Concepts

Remember זכור

Remember — in Hebrew זכור — remember; the Sabbath command in Exodus. Remember appears 4,845 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 5,011 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
4,845
Chance alone
5,011
P (≥ found)
0.99
Shortest skip
6

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, זכור appears 4,845 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 5,011, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 6 — the first at Leviticus 8:11, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 48,833 sequences of זכור, against about 52,214 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 1,004
  • Exodus 1,068
  • Leviticus 893
  • Numbers 730
  • Deuteronomy 1,150

The shortest skips

  1. Leviticus 8:11ויקרא ח:יאskip 6, forward

    וַיַּז מִמֶּנּוּ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים וַיִּמְשַׁח אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו וְאֶת־הַכִּיֹּר וְאֶת־כַּנּוֹ לְקַדְּשָֽׁם

    And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.

    זכור at skip 6, forward from Leviticus 8:11זבחשבעפעמיםוימשחאתהמבחואתלכליואתהכיואתכנולקדשםויצקמשמןהמזכור
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 151,334Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 17:7בראשית יז:זskip 8, forward

    וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ לְדֹרֹתָם לִבְרִית עוֹלָם לִהְיוֹת לְךָ לֵֽאלֹהִים וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶֽיךָ

    And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

    זכור at skip 8, forward from Genesis 17:7רתםלבריתעולםלהיותלךלאלהיםולרעךאחריונתתילךלזרעךאחיךאתארץמגריךאתכלארץכנעןלאחזתזךור
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 19,414Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 17:7בראשית יז:זskip 9, backward

    וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ לְדֹרֹתָם לִבְרִית עוֹלָם לִהְיוֹת לְךָ לֵֽאלֹהִים וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶֽיךָ

    And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

    זכור at skip 9, backward from Genesis 17:7אתבריתיביניובינךוביןזרעךאחריךלדתםלבריתעלםלהיותללאלהיםולרעךאחריךונתתילךולזרעךאחריךאתארץזךור
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 19,414Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 33:8בראשית לג:חskip 9, backward

    וַיֹּאמֶר מִי לְךָ כָּל־הַמַּחֲנֶה הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר פָּגָשְׁתִּי וַיֹּאמֶר לִמְצֹא־חֵן בְּעֵינֵי אֲדֹנִֽי

    And he said: ‘What meanest thou by all this camp which I met?’ And he said: ‘To find favour in the sight of my lord.’

    זכור at skip 9, backward from Genesis 33:8שגםלאהוילדיהוישתחווואחרנגשיוסףוחלוישתחוויאמרמילכלהמחנהההאשרפגשתיויאמרלמצאחןבעיניאדניויזךור
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 48,575Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 9:6שמות ט:וskip 11, forward

    וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוָה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַיָּמָת כֹּל מִקְנֵה מִצְרָיִם וּמִמִּקְנֵה בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא־מֵת אֶחָֽד

    And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

    זכור at skip 11, forward from Exodus 9:6רמחריעשהיקוקהדברהזהבארץויעשיקוקאתהדברההממחרתוימתלמקנהמצריםממקנהבניישאללאמתאחדוישלחפרעהוהנהלאמתממקנהישראלעדזכור
    skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 89,861Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, זכור appears 21,814 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 22,069, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 1,004
  • Exodus 1,068
  • Leviticus 893
  • Numbers 730
  • Deuteronomy 1,263
  • Joshua 625
  • Judges 556
  • Samuel 1,182
  • Kings 2,064
  • Isaiah 1,926
  • Jeremiah 1,491
  • Ezekiel 1,112
  • The Twelve 1,170
  • Psalms 1,926
  • Proverbs 628
  • Job 556
  • Song of Songs 91
  • Ruth 96
  • Lamentations 109
  • Ecclesiastes 197
  • Esther 170
  • Daniel 489
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 620
  • Chronicles 1,848

Outside the Torah

  1. Daniel 5:29דניאל ה:כטskip 2, backward

    בֵּאדַיִן אֲמַר בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר וְהַלְבִּישׁוּ לְדָֽנִיֵּאל אַרְגְּוָנָא והמונכא דִֽי־דַהֲבָא עַֽל־צַוְּארֵהּ וְהַכְרִזֽוּ עֲלוֹהִי דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֵא שַׁלִּיט תַּלְתָּא בְּמַלְכוּתָֽא

    Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should rule as one of three in the kingdom.

    זכור at skip 2, backward from Daniel 5:29אעלצואההרועלוהידזכור
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,046,889Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 22:13יהושע כב:יגskip 3, forward

    וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן וְאֶל־בְּנֵי־גָד וְאֶל־חֲצִי שֵֽׁבֶט־מְנַשֶּׁה אֶל־אֶרֶץ הַגִּלְעָד אֶת־פִּינְחָס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵֽן

    And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest;

    זכור at skip 3, forward from Joshua 22:13פינחסבןאלערההןעשהנשאיםעמונזכור
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 339,422Open in the laboratory →

  3. Malachi 1:12מלאכי א:יבskip 3, forward

    וְאַתֶּם מְחַלְּלִים אוֹתוֹ בֶּאֱמָרְכֶם שֻׁלְחַן אֲדֹנָי מְגֹאָל הוּא וְנִיבוֹ נִבְזֶה אָכְלֽוֹ

    But ye profane it, In that ye say: ‘The table of the LORD is polluted, And the fruit thereof, even the food thereof, is contemptible.’

    זכור at skip 3, forward from Malachi 1:12הואוניבונבהאלואמתםהנהמתלאהזכור
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 855,946Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

זכור — the Tanakh's own spelling: remember; the Sabbath command in Exodus. Searched as זכור, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 233.

As a plain word it stands 16 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 13:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Zaccur.

Questions

Is Remember in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, זכור appears 4,845 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 5,011, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Remember in the Torah?

Skip 6, reading forward from Leviticus 8:11 — the shortest of 4,845 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 5,011.

How is Remember spelled in Hebrew?

Remember is spelled זכור — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 233.

Is Remember in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, זכור appears 21,814 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 22,069, 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 5,011 here) beside the count.

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