Tsarethan צרתן
Tsarethan (צרתן) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Zarethan. In the Torah codes, Tsarethan is found 65,509 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 10:9) — about what chance alone gives (about 65,308).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 65,509
- Chance alone · every skip
- 65,308
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.22
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,177
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 6,242 found · chance alone about 6,268 (probability of 6,242 or more by chance alone: 0.63).
In the Torah
65,509 sequences of צרתן across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 65,308 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which צרתן appears in the Torah is 2 — at Numbers 10:9, reading forward.
The longest skip at which צרתן was found in the Torah is 101,177 — at Deuteronomy 34:1, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 18,798
- Exodus 15,347
- Leviticus 7,376
- Numbers 11,134
- Deuteronomy 12,854
Examples across the range
5 of the 65,509 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- צ ר ת נNumbers 10:9
… עַל־הַצַּר הַצֹּרֵר אֶתְכֶם וַהֲרֵעֹתֶם בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹת וֲנִזְכַּרְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם וְנוֹשַׁעְתֶּם מֵאֹיְבֵיכֶֽם …
And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 205,479 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- צ ר ת נNumbers 10:9
Letter by letter
- צ ר ת נNumbers 34:13
… יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר זֹאת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תִּתְנַחֲלוּ אֹתָהּ בְּגוֹרָל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה לָתֵת לְתִשְׁעַת הַמַּטּוֹת וַחֲצִי …
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: ‘This is the land wherein ye shall receive inheritance by lot, which the LORD hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 246,759 of the TorahOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →
- צ ר ת נNumbers 34:13
- ץGenesis 50:24
… יִפְקֹד אֶתְכֶם וְהֶעֱלָה אֶתְכֶם מִן־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע …
And Joseph said unto his brethren: ‘I die; but God will surely remember you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רGenesis 50:23
וַיַּרְא יוֹסֵף לְאֶפְרַיִם בְּנֵי שִׁלֵּשִׁים גַּם בְּנֵי מָכִיר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁה יֻלְּדוּ עַל־בִּרְכֵּי יוֹסֵֽף
And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph’s knees.
- תGenesis 50:20
וְאַתֶּם חֲשַׁבְתֶּם עָלַי רָעָה אֱלֹהִים חֲשָׁבָהּ לְטֹבָה לְמַעַן עֲשֹׂה כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה לְהַחֲיֹת עַם־רָֽב
And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
- נGenesis 50:18
וַיֵּלְכוּ גַּם־אֶחָיו וַֽיִּפְּלוּ לְפָנָיו וַיֹּאמְרוּ הִנֶּנּֽוּ לְךָ לַעֲבָדִֽים
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said: ‘Behold, we are thy bondmen.’
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 77,934 of the TorahOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
- ץGenesis 50:24
- צLeviticus 13:25
… פָּרָחָה וְטִמֵּא אֹתוֹ הַכֹּהֵן נֶגַע צָרַעַת הִֽוא
then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רLeviticus 13:5
… עָמַד בְּעֵינָיו לֹֽא־פָשָׂה הַנֶּגַע בָּעוֹר וְהִסְגִּירוֹ הַכֹּהֵן שִׁבְעַת יָמִים שֵׁנִֽית …
And the priest shall look on him the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague stay in its appearance, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more.
- תLeviticus 11:43
אַל־תְּשַׁקְּצוּ אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם בְּכָל־הַשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ וְלֹא תִֽטַּמְּאוּ בָּהֶם וְנִטְמֵתֶם בָּֽם
Ye shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarmeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
- נLeviticus 11:22
… וְאֶת־הַסָּלְעָם לְמִינֵהוּ וְאֶת־הַחַרְגֹּל לְמִינֵהוּ וְאֶת־הֶחָגָב לְמִינֵֽהוּ
even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kinds, and the bald locust after its kinds, and the cricket after its kinds, and the grasshopper after its kinds.
skip 1,002, width 1,002 — one row is 1,002 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 159,333 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,002 in the laboratory →
- צLeviticus 13:25
- ץDeuteronomy 34:1
… יְרֵחוֹ וַיַּרְאֵהוּ יְהוָה אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֶת־הַגִּלְעָד עַד־דָּֽן
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, even Gilead as far as Dan;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רNumbers 8:15
וְאַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן יָבֹאוּ הַלְוִיִּם לַעֲבֹד אֶת־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְטִֽהַרְתָּ אֹתָם וְהֵנַפְתָּ אֹתָם תְּנוּפָֽה
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.
