Biblical names

Pisgah פסגה

Pisgah (פסגה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 176 sequences of Pisgah, the shortest at skip 7 (Numbers 13:8); chance alone would give about 179.

Found in the Torah
176
Chance alone
179
P (≥ found)
0.61
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 176 sequences of פסגה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 179).

The shortest skip at which פסגה appears in the Torah is 7 — the first at Numbers 13:8, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), פסגה is found 1,964 times; chance alone would give about 1,869.

  • Genesis 44
  • Exodus 34
  • Leviticus 33
  • Numbers 54
  • Deuteronomy 11

The shortest skips

  1. Numbers 13:8במדבר יג:חskip 7, backward

    לְמַטֵּה אֶפְרָיִם הוֹשֵׁעַ בִּן־נֽוּן

    Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.

    פסגה at skip 7, backward from Numbers 13:8ורילמטהיהודהכלבבןיפנהלמטיששכריאלבןיוףלמטהאריםהושעבןנוןלמטהבנימןפלטפסגה
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 209,714Open in the laboratory →

  2. Leviticus 11:3ויקרא יא:גskip 10, forward

    כֹּל מַפְרֶסֶת פַּרְסָה וְשֹׁסַעַת שֶׁסַע פְּרָסֹת מַעֲלַת גֵּרָה בַּבְּהֵמָה אֹתָהּ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ

    Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

    פסגה at skip 10, forward from Leviticus 11:3יהאשרתאכלומכלהבהמהאשרעלהארץכלמפרסתרסהושסעתשעפרסתמעלתרהבבהמהאתתאכלואךאתזהלאתאכלוממעליהגרהוממפריסיפסגה
    skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 155,496Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 41:25בראשית מא:כהskip 12, backward

    וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל־פַּרְעֹה חֲלוֹם פַּרְעֹה אֶחָד הוּא אֵת אֲשֶׁר הָאֱלֹהִים עֹשֶׂה הִגִּיד לְפַרְעֹֽה

    And Joseph said unto Pharaoh: ‘The dream of Pharaoh is one; what God is about to do He hath declared unto Pharaoh.

    פסגה at skip 12, backward from Genesis 41:25יהםותבלעןהשבליםהדקתאתשבעהשבליםהטבותואמראלחרטמיםואיןמידליויאמריוףאלפרעהחלוםרעהאחדהואאתאשרהאלהיםעשההגידלפרעהשבעפרתהטבתפסגה
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 61,288Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 12:23שמות יב:כגskip 105, backward

    וְעָבַר יְהוָה לִנְגֹּף אֶת־מִצְרַיִם וְרָאָה אֶת־הַדָּם עַל־הַמַּשְׁקוֹף וְעַל שְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזֹת וּפָסַח יְהוָה עַל־הַפֶּתַח וְלֹא יִתֵּן הַמַּשְׁחִית לָבֹא אֶל־בָּתֵּיכֶם לִנְגֹּֽף

    For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

    פסגה at skip 105, backward from Exodus 12:23והיההיוםהזהלכםלזכרוןוחמץונכרתההנפשההואמישרריאכללכלנפשהואלבדויעשבראשןבארבעעשריוםלחדשמעדתישראלברובאזרחהאריכםושחטוהפחולקחתםאגדעבריקוקלנגאתמצריםוראלךולבניךעדעולםוהיהכיתרתםזבחפסחהואליקוקאשרפיקוקאתמשהואהרןכןעשוויףסגה
    skip 105, width 105 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 95,338Open in the laboratory →

  5. Leviticus 25:53ויקרא כה:נגskip 134, backward

    כִּשְׂכִיר שָׁנָה בְּשָׁנָה יִהְיֶה עִמּוֹ לֹֽא־יִרְדֶּנּֽוּ בְּפֶרֶךְ לְעֵינֶֽיךָ

    As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him; he shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

    פסגה at skip 134, backward from Leviticus 25:53וחיאחיךעמךאתכספךלאתתןבועבדתעבדכשכירכתושביהתרדהבובפרךויראתמאלהיךהיולכםלאחזוהתנחלתםאתולעקרמשפחתראחרינמכרגכסףממכרובמפרשניםכימימולאירדנוברךלעיניךואבהלאתקימולכםואבןמשכיתעתםונתנההארץיבולהועץהןהארץוחרבלאתעברבארצכםפסגה
    skip 134, width 134 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 182,192Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 861 sequences of פסגה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 831).

