Rephidim רפידים
Rephidim (רפידים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Rephidim appears 72 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 29% more than chance alone would give (about 55.7; probability 0.02).
- Found in the Torah
- 72
- Chance alone
- 55.7
- P (≥ found)
- 0.02
- Shortest skip
- 28
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, רפידים appears 72 times in the Torah — 29% more than the 55.7 chance alone would give; the probability of 72 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
The shortest skip at which רפידים appears in the Torah is 28 — the first at Genesis 17:3, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), רפידים is found 371 times; chance alone would give about 354.
- Genesis 20
- Exodus 17
- Leviticus 9
- Numbers 19
- Deuteronomy 7
The shortest skips
וַיִּפֹּל אַבְרָם עַל־פָּנָיו וַיְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ אֱלֹהִים לֵאמֹֽר
And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying:
skip 28, width 28 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 19,231Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה עַֽל־אַהֲרֹן לְשָׁרֵת וְנִשְׁמַע קוֹלוֹ בְּבֹאוֹ אֶל־הַקֹּדֶשׁ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וּבְצֵאתוֹ וְלֹא יָמֽוּת
And it shall be upon Aaron to minister; and the sound thereof shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
skip 64, width 64 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 120,061Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה כְּבֹאִי אֶל־עַבְדְּךָ אָבִי וְהַנַּעַר אֵינֶנּוּ אִתָּנוּ וְנַפְשׁוֹ קְשׁוּרָה בְנַפְשֽׁוֹ
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his soul is bound up with the lad’s soul;
skip 85, width 85 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 68,517Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּסְעוּ מֵרְפִידִים וַיָּבֹאוּ מִדְבַּר סִינַי וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר וַיִּֽחַן־שָׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶגֶד הָהָֽר
And when they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mount.
skip 87, width 87 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 105,674Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּתְּנוּ אֵלָיו כָּֽל־נְשִֽׂיאֵיהֶם מַטֶּה לְנָשִׂיא אֶחָד מַטֶּה לְנָשִׂיא אֶחָד לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר מַטּוֹת וּמַטֵּה אַהֲרֹן בְּתוֹךְ מַטּוֹתָֽם
And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
skip 102, width 102 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 218,286Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, רפידים appears 358 times in the whole Tanakh — 17% more than the 305 chance alone would give; the probability of 358 or more by chance alone is 0.0017.
- Genesis 20
- Exodus 17
- Leviticus 9
- Numbers 19
- Deuteronomy 9
- Joshua 12
- Judges 15
- Samuel 22
- Kings 21
- Isaiah 18
- Jeremiah 21
- Ezekiel 32
- The Twelve 11
- Psalms 36
- Proverbs 24
- Job 25
- Song of Songs 2
- Ruth 1
- Lamentations 1
- Esther 3
- Daniel 11
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9
- Chronicles 20
Outside the Torah
בָּז־לְרֵעֵהוּ חֲסַר־לֵב וְאִישׁ תְּבוּנוֹת יַחֲרִֽישׁ
He that despiseth his neighbour lacketh understanding; But a man of discernment holdeth his peace.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 945,988Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה תַחַת בֹּשֶׂם מַק יִֽהְיֶה וְתַחַת חֲגוֹרָה נִקְפָּה וְתַחַת מַעֲשֶׂה מִקְשֶׁה קָרְחָה וְתַחַת פְּתִיגִיל מַחֲגֹרֶת שָׂק כִּי־תַחַת יֹֽפִי
And it shall come to pass, that Instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; And instead of a girdle rags; And instead of curled hair baldness; And instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; Branding instead of beauty.
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 579,082Open in the laboratory →
וְרָֽדַפְתִּי אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם בַּחֶרֶב בָּרָעָב וּבַדָּבֶר וּנְתַתִּים לזועה לְכֹל מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ לְאָלָה וּלְשַׁמָּה וְלִשְׁרֵקָה וּלְחֶרְפָּה בְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר־הִדַּחְתִּים שָֽׁם
And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will make them a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them;
skip 64, width 64 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 685,044Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
רפידים — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as רפידים, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 344.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Rephidim in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, רפידים appears 72 times in the Torah — 29% more than the 55.7 chance alone would give; the probability of 72 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
What is the shortest skip for Rephidim in the Torah?
Skip 28, reading backward from Genesis 17:3 — the shortest of 72 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 55.7.
What is the gematria of Rephidim in Hebrew?
Rephidim is spelled רפידים — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 344.
How many times is Rephidim found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, רפידים appears 358 times in the whole Tanakh — 17% more than the 305 chance alone would give; the probability of 358 or more by chance alone is 0.0017.
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