Biblical names

Poratha פורתא

Poratha (פורתא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,436 sequences of Poratha, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 22:23); chance alone would give about 1,446.

Found in the Torah
1,436
Chance alone
1,446
P (≥ found)
0.61
Shortest skip
2

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

In the Torah

1,436 sequences of פורתא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,446 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 22:23, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 11,062 sequences of פורתא, against about 11,397 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 393
  • Exodus 296
  • Leviticus 249
  • Numbers 308
  • Deuteronomy 190

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 22:23שמות כב:כגskip 2, forward

    וְחָרָה אַפִּי וְהָרַגְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בֶּחָרֶב וְהָיוּ נְשֵׁיכֶם אַלְמָנוֹת וּבְנֵיכֶם יְתֹמִֽים

    My wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

    פורתא at skip 2, forward from Exodus 22:23ווחרהאיהגיתכםבחרבפורתא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 110,645Open in the laboratory →

  2. Deuteronomy 20:3דברים כ:גskip 2, backward

    וְאָמַר אֲלֵהֶם שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתֶּם קְרֵבִים הַיּוֹם לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל־אֹיְבֵיכֶם אַל־יֵרַךְ לְבַבְכֶם אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ וְאַֽל־תַּחְפְּזוּ וְאַל־תַּֽעַרְצוּ מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם

    and shall say unto them: ‘Hear, O Israel, ye draw nigh this day unto battle against your enemies; let not your heart faint; fear not, nor be alarmed, neither be ye affrighted at them;

    פורתא at skip 2, backward from Deuteronomy 20:3תחפזוולעצמניהםכייפורתא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 281,669Open in the laboratory →

  3. Deuteronomy 31:6דברים לא:וskip 2, backward

    חִזְקוּ וְאִמְצוּ אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ וְאַל־תַּעַרְצוּ מִפְּנֵיהֶם כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא הַהֹלֵךְ עִמָּךְ לֹא יַרְפְּךָ וְלֹא יַעַזְבֶֽךָּ

    Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.’

    פורתא at skip 2, backward from Deuteronomy 31:6תיראוולעצמניהםכייפורתא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 298,717Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 18:6דברים יח:וskip 8, forward

    וְכִֽי־יָבֹא הַלֵּוִי מֵאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר־הוּא גָּר שָׁם וּבָא בְּכָל־אַוַּת נַפְשׁוֹ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהוָֽה

    And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which the LORD shall choose;

    פורתא at skip 8, forward from Deuteronomy 18:6כלישראלאשרהואגרשםובאבכלאותנשואלהמקםאשריבחיקוקושרבשםיקוקלהיוככלאחיוהלויםהעמדיםשםלפניפורתא
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 279,457Open in the laboratory →

  5. Leviticus 13:41ויקרא יג:מאskip 21, backward

    וְאִם מִפְּאַת פָּנָיו יִמָּרֵט רֹאשׁוֹ גִּבֵּחַ הוּא טָהוֹר הֽוּא

    And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead-bald; yet is he clean.

    פורתא at skip 21, backward from Leviticus 13:41ושערשחרצמחבונרפאהנתקטהורהואוטהרוהכהןואישאואשהכייהיהבעורבשרםבהרתבהרתלבנתורההכהןוהנהבעורבשרםבהרכהותלבנתבהקהואפרחבעוטהורהואואישכיימרטראשקרחהואטהורהואואםמפאתניוימרטראשוגבחהואטהורהואוכייהיהבקרחתאובגבחתנגעלבןאדמדםצרעתפרחתהואבקרחתואופורתא
    skip 21, width 21 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 160,172Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 4,687 sequences of פורתא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,710).

  • Genesis 393
  • Exodus 296
  • Leviticus 249
  • Numbers 308
  • Deuteronomy 209
  • Joshua 146
  • Judges 160
  • Samuel 330
  • Kings 298
  • Isaiah 318
  • Jeremiah 264
  • Ezekiel 393
  • The Twelve 205
  • Psalms 279
  • Proverbs 147
  • Job 145
  • Song of Songs 28
  • Ruth 11
  • Lamentations 29
  • Ecclesiastes 23
  • Esther 51
  • Daniel 74
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 91
  • Chronicles 240

Outside the Torah

  1. Lamentations 3:43איכה ג:מגskip 2, forward

    סַכֹּתָה בָאַף וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵנוּ הָרַגְתָּ לֹא חָמָֽלְתָּ

    Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; Thou hast slain unsparingly.

    פורתא at skip 2, forward from Lamentations 3:43אףותרדנהגלחמלתסכופורתא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,009,748Open in the laboratory →

  2. Nehemiah 6:3נחמיה ו:גskip 2, forward

    וָאֶשְׁלְחָה עֲלֵיהֶם מַלְאָכִים לֵאמֹר מְלָאכָה גְדוֹלָה אֲנִי עֹשֶׂה וְלֹא אוּכַל לָרֶדֶת לָמָּה תִשְׁבַּת הַמְּלָאכָה כַּאֲשֶׁר אַרְפֶּהָ וְיָרַדְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶֽם

    And I sent messengers unto them, saying: ‘I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?’

    פורתא at skip 2, forward from Nehemiah 6:3כאשרארהידיליכםוישפורתא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,082,310Open in the laboratory →

  3. Jeremiah 42:11ירמיהו מב:יאskip 2, backward

    אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ מִפְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם יְרֵאִים מִפָּנָיו אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ מִמֶּנּוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָה כִּֽי־אִתְּכֶם אָנִי לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶתְכֶם וּלְהַצִּיל אֶתְכֶם מִיָּדֽוֹ

    Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD; for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

    פורתא at skip 2, backward from Jeremiah 42:11יתילכםליאמנימלךבבפורתא
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 707,888Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

פורתא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as פורתא, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 687.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Esther 9:8. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Poratha appear in the Torah codes?

1,436 sequences of פורתא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,446 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Poratha in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 22:23 — the shortest of 1,436 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,446.

How is Poratha spelled in Hebrew?

Poratha is spelled פורתא — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 687.

Is Poratha in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 4,687 sequences of פורתא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,710).

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