Tirzah תרצה
Tirzah (תרצה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 12,448 sequences of Tirzah, the shortest at skip 2 (Deuteronomy 33:4); chance alone would give about 12,448.
- Found in the Torah
- 12,448
- Chance alone
- 12,448
- P (≥ found)
- 0.50
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
12,448 sequences of תרצה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 12,448 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which תרצה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 33:4, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תרצה is found 122,280 times; chance alone would give about 129,706.
- Genesis 2,735
- Exodus 3,371
- Leviticus 1,879
- Numbers 1,800
- Deuteronomy 2,663
The shortest skips
תּוֹרָה צִוָּה־לָנוּ מֹשֶׁה מוֹרָשָׁה קְהִלַּת יַעֲקֹֽב
Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 303,009Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־יָשׁוּב הַנֶּגַע וּפָרַח בַּבַּיִת אַחַר חִלֵּץ אֶת־הָאֲבָנִים וְאַחֲרֵי הִקְצוֹת אֶת־הַבַּיִת וְאַחֲרֵי הִטּֽוֹחַ
And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that the stones have been taken out, and after the house hath been scraped, and after it is plastered;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 163,643Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה הִשָּׁבְעָה לִּי בֵֽאלֹהִים הֵנָּה אִם־תִּשְׁקֹר לִי וּלְנִינִי וּלְנֶכְדִּי כַּחֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי עִמְּךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה עִמָּדִי וְעִם־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־גַּרְתָּה בָּֽהּ
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 26,507Open in the laboratory →
וְאַשְׁבִּיעֲךָ בַּֽיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וֵֽאלֹהֵי הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־תִקַּח אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִבְּנוֹת הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי יוֹשֵׁב בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 29,465Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא אֹתָהּ שְׁכֶם בֶּן־חֲמוֹר הַֽחִוִּי נְשִׂיא הָאָרֶץ וַיִּקַּח אֹתָהּ וַיִּשְׁכַּב אֹתָהּ וַיְעַנֶּֽהָ
And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 49,236Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תרצה appears 38,795 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.9% more than the 38,053 chance alone would give; the probability of 38,795 or more by chance alone is 7.6 × 10⁻⁵.
- Genesis 2,735
- Exodus 3,371
- Leviticus 1,879
- Numbers 1,800
- Deuteronomy 2,850
- Joshua 1,538
- Judges 828
- Samuel 1,673
- Kings 2,752
- Isaiah 2,675
- Jeremiah 3,276
- Ezekiel 3,018
- The Twelve 2,126
- Psalms 2,289
- Proverbs 988
- Job 692
- Song of Songs 169
- Ruth 180
- Lamentations 137
- Ecclesiastes 251
- Esther 311
- Daniel 401
- Ezra–Nehemiah 655
- Chronicles 2,201
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר הַצֹּפֶה אֲנִי רֹאֶה אֶת־מְרוּצַת הָרִאשׁוֹן כִּמְרֻצַת אֲחִימַעַץ בֶּן־צָדוֹק וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אִֽישׁ־טוֹב זֶה וְאֶל־בְּשׂוֹרָה טוֹבָה יָבֽוֹא
And the watchman said: ‘I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.’ And the king said: ‘He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 465,400Open in the laboratory →
וַתֵּרֶא וְהִנֵּה הַמֶּלֶךְ עֹמֵד עַֽל־הָעַמּוּד כַּמִּשְׁפָּט וְהַשָּׂרִים וְהַחֲצֹֽצְרוֹת אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכָל־עַם הָאָרֶץ שָׂמֵחַ וְתֹקֵעַ בַּחֲצֹֽצְרוֹת וַתִּקְרַע עֲתַלְיָה אֶת־בְּגָדֶיהָ וַתִּקְרָא קֶשֶׁר קָֽשֶׁר
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood on the platform, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried: ‘Treason, treason.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 548,347Open in the laboratory →
וַתֵּרֶא וְהִנֵּה הַמֶּלֶךְ עוֹמֵד עַֽל־עַמּוּדוֹ בַּמָּבוֹא וְהַשָּׂרִים וְהַחֲצֹצְרוֹת עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכָל־עַם הָאָרֶץ שָׂמֵחַ וְתוֹקֵעַ בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹת וְהַמְשֽׁוֹרֲרִים בִּכְלֵי הַשִּׁיר וּמוֹדִיעִים לְהַלֵּל וַתִּקְרַע עֲתַלְיָהוּ אֶת־בְּגָדֶיהָ וַתֹּאמֶר קֶשֶׁר קָֽשֶׁר
and she looked, and, behold, the king stood on his platform at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets; the singers also [played] on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said: ‘Treason, treason.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,172,943Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תרצה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as תרצה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 695.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Leviticus 26:34. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Tirzah in the Bible code?
12,448 sequences of תרצה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 12,448 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Tirzah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 33:4 — the shortest of 12,448 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 12,448.
What is the gematria of Tirzah in Hebrew?
Tirzah is spelled תרצה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 695.
How many times is Tirzah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תרצה appears 38,795 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.9% more than the 38,053 chance alone would give; the probability of 38,795 or more by chance alone is 7.6 × 10⁻⁵.
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