Seed זרע
Seed — in Hebrew זרע — seed; offspring. Seed appears 47,169 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 47,426 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 47,169
- Chance alone
- 47,426
- P (≥ found)
- 0.88
- 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 47,169 sequences of זרע at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 47,426).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 5:15, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 716,114 sequences of זרע, against about 735,078 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 47,426 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 9,313
- Exodus 12,367
- Leviticus 8,396
- Numbers 9,856
- Deuteronomy 7,237
The shortest skips
וְהֵבִיא הָאִישׁ אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן וְהֵבִיא אֶת־קָרְבָּנָהּ עָלֶיהָ עֲשִׂירִת הָאֵיפָה קֶמַח שְׂעֹרִים לֹֽא־יִצֹק עָלָיו שֶׁמֶן וְלֹֽא־יִתֵּן עָלָיו לְבֹנָה כִּֽי־מִנְחַת קְנָאֹת הוּא מִנְחַת זִכָּרוֹן מַזְכֶּרֶת עָוֺֽן
then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 196,044Open in the laboratory →
זְכֹר לַעֲבָדֶיךָ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב אַל־תֵּפֶן אֶל־קְשִׁי הָעָם הַזֶּה וְאֶל־רִשְׁעוֹ וְאֶל־חַטָּאתֽוֹ
Remember Thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 267,127Open in the laboratory →
הִנֵּה־נָא הָעִיר הַזֹּאת קְרֹבָה לָנוּס שָׁמָּה וְהִיא מִצְעָר אִמָּלְטָה נָּא שָׁמָּה הֲלֹא מִצְעָר הִוא וּתְחִי נַפְשִֽׁי
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one; oh, let me escape thither—is it not a little one?—and my soul shall live.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 23,374Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ הַגְּמַלִּים לִשְׁתּוֹת וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֹ וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל־יָדֶיהָ עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מִשְׁקָלָֽם
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 30,546Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־כְּתֹנֶת יוֹסֵף וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ שְׂעִיר עִזִּים וַיִּטְבְּלוּ אֶת־הַכֻּתֹּנֶת בַּדָּֽם
And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 55,735Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 193,902 sequences of זרע at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 192,829); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0073 by chance alone.
- Genesis 9,313
- Exodus 12,367
- Leviticus 8,396
- Numbers 9,856
- Deuteronomy 7,971
- Joshua 7,038
- Judges 6,073
- Samuel 9,260
- Kings 17,059
- Isaiah 15,365
- Jeremiah 11,561
- Ezekiel 8,800
- The Twelve 9,479
- Psalms 14,528
- Proverbs 5,219
- Job 6,018
- Song of Songs 842
- Ruth 873
- Lamentations 1,018
- Ecclesiastes 1,648
- Esther 1,248
- Daniel 4,502
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,457
- Chronicles 18,011
Outside the Torah
כִּי שָׁכַחַתְּ אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׁעֵךְ וְצוּר מָעֻזֵּךְ לֹא זָכָרְתְּ עַל־כֵּן תִּטְּעִי נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים וּזְמֹרַת זָר תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ
For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, And thou hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy stronghold; Therefore thou didst plant plants of pleasantness, And didst set it with slips of a stranger;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 592,156Open in the laboratory →
עוּרִי עוּרִי לִבְשִׁי־עֹז זְרוֹעַ יְהוָה עוּרִי כִּימֵי קֶדֶם דֹּרוֹת עוֹלָמִים הֲלוֹא אַתְּ־הִיא הַמַּחְצֶבֶת רַהַב מְחוֹלֶלֶת תַּנִּֽין
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; Awake, as in the days of old, The generations of ancient times. Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces, That pierced the dragon?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 627,817Open in the laboratory →
אַל־תִּֽירְאִי כִּי־לֹא תֵבוֹשִׁי וְאַל־תִּכָּלְמִי כִּי לֹא תַחְפִּירִי כִּי בֹשֶׁת עֲלוּמַיִךְ תִּשְׁכָּחִי וְחֶרְפַּת אַלְמְנוּתַיִךְ לֹא תִזְכְּרִי־עֽוֹד
Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed. Neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame; For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, And the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 630,293Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
זרע — the Tanakh's own spelling: seed; offspring. Searched as זרע, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 277.
As a plain word it stands 75 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 1:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Seed in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 47,169 sequences of זרע at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 47,426).
What is the shortest skip for Seed in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 5:15 — the shortest of 47,169 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 47,426.
How is Seed spelled in Hebrew?
Seed is spelled זרע — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 277.
Is Seed in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 193,902 sequences of זרע at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% above what chance alone gives (about 192,829); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0073 by chance alone.
Search it yourself
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