Rithmah רתמה
Rithmah (רתמה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Rithmah appears 78,530 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 78,829 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 78,530
- Chance alone
- 78,829
- P (≥ found)
- 0.86
- 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 78,530 sequences of רתמה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 78,829).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:11, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 849,776 sequences of רתמה, against about 821,385 from chance alone.
- Genesis 15,710
- Exodus 19,307
- Leviticus 12,933
- Numbers 15,603
- Deuteronomy 14,977
The shortest skips
וְעַתָּה אָרוּר אָתָּה מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר פָּצְתָה אֶת־פִּיהָ לָקַחַת אֶת־דְּמֵי אָחִיךָ מִיָּדֶֽךָ
And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,668Open in the laboratory →
וּנְמַלְתֶּם אֵת בְּשַׂר עָרְלַתְכֶם וְהָיָה לְאוֹת בְּרִית בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶֽם
And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt Me and you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,600Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה אֵלָיו לֹא־טוֹב הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹשֶֽׂה
And Moses’father-in-law said unto him: ‘The thing that thou doest is not good.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 105,014Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בְּרֶדֶת מֹשֶׁה מֵהַר סִינַי וּשְׁנֵי לֻחֹת הָֽעֵדֻת בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה בְּרִדְתּוֹ מִן־הָהָר וּמֹשֶׁה לֹֽא־יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו בְּדַבְּרוֹ אִתּֽוֹ
And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses’hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face sent forth abeams while He talked with him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 130,638Open in the laboratory →
וַיְחַבֵּר אֶת־חֲמֵשׁ הַיְרִיעֹת אַחַת אֶל־אֶחָת וְחָמֵשׁ יְרִיעֹת חִבַּר אַחַת אֶל־אֶחָֽת
And he coupled five curtains one to another; and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 133,313Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 253,521 sequences of רתמה at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 251,358); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 8.2 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
- Genesis 15,710
- Exodus 19,307
- Leviticus 12,933
- Numbers 15,603
- Deuteronomy 16,144
- Joshua 9,451
- Judges 7,243
- Samuel 14,480
- Kings 21,770
- Isaiah 11,843
- Jeremiah 20,952
- Ezekiel 19,816
- The Twelve 11,952
- Psalms 11,692
- Proverbs 4,321
- Job 3,816
- Song of Songs 942
- Ruth 979
- Lamentations 1,257
- Ecclesiastes 2,231
- Esther 3,233
- Daniel 3,249
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6,757
- Chronicles 17,840
Outside the Torah
וַיֵּצֵא גַּעַל בֶּן־עֶבֶד וַיַּעֲמֹד פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הָעִיר וַיָּקָם אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וְהָעָם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּוֹ מִן־הַמַּאְרָֽב
And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from the ambushment.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 361,920Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצֵא בִנְיָמִן לִקְרָאתָם מִֽן־הַגִּבְעָה בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ בִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹד שְׁמֹנַת עָשָׂר אֶלֶף אִישׁ אָרְצָה כָּל־אֵלֶּה שֹׁלְפֵי חָֽרֶב
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 380,515Open in the laboratory →
אַף כִּי לוּא אָכֹל אָכַל הַיּוֹם הָעָם מִשְּׁלַל אֹיְבָיו אֲשֶׁר מָצָא כִּי עַתָּה לֹֽא־רָבְתָה מַכָּה בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? had there not been then a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 404,345Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
רתמה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as רתמה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 645.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Rithmah appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 78,530 sequences of רתמה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 78,829).
What is the shortest skip for Rithmah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:11 — the shortest of 78,530 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 78,829.
How is Rithmah spelled in Hebrew?
Rithmah is spelled רתמה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 645.
Is Rithmah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 253,521 sequences of רתמה at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 251,358); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 8.2 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 78,829 here) beside the count.