  • Genesis 44
  • Exodus 34
  • Leviticus 33
  • Numbers 54
  • Deuteronomy 13
  • Joshua 26
  • Judges 38
  • Samuel 37
  • Kings 55
  • Isaiah 79
  • Jeremiah 44
  • Ezekiel 51
  • The Twelve 74
  • Psalms 97
  • Proverbs 30
  • Job 37
  • Song of Songs 12
  • Ruth 1
  • Lamentations 11
  • Ecclesiastes 8
  • Esther 10
  • Daniel 10
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 22
  • Chronicles 41

Outside the Torah

  1. Zechariah 14:15זכריה יד:טוskip 4, backward

    וְכֵן תִּֽהְיֶה מַגֵּפַת הַסּוּס הַפֶּרֶד הַגָּמָל וְהַחֲמוֹר וְכָל־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּמַּחֲנוֹת הָהֵמָּה כַּמַּגֵּפָה הַזֹּֽאת

    And so shall be the plague of the horse, Of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, And of all the beasts that shall be in those camps, as this plague.

    פסגה at skip 4, backward from Zechariah 14:15דיםלרבמאדוכןתיהמפתהוסהרדהגמלוהחמורוכפסגה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 854,696Open in the laboratory →

  2. Nehemiah 2:8נחמיה ב:חskip 6, backward

    וְאִגֶּרֶת אֶל־אָסָף שֹׁמֵר הַפַּרְדֵּס אֲשֶׁר לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יִתֶּן־לִי עֵצִים לְקָרוֹת אֶת־שַׁעֲרֵי הַבִּירָה אֲשֶׁר־לַבַּיִת וּלְחוֹמַת הָעִיר וְלַבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר־אָבוֹא אֵלָיו וַיִּתֶּן־לִי הַמֶּלֶךְ כְּיַד־אֱלֹהַי הַטּוֹבָה עָלָֽי

    and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s park, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into.’ And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

    פסגה at skip 6, backward from Nehemiah 2:8יעבירוניעדאשראבואאליודהוארתאלאףשמרהרדסאשרלמלךאשריתןליעציפסגה
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,076,360Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Chronicles 8:14דברי הימים ב ח:ידskip 12, backward

    וַיַּעֲמֵד כְּמִשְׁפַּט דָּֽוִיד־אָבִיו אֶת־מַחְלְקוֹת הַכֹּהֲנִים עַל־עֲבֹדָתָם וְהַלְוִיִּם עַל־מִשְׁמְרוֹתָם לְהַלֵּל וּלְשָׁרֵת נֶגֶד הַכֹּֽהֲנִים לִדְבַר־יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִים בְּמַחְלְקוֹתָם לְשַׁעַר וָשָׁעַר כִּי כֵן מִצְוַת דָּוִיד אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִֽים

    And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate; for so had David the man of God commanded.

    פסגה at skip 12, backward from 2 Chronicles 8:14כמצותמשהלשבתותולחדשיםולמועדותשלושפעמיםבשנבחגהמצותובחהשבעותובחגהכותויעמדכמשטדוידאביואתמחלקותהכהניםעלעבדתםוהלויםעלמשמרפסגה
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,153,159Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

פסגה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as פסגה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 148.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Pisgah appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 176 sequences of פסגה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 179).

What is the shortest skip for Pisgah in the Torah?

Skip 7, reading backward from Numbers 13:8 — the shortest of 176 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 179.

What is the gematria of Pisgah in Hebrew?

Pisgah is spelled פסגה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 148.

How many times is Pisgah found in the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 861 sequences of פסגה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 831).

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