Biblical names

Rehum רחום

Rehum (רחום) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Rehum is found 33,613 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 39:33) — about what chance alone gives (about 34,360).

Found in the Torah
33,613
Chance alone
34,360
P (≥ found)
1.00
Shortest skip
2

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

In the Torah

At skips 2–5,000, רחום appears 33,613 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 34,360, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 39:33, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 363,201 sequences of רחום, against about 358,022 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 9,107
  • Exodus 7,405
  • Leviticus 4,805
  • Numbers 7,742
  • Deuteronomy 4,554

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 39:33שמות לט:לגskip 2, forward

    וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הָאֹהֶל וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו קְרָסָיו קְרָשָׁיו בריחו וְעַמֻּדָיו וַאֲדָנָֽיו

    And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets;

    רחום at skip 2, forward from Exodus 39:33קרשיוביועדיוואדנרחומ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 139,495Open in the laboratory →

  2. Leviticus 13:15ויקרא יג:טוskip 2, forward

    וְרָאָה הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר הַחַי וְטִמְּאוֹ הַבָּשָׂר הַחַי טָמֵא הוּא צָרַעַת הֽוּא

    And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.

    רחום at skip 2, forward from Leviticus 13:15ןאתהבשהיטאוהבשרהרחומ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 158,815Open in the laboratory →

  3. Leviticus 16:20ויקרא טז:כskip 2, forward

    וְכִלָּה מִכַּפֵּר אֶת־הַקֹּדֶשׁ וְאֶת־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְאֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְהִקְרִיב אֶת־הַשָּׂעִיר הֶחָֽי

    And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat.

    רחום at skip 2, forward from Leviticus 16:20אתהשעיהיסךאהרןאתרחומ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 167,156Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 4:8במדבר ד:חskip 2, forward

    וּפָרְשׂוּ עֲלֵיהֶם בֶּגֶד תּוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְכִסּוּ אֹתוֹ בְּמִכְסֵה עוֹר תָּחַשׁ וְשָׂמוּ אֶת־בַּדָּֽיו

    And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall set the staves thereof.

    רחום at skip 2, forward from Numbers 4:8מכסהעותששואתבדיורחומ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 193,054Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 4:11במדבר ד:יאskip 2, forward

    וְעַל מִזְבַּח הַזָּהָב יִפְרְשׂוּ בֶּגֶד תְּכֵלֶת וְכִסּוּ אֹתוֹ בְּמִכְסֵה עוֹר תָּחַשׁ וְשָׂמוּ אֶת־בַּדָּֽיו

    And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall set the staves thereof.

    רחום at skip 2, forward from Numbers 4:11מכסהעותששואתבדיורחומ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 193,223Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

138,327 sequences of רחום at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 139,507 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 9,107
  • Exodus 7,405
  • Leviticus 4,805
  • Numbers 7,742
  • Deuteronomy 4,971
  • Joshua 5,380
  • Judges 4,282
  • Samuel 9,243
  • Kings 11,249
  • Isaiah 8,868
  • Jeremiah 7,888
  • Ezekiel 8,986
  • The Twelve 6,590
  • Psalms 9,797
  • Proverbs 4,530
  • Job 4,556
  • Song of Songs 600
  • Ruth 479
  • Lamentations 716
  • Ecclesiastes 1,385
  • Esther 1,254
  • Daniel 2,254
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 4,394
  • Chronicles 11,846

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 8:2יהושע ח:בskip 2, forward

    וְעָשִׂיתָ לָעַי וּלְמַלְכָּהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ לִֽירִיחוֹ וּלְמַלְכָּהּ רַק־שְׁלָלָהּ וּבְהֶמְתָּהּ תָּבֹזּוּ לָכֶם שִׂים־לְךָ אֹרֵב לָעִיר מֵאַחֲרֶֽיהָ

    And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king; only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves; set thee an ambush for the city behind it.’

    רחום at skip 2, forward from Joshua 8:2עשיתלייוללכהרקשלרחומ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 315,390Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 10:1יהושע י:אskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ אֲדֹֽנִי־צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַם כִּֽי־לָכַד יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־הָעַי וַיַּחֲרִימָהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לִֽירִיחוֹ וּלְמַלְכָּהּ כֵּן־עָשָׂה לָעַי וּלְמַלְכָּהּ וְכִי הִשְׁלִימוּ יֹשְׁבֵי גִבְעוֹן אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּֽהְיוּ בְּקִרְבָּֽם

    Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

    רחום at skip 2, forward from Joshua 10:1רעשהלייוללכהכןעשרחומ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 319,424Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Samuel 2:36שמואל א ב:לוskip 2, forward

    וְהָיָה כָּל־הַנּוֹתָר בְּבֵיתְךָ יָבוֹא לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לוֹ לַאֲגוֹרַת כֶּסֶף וְכִכַּר־לָחֶם וְאָמַר סְפָחֵנִי נָא אֶל־אַחַת הַכְּהֻנּוֹת לֶאֱכֹל פַּת־לָֽחֶם

    And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say: Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.’

    רחום at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 2:36כסףוככלםארספחנינרחומ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 387,255Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

רחום — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as רחום, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 254.

As a plain word it stands 12 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 34:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Rehum in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, רחום appears 33,613 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 34,360, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Rehum in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 39:33 — the shortest of 33,613 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 34,360.

How is Rehum spelled in Hebrew?

Rehum is spelled רחום — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 254.

Is Rehum in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

138,327 sequences of רחום at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 139,507 that chance alone would produce.

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