Sarah שרח
Sarah (שרח) is a person named in the Tanakh — Serah. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 213,057 sequences of Sarah, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 4:9); chance alone would give about 215,024.
- Found in the Torah
- 213,057
- Chance alone
- 215,024
- 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
213,057 sequences of שרח at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 215,024 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which שרח appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:9, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), שרח is found 3,248,126 times; chance alone would give about 3,332,784.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 215,024 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 49,390
- Exodus 51,741
- Leviticus 30,181
- Numbers 52,318
- Deuteronomy 29,427
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־קַיִן אֵי הֶבֶל אָחִיךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא יָדַעְתִּי הֲשֹׁמֵר אָחִי אָנֹֽכִי
And the LORD said unto Cain: ‘Where is Abel thy brother?’ And he said: ‘I know not; am I my brother’s keeper?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,615Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אָחִיהָ וְאִמָּהּ תֵּשֵׁב הַנַּעֲרָ אִתָּנוּ יָמִים אוֹ עָשׂוֹר אַחַר תֵּלֵֽךְ
And her brother and her mother said: ‘Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 32,276Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי־לִי שׁוֹר וַחֲמוֹר צֹאן וְעֶבֶד וְשִׁפְחָה וָֽאֶשְׁלְחָה לְהַגִּיד לַֽאדֹנִי לִמְצֹא־חֵן בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ
And I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and men-servants and maid-servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thy sight.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 46,704Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־עֲבָדָיו הֲנִמְצָא כָזֶה אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים בּֽוֹ
And Pharaoh said unto his servants: ‘Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 61,951Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוָה כִּדְבַר מֹשֶׁה וַיָּסַר הֶעָרֹב מִפַּרְעֹה מֵעֲבָדָיו וּמֵעַמּוֹ לֹא נִשְׁאַר אֶחָֽד
And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 89,559Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שרח appears 761,069 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.2% more than the 759,589 chance alone would give; the probability of 761,069 or more by chance alone is 0.04.
- Genesis 49,390
- Exodus 51,741
- Leviticus 30,181
- Numbers 52,318
- Deuteronomy 31,070
- Joshua 30,473
- Judges 23,423
- Samuel 49,762
- Kings 70,244
- Isaiah 42,776
- Jeremiah 39,233
- Ezekiel 43,141
- The Twelve 29,853
- Psalms 47,204
- Proverbs 25,433
- Job 22,341
- Song of Songs 3,550
- Ruth 3,584
- Lamentations 3,582
- Ecclesiastes 7,994
- Esther 9,382
- Daniel 11,026
- Ezra–Nehemiah 23,986
- Chronicles 59,382
Outside the Torah
וְהָעָם עָלוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּן בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בַּגִּלְגָּל בִּקְצֵה מִזְרַח יְרִיחֽוֹ
And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 310,008Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּחֲנוּ עֲלֵיהֶם וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ אֶת־יְבוּל הָאָרֶץ עַד־בּוֹאֲךָ עַזָּה וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁאִירוּ מִֽחְיָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וְשֶׂה וָשׁוֹר וַחֲמֽוֹר
and they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 353,386Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּבְקַע אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַמַּכְתֵּשׁ אֲשֶׁר־בַּלֶּחִי וַיֵּצְאוּ מִמֶּנּוּ מַיִם וַיֵּשְׁתְּ וַתָּשָׁב רוּחוֹ וַיֶּחִי עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמָהּ עֵין הַקּוֹרֵא אֲשֶׁר בַּלֶּחִי עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
But God cleaved the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came back, and he revived; wherefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 371,836Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שרח — the Tanakh's own spelling: Serah. Searched as שרח, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 508.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 26:46. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Sarah in the Torah codes?
213,057 sequences of שרח at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 215,024 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Sarah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:9 — the shortest of 213,057 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 215,024.
What is the gematria of Sarah in Hebrew?
Sarah is spelled שרח — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 508.
How many times is Sarah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שרח appears 761,069 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.2% more than the 759,589 chance alone would give; the probability of 761,069 or more by chance alone is 0.04.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 215,024 here) beside the count.