ הַנָּבִיא וַיַּעֲמֹד לַמֶּלֶךְ עַל־הַדָּרֶךְ וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ בָּאֲפֵר עַל־עֵינָֽיו

    So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

    פתורה at skip 2, backward from 1 Kings 20:38למלךעלדךיחשבאפרעלפתורה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 522,438Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Samuel 28:19שמואל א כח:יטskip 3, forward

    וְיִתֵּן יְהוָה גַּם אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמְּךָ בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּים וּמָחָר אַתָּה וּבָנֶיךָ עִמִּי גַּם אֶת־מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל יִתֵּן יְהוָה בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים

    Moreover the LORD will deliver Israel also with thee into the hand of the Philistines; and to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me; the LORD will deliver the host of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.’

    פתורה at skip 3, forward from 1 Samuel 28:19שראלעמךבידלשיםמחאתובניךעמיגםפתורה
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 430,971Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Samuel 30:16שמואל א ל:טזskip 3, forward

    וַיֹּרִדֵהוּ וְהִנֵּה נְטֻשִׁים עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ אֹכְלִים וְשֹׁתִים וְחֹגְגִים בְּכֹל הַשָּׁלָל הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר לָקְחוּ מֵאֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וּמֵאֶרֶץ יְהוּדָֽה

    And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and feasting, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

    פתורה at skip 3, forward from 1 Samuel 30:16שרלקחומארץלשיםמאץיודהויכםדודפתורה
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 433,256Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

פתורה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as פתורה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 691.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 22:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Pethor in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 1,423 sequences of פתורה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,499).

What is the shortest skip for Pethor in the Torah?

Skip 7, reading backward from Deuteronomy 9:22 — the shortest of 1,423 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,499.

What is the gematria of Pethor in Hebrew?

Pethor is spelled פתורה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 691.

How many times is Pethor found in the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 4,856 sequences of פתורה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 5,019).

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