Tartak תרתק
Tartak (תרתק) is a name in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Tartak is found 9,721 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 5 (Genesis 17:19) — 3.0% above the 9,438 chance alone would give (probability of 9,721 or more by chance alone: 0.0019).
- Found in the Torah
- 9,721
- Chance alone
- 9,438
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0019
- 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 9,721 sequences of תרתק at skips 2–5,000, 3.0% above what chance alone gives (about 9,438); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0019 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 5 — the first at Genesis 17:19, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 98,879 sequences of תרתק, against about 98,341 from chance alone.
- Genesis 2,210
- Exodus 2,618
- Leviticus 1,804
- Numbers 1,691
- Deuteronomy 1,398
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֲבָל שָׂרָה אִשְׁתְּךָ יֹלֶדֶת לְךָ בֵּן וְקָרָאתָ אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יִצְחָק וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אִתּוֹ לִבְרִית עוֹלָם לְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָֽיו
And God said: ‘‘Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 20,056Open in the laboratory →
וּֽבְקֻצְרְכֶם אֶת־קְצִיר אַרְצְכֶם לֹא תְכַלֶּה פְּאַת שָׂדְךָ לִקְצֹר וְלֶקֶט קְצִֽירְךָ לֹא תְלַקֵּֽט
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 170,586Open in the laboratory →
וּֽבְקֻצְרְכֶם אֶת־קְצִיר אַרְצְכֶם לֹֽא־תְכַלֶּה פְּאַת שָֽׂדְךָ בְּקֻצְרֶךָ וְלֶקֶט קְצִירְךָ לֹא תְלַקֵּט לֶֽעָנִי וְלַגֵּר תַּעֲזֹב אֹתָם אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest; thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 177,331Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת־בָּנָיו תִּפְקֹד וְשָׁמְרוּ אֶת־כְּהֻנָּתָם וְהַזָּר הַקָּרֵב יוּמָֽת
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, that they may keep their priesthood; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.’
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 190,719Open in the laboratory →
כִּי אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן לָבֹא לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָכֶם וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם אֹתָהּ וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־בָּֽהּ
For ye are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 270,498Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 26,440 sequences of תרתק at skips 2–5,000, 3.1% above what chance alone gives (about 25,638); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.2 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.
- Genesis 2,210
- Exodus 2,618
- Leviticus 1,804
- Numbers 1,691
- Deuteronomy 1,463
- Joshua 727
- Judges 651
- Samuel 1,233
- Kings 1,851
- Isaiah 1,384
- Jeremiah 1,801
- Ezekiel 2,161
- The Twelve 976
- Psalms 1,476
- Proverbs 888
- Job 667
- Song of Songs 126
- Ruth 181
- Lamentations 117
- Ecclesiastes 179
- Esther 246
- Daniel 382
- Ezra–Nehemiah 431
- Chronicles 1,177
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר אַמְנוֹן אֶל־תָּמָר הָבִיאִי הַבִּרְיָה הַחֶדֶר וְאֶבְרֶה מִיָּדֵךְ וַתִּקַּח תָּמָר אֶת־הַלְּבִבוֹת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂתָה וַתָּבֵא לְאַמְנוֹן אָחִיהָ הֶחָֽדְרָה
And Amnon said unto Tamar: ‘Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat of thy hand.’ And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 453,750Open in the laboratory →
מִקּוֹל פָּרָשׁ וְרֹמֵה קֶשֶׁת בֹּרַחַת כָּל־הָעִיר בָּאוּ בֶּעָבִים וּבַכֵּפִים עָלוּ כָּל־הָעִיר עֲזוּבָה וְאֵין־יוֹשֵׁב בָּהֵן אִֽישׁ
For the noise of the horsemen and bowmen The whole city fleeth; They go into the thickets, And climb up upon the rocks; Every city is forsaken, And not a man dwelleth therein.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 648,542Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה בֶן־אָדָם כֹּה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה לְאַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל קֵץ בָּא הַקֵּץ עַל־ארבעת כַּנְפוֹת הָאָֽרֶץ
’And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the land of Israel: An end! the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 734,292Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תרתק — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as תרתק, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 1,100.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 17:31. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Tartak in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 9,721 sequences of תרתק at skips 2–5,000, 3.0% above what chance alone gives (about 9,438); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0019 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Tartak in the Torah?
Skip 5, reading backward from Genesis 17:19 — the shortest of 9,721 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 9,438.
How is Tartak spelled in Hebrew?
Tartak is spelled תרתק — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 1,100.
Is Tartak in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 26,440 sequences of תרתק at skips 2–5,000, 3.1% above what chance alone gives (about 25,638); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.2 × 10⁻⁷ 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 9,438 here) beside the count.