Rechah רכה
Rechah (רכה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Rechabite, Recah. In the Torah codes, Rechah is found 652,479 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 6:5) — 1.3% above the 643,970 chance alone would give (probability of 652,479 or more by chance alone: 1.8 × 10⁻²⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 652,479
- Chance alone
- 643,970
- P (≥ found)
- 1.8 × 10⁻²⁶
- 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 652,479 sequences of רכה at skips 2–5,000, 1.3% above what chance alone gives (about 643,970); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻²⁶ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:5, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 9,454,548 sequences of רכה, against about 9,981,254 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 643,970 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 134,283
- Exodus 133,292
- Leviticus 101,222
- Numbers 101,444
- Deuteronomy 182,238
The shortest skips
וַיַּרְא יְהוָה כִּי רַבָּה רָעַת הָאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וְכָל־יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבֹת לִבּוֹ רַק רַע כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם
And the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,097Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר בָּרוּךְ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי שֵׁם וִיהִי כְנַעַן עֶבֶד לָֽמוֹ
And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be their servant.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,436Open in the laboratory →
וְהִנֵּה דְבַר־יְהוָה אֵלָיו לֵאמֹר לֹא יִֽירָשְׁךָ זֶה כִּי־אִם אֲשֶׁר יֵצֵא מִמֵּעֶיךָ הוּא יִֽירָשֶֽׁךָ
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: ‘This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,512Open in the laboratory →
וַיּוֹצֵא אֹתוֹ הַחוּצָה וַיֹּאמֶר הַבֶּט־נָא הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וּסְפֹר הַכּוֹכָבִים אִם־תּוּכַל לִסְפֹּר אֹתָם וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ כֹּה יִהְיֶה זַרְעֶֽךָ
And He brought him forth abroad, and said: ‘Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them’; and He said unto him: ‘So shall thy seed be.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,607Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא אֶל־הָגָר וַתַּהַר וַתֵּרֶא כִּי הָרָתָה וַתֵּקַל גְּבִרְתָּהּ בְּעֵינֶֽיהָ
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,484Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, רכה appears 2,290,943 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,288,930, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 134,283
- Exodus 133,292
- Leviticus 101,222
- Numbers 101,444
- Deuteronomy 190,059
- Joshua 81,720
- Judges 56,205
- Samuel 146,541
- Kings 213,456
- Isaiah 134,967
- Jeremiah 199,981
- Ezekiel 144,310
- The Twelve 118,385
- Psalms 133,955
- Proverbs 43,230
- Job 36,698
- Song of Songs 9,078
- Ruth 8,673
- Lamentations 11,091
- Ecclesiastes 23,325
- Esther 33,156
- Daniel 36,201
- Ezra–Nehemiah 50,849
- Chronicles 148,822
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָל־הַנְּשִׂיאִים אֶל־כָּל־הָעֵדָה אֲנַחְנוּ נִשְׁבַּעְנוּ לָהֶם בַּֽיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַתָּה לֹא נוּכַל לִנְגֹּעַ בָּהֶֽם
But all the princes said unto all the congregation: ‘We have sworn unto them by the LORD, the God of Israel; now therefore we may not touch them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 318,779Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעֲנוּ אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיֹּאמְרוּ כִּי הֻגֵּד הֻגַּד לַעֲבָדֶיךָ אֵת אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־מֹשֶׁה עַבְדּוֹ לָתֵת לָכֶם אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ וּלְהַשְׁמִיד אֶת־כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶם וַנִּירָא מְאֹד לְנַפְשֹׁתֵינוּ מִפְּנֵיכֶם וַֽנַּעֲשֵׂה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה
And they answered Joshua, and said: ‘Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,107Open in the laboratory →
רַק כָּל־הֶעָרִים הָעֹֽמְדוֹת עַל־תִּלָּם לֹא שְׂרָפָם יִשְׂרָאֵל זוּלָתִי אֶת־חָצוֹר לְבַדָּהּ שָׂרַף יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ
But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only—that did Joshua burn.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,131Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
רכה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Rechabite, Recah. Searched as רכה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 225.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 47:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Rechah appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 652,479 sequences of רכה at skips 2–5,000, 1.3% above what chance alone gives (about 643,970); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻²⁶ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Rechah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 6:5 — the shortest of 652,479 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 643,970.
How is Rechah spelled in Hebrew?
Rechah is spelled רכה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 225.
Is Rechah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, רכה appears 2,290,943 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,288,930, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 643,970 here) beside the count.