Biblical names

Tappuah תפוח

Tappuah (תפוח) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Tappuah appears 6,482 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 6,517 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
6,482
Chance alone
6,517
P (≥ found)
0.67
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

At skips 2–5,000, תפוח appears 6,482 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 6,517, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 41:56, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 71,154 sequences of תפוח, against about 67,903 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 1,458
  • Exodus 1,626
  • Leviticus 1,108
  • Numbers 1,551
  • Deuteronomy 739

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 41:56בראשית מא:נוskip 2, backward

    וְהָרָעָב הָיָה עַל כָּל־פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ וַיִּפְתַּח יוֹסֵף אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בָּהֶם וַיִּשְׁבֹּר לְמִצְרַיִם וַיֶּחֱזַק הָֽרָעָב בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

    And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.

    תפוח at skip 2, backward from Genesis 41:56רץויפתיסאכלאשרבהתףוח
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 62,915Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 48:13בראשית מח:יגskip 2, backward

    וַיִּקַּח יוֹסֵף אֶת־שְׁנֵיהֶם אֶת־אֶפְרַיִם בִּֽימִינוֹ מִשְּׂמֹאל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה בִשְׂמֹאלוֹ מִימִין יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּגֵּשׁ אֵלָֽיו

    And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.

    תפוח at skip 2, backward from Genesis 48:13רצהויקיסאשניהםאתתףוח
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 74,557Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 26:29שמות כו:כטskip 2, backward

    וְֽאֶת־הַקְּרָשִׁים תְּצַפֶּה זָהָב וְאֶת־טַבְּעֹֽתֵיהֶם תַּעֲשֶׂה זָהָב בָּתִּים לַבְּרִיחִם וְצִפִּיתָ אֶת־הַבְּרִיחִם זָהָֽב

    And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for holders for the bars; and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

    תפוח at skip 2, backward from Exodus 26:29יםלבריםציאתהבריחתפוח
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 116,746Open in the laboratory →

  4. Leviticus 26:42ויקרא כו:מבskip 2, backward

    וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקוֹב וְאַף אֶת־בְּרִיתִי יִצְחָק וְאַף אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אַבְרָהָם אֶזְכֹּר וְהָאָרֶץ אֶזְכֹּֽר

    then will I remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

    תפוח at skip 2, backward from Leviticus 26:42ריתייצקאאבריתיאבתףוח
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 184,397Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 2:3שמות ב:גskip 3, backward

    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.

    תפוח at skip 3, backward from Exodus 2:3גמאותחמרהבמרבזתושםבהאתהילדתפוח
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 79,141Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 24,194 sequences of תפוח at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 23,943).

  • Genesis 1,458
  • Exodus 1,626
  • Leviticus 1,108
  • Numbers 1,551
  • Deuteronomy 790
  • Joshua 733
  • Judges 696
  • Samuel 1,409
  • Kings 1,401
  • Isaiah 1,446
  • Jeremiah 1,107
  • Ezekiel 1,974
  • The Twelve 1,034
  • Psalms 2,027
  • Proverbs 1,214
  • Job 1,211
  • Song of Songs 161
  • Ruth 162
  • Lamentations 129
  • Ecclesiastes 183
  • Esther 174
  • Daniel 370
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 607
  • Chronicles 1,623

Outside the Torah

  1. Jeremiah 51:45ירמיהו נא:מהskip 2, forward

    צְאוּ מִתּוֹכָהּ עַמִּי וּמַלְּטוּ אִישׁ אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ מֵחֲרוֹן אַף־יְהוָֽה

    My people, go ye out of the midst of her, And save yourselves every man From the fierce anger of the LORD.

    תפוח at skip 2, forward from Jeremiah 51:45טואישאנשמרוןאףיקתפוח
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 723,973Open in the laboratory →

  2. Ezekiel 18:27יחזקאל יח:כזskip 2, forward

    וּבְשׁוּב רָשָׁע מֵֽרִשְׁעָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיַּעַשׂ מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה הוּא אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ יְחַיֶּֽה

    Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

    תפוח at skip 2, forward from Ezekiel 18:27קההואאנשייהויראהתפוח
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 751,514Open in the laboratory →

  3. Ezekiel 40:48יחזקאל מ:מחskip 2, forward

    וַיְבִאֵנִי אֶל־אֻלָם הַבַּיִת וַיָּמָד אֵל אֻלָם חָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת מִפֹּה וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת מִפֹּה וְרֹחַב הַשַּׁעַר שָׁלֹשׁ אַמּוֹת מִפּוֹ וְשָׁלֹשׁ אַמּוֹת מִפּֽוֹ

    Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side; and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

    תפוח at skip 2, forward from Ezekiel 40:48חמשאמומהרבהשערשלתפוח
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 788,761Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

תפוח — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as תפוח, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 494.

As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 12:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Tappuah appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, תפוח appears 6,482 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 6,517, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Tappuah in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 41:56 — the shortest of 6,482 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 6,517.

How is Tappuah spelled in Hebrew?

Tappuah is spelled תפוח — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 494.

Is Tappuah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 24,194 sequences of תפוח at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 23,943).

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