Seraphim שרפים
Seraphim — in Hebrew שרפים — seraphs, the angels in Isaiah's vision. In the Torah codes, Seraphim is found 1,213 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 5 (Numbers 23:28) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,204).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,213
- Chance alone
- 1,204
- P (≥ found)
- 0.40
- Shortest skip
- 5
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 1,213 sequences of שרפים at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,204).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 5 — the first at Numbers 23:28, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 9,783 sequences of שרפים, against about 9,489 from chance alone.
- Genesis 269
- Exodus 299
- Leviticus 144
- Numbers 343
- Deuteronomy 158
The shortest skips
וַיִּקַּח בָּלָק אֶת־בִּלְעָם רֹאשׁ הַפְּעוֹר הַנִּשְׁקָף עַל־פְּנֵי הַיְשִׁימֹֽן
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 228,917Open in the laboratory →
וְחִשַּׁב אֶת־שְׁנֵי מִמְכָּרוֹ וְהֵשִׁיב אֶת־הָעֹדֵף לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר מָֽכַר־לוֹ וְשָׁב לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ
then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 180,898Open in the laboratory →
וּבַיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם כָּל־מְלָאכָה לֹא־יֵעָשֶׂה בָהֶם אַךְ אֲשֶׁר יֵאָכֵל לְכָל־נֶפֶשׁ הוּא לְבַדּוֹ יֵעָשֶׂה לָכֶֽם
And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 94,899Open in the laboratory →
עַל־כֵּן קָרָא לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא בְּאֵר שָׁבַע כִּי שָׁם נִשְׁבְּעוּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם
Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.
skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 26,839Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּסֵּב אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָעָם דֶּרֶךְ הַמִּדְבָּר יַם־סוּף וַחֲמֻשִׁים עָלוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
But God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.
skip 20, width 20 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 97,803Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, שרפים appears 4,702 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 4,770, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 269
- Exodus 299
- Leviticus 144
- Numbers 343
- Deuteronomy 181
- Joshua 156
- Judges 163
- Samuel 282
- Kings 377
- Isaiah 291
- Jeremiah 275
- Ezekiel 279
- The Twelve 201
- Psalms 375
- Proverbs 164
- Job 167
- Song of Songs 22
- Ruth 19
- Lamentations 26
- Ecclesiastes 40
- Esther 42
- Daniel 68
- Ezra–Nehemiah 143
- Chronicles 376
Outside the Torah
וַיָּרָץ דָּוִד וַיַּעֲמֹד אֶל־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַיִּקַּח אֶת־חַרְבּוֹ וַֽיִּשְׁלְפָהּ מִתַּעְרָהּ וַיְמֹתְתֵהוּ וַיִּכְרָת־בָּהּ אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ וַיִּרְאוּ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים כִּֽי־מֵת גִּבּוֹרָם וַיָּנֻֽסוּ
And David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their mighty man was dead, they fled.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 412,389Open in the laboratory →
יַֽעֲמְדוּ־נָא שָׂרֵינוּ לְֽכָל־הַקָּהָל וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר בֶּעָרֵינוּ הַהֹשִׁיב נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֹת יָבֹא לְעִתִּים מְזֻמָּנִים וְעִמָּהֶם זִקְנֵי־עִיר וָעִיר וְשֹׁפְטֶיהָ עַד לְהָשִׁיב חֲרוֹן אַף־אֱלֹהֵינוּ מִמֶּנּוּ עַד לַדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה
Let now our princes of all the congregation stand, and let all them that are in our cities that have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, as touching this matter.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,074,001Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־הַתְּרוּמָה חֲמִשָּׁה וְעֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף בַּחֲמִשָּׁה וְעֶשְׂרִים אָלֶף רְבִיעִית תָּרִימוּ אֶת־תְּרוּמַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֶל־אֲחֻזַּת הָעִֽיר
All the offering shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand; ye shall set apart the holy offering foursquare, with the possession of the city.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 800,998Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שרפים — the Tanakh's own spelling: seraphs, the angels in Isaiah's vision. Searched as שרפים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 630.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 17:31. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Seraphim in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 1,213 sequences of שרפים at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,204).
What is the shortest skip for Seraphim in the Torah?
Skip 5, reading forward from Numbers 23:28 — the shortest of 1,213 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,204.
How is Seraphim spelled in Hebrew?
Seraphim is spelled שרפים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 630.
Is Seraphim in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, שרפים appears 4,702 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 4,770, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,204 here) beside the count.