- תExodus 16:12
… בֵּין הָֽעַרְבַּיִם תֹּאכְלוּ בָשָׂר וּבַבֹּקֶר תִּשְׂבְּעוּ־לָחֶם וִֽידַעְתֶּם כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה …
’I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak unto them, saying: At dusk ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.’
- נGenesis 1:16
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדֹלִים אֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַגָּדֹל …
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
skip 101,177, width 101,177 — one row is 101,177 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,261 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,177 in the laboratory →
- ץDeuteronomy 34:1
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), צרתן appears 825,113 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 825,760, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 21,147 found · chance alone about 20,561 (probability of 21,147 or more by chance alone: 2.4 × 10⁻⁵).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 63,406
- Exodus 53,902
- Leviticus 27,298
- Numbers 39,091
- Deuteronomy 43,773
- Joshua 29,723
- Judges 20,711
- Samuel 47,258
- Kings 51,488
- Isaiah 68,627
- Jeremiah 64,809
- Ezekiel 51,341
- The Twelve 45,882
- Psalms 67,949
- Proverbs 24,492
- Job 23,674
- Song of Songs 3,642
- Ruth 2,253
- Lamentations 5,354
- Ecclesiastes 4,801
- Esther 4,719
- Daniel 13,865
- Ezra–Nehemiah 16,094
- Chronicles 50,961
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- צ ר ת נJoshua 19:34
וְשָׁב הַגְּבוּל יָמָּה אַזְנוֹת תָּבוֹר וְיָצָא מִשָּׁם חוּקֹקָה וּפָגַע בִּזְבֻלוּן מִנֶּגֶב …
And the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 334,772 of the TanakhOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- צ ר ת נJoshua 19:34
- ץPsalms 83:19
וְֽיֵדְעוּ כִּֽי־אַתָּה שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה לְבַדֶּךָ עֶלְיוֹן עַל־כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ
That they may know that it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, The Most High over all the earth.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רPsalms 84:4
גַּם־צִפּוֹר מָצְאָה בַיִת וּדְרוֹר קֵן לָהּ …
Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young; Thine altars, O LORD of hosts, My King, and my God—
- תPsalms 84:6
אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם עֽוֹז־לוֹ בָךְ מְסִלּוֹת בִּלְבָבָֽם
Happy is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the highways.
- נPsalms 84:9
יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים צְבָאוֹת שִׁמְעָה תְפִלָּתִי הַאֲזִינָה אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶֽלָה
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 903,328 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ץPsalms 83:19
- צ2 Chronicles 35:20
… מִצְרַיִם לְהִלָּחֵם בְּכַרְכְּמִישׁ עַל־פְּרָת וַיֵּצֵא לִקְרָאתוֹ יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- רEzekiel 46:2
… הַשַּׁעַר מִחוּץ וְעָמַד עַל־מְזוּזַת הַשַּׁעַר וְעָשׂוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־עֽוֹלָתוֹ וְאֶת …
And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate; then he shall go forth…
- ת1 Samuel 11:9
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לַמַּלְאָכִים הַבָּאִים כֹּה תֹֽאמְרוּן לְאִישׁ יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד מָחָר תִּהְיֶֽה …
And they said unto the messengers that came: ‘Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead: To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance.’ And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
- נGenesis 1:20
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל־הָאָרֶץ …
And God said: ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’
skip 398,015, width 398,015 — one row is 398,015 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,194,970 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,015 in the laboratory →
- צ2 Chronicles 35:20
The spelling
צרתן — the Tanakh's own spelling: Zarethan. Searched as צרתן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 740.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 3:16. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Tsarethan in the Torah codes?
65,509 sequences of צרתן across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 65,308 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Tsarethan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 10:9 — the shortest of 65,509 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 65,308.
What is the gematria of Tsarethan in Hebrew?
Tsarethan is spelled צרתן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 740.
How many times is Tsarethan found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), צרתן appears 825,113 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 825,760, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 65,308 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.