Tamar תמר
Tamar (תמר) is a person named in the Tanakh. Tamar appears 857,228 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 863,771 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 857,228
- Chance alone
- 863,771
- 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
The Torah holds 857,228 sequences of תמר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 863,771).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 12:4, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 13,477,671 sequences of תמר, against about 13,388,083 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 863,771 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 193,292
- Exodus 209,400
- Leviticus 124,265
- Numbers 175,528
- Deuteronomy 154,743
The shortest skips
וַיֵּלֶךְ אַבְרָם כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֵלָיו יְהוָה וַיֵּלֶךְ אִתּוֹ לוֹט וְאַבְרָם בֶּן־חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה בְּצֵאתוֹ מֵחָרָֽן
So Abram went, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,332Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי רָעָב בָּאָרֶץ מִלְּבַד הָרָעָב הָרִאשׁוֹן אֲשֶׁר הָיָה בִּימֵי אַבְרָהָם וַיֵּלֶךְ יִצְחָק אֶל־אֲבִימֶּלֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ־פְּלִשְׁתִּים גְּרָֽרָה
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 34,459Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר רִבְקָה אֶל־יִצְחָק קַצְתִּי בְחַיַּי מִפְּנֵי בְּנוֹת חֵת אִם־לֹקֵחַ יַעֲקֹב אִשָּׁה מִבְּנֽוֹת־חֵת כָּאֵלֶּה מִבְּנוֹת הָאָרֶץ לָמָּה לִּי חַיִּֽים
And Rebekah said to Isaac: ‘I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,537Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר רָחֵל דָּנַנִּי אֱלֹהִים וְגַם שָׁמַע בְּקֹלִי וַיִּתֶּן־לִי בֵּן עַל־כֵּן קָרְאָה שְׁמוֹ דָּֽן
And Rachel said: ‘God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son.’ Therefore called she his name Dan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 41,718Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר רָחֵל נַפְתּוּלֵי אֱלֹהִים נִפְתַּלְתִּי עִם־אֲחֹתִי גַּם־יָכֹלְתִּי וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ נַפְתָּלִֽי
And Rachel said: ‘With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.’ And she called his name Naphtali.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 41,798Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 2,960,302 sequences of תמר at skips 2–5,000, 0.1% above what chance alone gives (about 2,957,162); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 by chance alone.
- Genesis 193,292
- Exodus 209,400
- Leviticus 124,265
- Numbers 175,528
- Deuteronomy 162,528
- Joshua 101,376
- Judges 88,864
- Samuel 177,971
- Kings 246,729
- Isaiah 147,391
- Jeremiah 221,485
- Ezekiel 230,905
- The Twelve 129,975
- Psalms 166,965
- Proverbs 75,808
- Job 68,833
- Song of Songs 13,633
- Ruth 16,389
- Lamentations 11,787
- Ecclesiastes 28,912
- Esther 38,735
- Daniel 43,452
- Ezra–Nehemiah 82,035
- Chronicles 204,044
Outside the Torah
כִּֽי־הָיוּ בְנֵֽי־יוֹסֵף שְׁנֵי מַטּוֹת מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶפְרָיִם וְלֹֽא־נָתְנוּ חֵלֶק לַלְוִיִּם בָּאָרֶץ כִּי אִם־עָרִים לָשֶׁבֶת וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם לְמִקְנֵיהֶם וּלְקִנְיָנָֽם
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the open land about them for their cattle and for their substance.—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 326,870Open in the laboratory →
וְשַׁעֲרַיִם וַעֲדִיתַיִם וְהַגְּדֵרָה וּגְדֵרֹתָיִם עָרִים אַרְבַּֽע־עֶשְׂרֵה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן
and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, with Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 329,226Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי גְּבוּל בְּנֵֽי־אֶפְרַיִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם וַיְהִי גְּבוּל נַחֲלָתָם מִזְרָחָה עַטְרוֹת אַדָּר עַד־בֵּית חוֹרֹן עֶלְיֽוֹן
And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus; even the border of their inheritance eastward was Atroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 330,158Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תמר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as תמר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 640.
As a plain word it stands 25 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 14:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Tamar in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 857,228 sequences of תמר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 863,771).
What is the shortest skip for Tamar in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 12:4 — the shortest of 857,228 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 863,771.
How is Tamar spelled in Hebrew?
Tamar is spelled תמר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 640.
Is Tamar in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 2,960,302 sequences of תמר at skips 2–5,000, 0.1% above what chance alone gives (about 2,957,162); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.03 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 863,771 here) beside the count.