Sword חרב
Sword is written חרב in Hebrew. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 221,964 sequences of Sword, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 26:18); chance alone would give about 225,365.
- Found in the Torah
- 221,964
- Chance alone
- 225,365
- 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
221,964 sequences of חרב at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 225,365 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 26:18, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 3,410,987 sequences of חרב, against about 3,493,065 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 225,365 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 60,115
- Exodus 43,830
- Leviticus 32,421
- Numbers 53,740
- Deuteronomy 31,858
The shortest skips
וַיָּשָׁב יִצְחָק וַיַּחְפֹּר אֶת־בְּאֵרֹת הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר חָֽפְרוּ בִּימֵי אַבְרָהָם אָבִיו וַיְסַתְּמוּם פְּלִשְׁתִּים אַחֲרֵי מוֹת אַבְרָהָם וַיִּקְרָא לָהֶן שֵׁמוֹת כַּשֵּׁמֹת אֲשֶׁר־קָרָא לָהֶן אָבִֽיו
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,322Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ בְּאֵר אַחֶרֶת וַיָּרִיבוּ גַּם־עָלֶיהָ וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמָהּ שִׂטְנָֽה
And they digged another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,488Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּפְתַּח הָאֶחָד אֶת־שַׂקּוֹ לָתֵת מִסְפּוֹא לַחֲמֹרוֹ בַּמָּלוֹן וַיַּרְא אֶת־כַּסְפּוֹ וְהִנֵּה־הוּא בְּפִי אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ
And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 64,314Open in the laboratory →
וַיְמָרְרוּ אֶת־חַיֵּיהֶם בַּעֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה בְּחֹמֶר וּבִלְבֵנִים וּבְכָל־עֲבֹדָה בַּשָּׂדֶה אֵת כָּל־עֲבֹדָתָם אֲשֶׁר־עָבְדוּ בָהֶם בְּפָֽרֶךְ
And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 78,565Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹא־יָכְלָה עוֹד הַצְּפִינוֹ וַתִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ תֵּבַת גֹּמֶא וַתַּחְמְרָה בַחֵמָר וּבַזָּפֶת וַתָּשֶׂם בָּהּ אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וַתָּשֶׂם בַּסּוּף עַל־שְׂפַת הַיְאֹֽר
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 79,127Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 849,263 sequences of חרב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 851,187).
- Genesis 60,115
- Exodus 43,830
- Leviticus 32,421
- Numbers 53,740
- Deuteronomy 33,436
- Joshua 33,244
- Judges 25,093
- Samuel 53,359
- Kings 74,095
- Isaiah 48,251
- Jeremiah 49,174
- Ezekiel 55,715
- The Twelve 34,945
- Psalms 55,390
- Proverbs 31,080
- Job 25,517
- Song of Songs 3,740
- Ruth 2,621
- Lamentations 4,837
- Ecclesiastes 9,661
- Esther 6,362
- Daniel 15,778
- Ezra–Nehemiah 26,746
- Chronicles 70,113
Outside the Torah
וְאַֽלַמֶּלֶךְ וְעַמְעָד וּמִשְׁאָל וּפָגַע בְּכַרְמֶל הַיָּמָּה וּבְשִׁיחוֹר לִבְנָֽת
and Allam-melech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 334,415Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא אֶת־הָאִישׁ הָאֹרֵחַ בִּרְחֹב הָעִיר וַיֹּאמֶר הָאִישׁ הַזָּקֵן אָנָה תֵלֵךְ וּמֵאַיִן תָּבֽוֹא
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the broad place of the city; and the old man said: ‘Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 378,072Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא יוֹאָב כִּֽי־הָיְתָה אֵלָיו פְּנֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה מִפָּנִים וּמֵֽאָחוֹר וַיִּבְחַר מִכֹּל בְּחוּרֵי בישראל וַֽיַּעֲרֹךְ לִקְרַאת אֲרָֽם
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Arameans;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 448,851Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חרב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חרב, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 210.
As a plain word it stands 183 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 31:26. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Sword in the Torah codes?
221,964 sequences of חרב at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 225,365 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Sword in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 26:18 — the shortest of 221,964 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 225,365.
How is Sword spelled in Hebrew?
Sword is spelled חרב — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 210.
Is Sword in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 849,263 sequences of חרב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 851,187).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 225,365 here) beside the count.