Rephaiah רפיה
Rephaiah (רפיה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 25,622 sequences of Rephaiah, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 32:9); chance alone would give about 26,540.
- Found in the Torah
- 25,622
- Chance alone
- 26,540
- 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
The Torah holds 25,622 sequences of רפיה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 26,540).
The shortest skip at which רפיה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 32:9, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), רפיה is found 284,673 times; chance alone would give about 276,539.
- Genesis 6,573
- Exodus 5,749
- Leviticus 3,647
- Numbers 5,815
- Deuteronomy 3,838
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אִם־יָבוֹא עֵשָׂו אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה הָאַחַת וְהִכָּהוּ וְהָיָה הַמַּחֲנֶה הַנִּשְׁאָר לִפְלֵיטָֽה
And he said: ‘If Esau come to the one camp, and smite it, then the camp which is left shall escape.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 46,922Open in the laboratory →
בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד מִחוּץ לַפָּרֹכֶת אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָעֵדֻת יַעֲרֹךְ אֹתוֹ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו מֵעֶרֶב עַד־בֹּקֶר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתָם מֵאֵת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 118,241Open in the laboratory →
וְהִקְרַבְתָּ אֶת־הַפָּר לִפְנֵי אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְסָמַךְ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־רֹאשׁ הַפָּֽר
And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 121,024Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁחַטְתָּ אֶת־הַפָּר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד
And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 121,073Open in the laboratory →
וְכִכַּר לֶחֶם אַחַת וַֽחַלַּת לֶחֶם שֶׁמֶן אַחַת וְרָקִיק אֶחָד מִסַּל הַמַּצּוֹת אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 121,844Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
98,398 sequences of רפיה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 101,334 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 6,573
- Exodus 5,749
- Leviticus 3,647
- Numbers 5,815
- Deuteronomy 4,206
- Joshua 3,696
- Judges 3,278
- Samuel 5,831
- Kings 7,154
- Isaiah 6,463
- Jeremiah 6,753
- Ezekiel 6,663
- The Twelve 5,628
- Psalms 7,226
- Proverbs 2,626
- Job 2,787
- Song of Songs 493
- Ruth 361
- Lamentations 520
- Ecclesiastes 694
- Esther 809
- Daniel 1,656
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,422
- Chronicles 7,348
Outside the Torah
וַיָּשָׁב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בָּעֵת הַהִיא וַיִּלְכֹּד אֶת־חָצוֹר וְאֶת־מַלְכָּהּ הִכָּה בֶחָרֶב כִּֽי־חָצוֹר לְפָנִים הִיא רֹאשׁ כָּל־הַמַּמְלָכוֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה
And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 322,981Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּבְרַח דָּוִד מנוות בָּרָמָה וַיָּבֹא וַיֹּאמֶר לִפְנֵי יְהוֹנָתָן מֶה עָשִׂיתִי מֶֽה־עֲוֺנִי וּמֶֽה־חַטָּאתִי לִפְנֵי אָבִיךָ כִּי מְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־נַפְשִֽׁי
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan: ‘What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 416,106Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁם אִישׁ מֵעַבְדֵי שָׁאוּל בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא נֶעְצָר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וּשְׁמוֹ דֹּאֵג הָאֲדֹמִי אַבִּיר הָרֹעִים אֲשֶׁר לְשָׁאֽוּל
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 419,114Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
רפיה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as רפיה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 295.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 3:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Rephaiah appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 25,622 sequences of רפיה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 26,540).
What is the shortest skip for Rephaiah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 32:9 — the shortest of 25,622 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 26,540.
What is the gematria of Rephaiah in Hebrew?
Rephaiah is spelled רפיה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 295.
How many times is Rephaiah found in the whole Tanakh?
98,398 sequences of רפיה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 101,334 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 26,540 here) beside the count.