Tserowr צרור
Tserowr (צרור) is a person named in the Tanakh — bag, bundle, pebble. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 13,796 sequences of Tserowr, the shortest at skip 2 (Leviticus 22:22); chance alone would give about 13,680.
- Found in the Torah
- 13,796
- Chance alone
- 13,680
- P (≥ found)
- 0.16
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
13,796 sequences of צרור at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 13,680 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which צרור appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Leviticus 22:22, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), צרור is found 139,064 times; chance alone would give about 142,539.
- Genesis 4,202
- Exodus 3,369
- Leviticus 1,490
- Numbers 2,276
- Deuteronomy 2,459
The shortest skips
עַוֶּרֶת אוֹ שָׁבוּר אוֹ־חָרוּץ אֽוֹ־יַבֶּלֶת אוֹ גָרָב אוֹ יַלֶּפֶת לֹא־תַקְרִיבוּ אֵלֶּה לַיהוָה וְאִשֶּׁה לֹא־תִתְּנוּ מֵהֶם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָֽה
Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scabbed, or scurvy, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 175,657Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף רְאֵה נָתַתִּי אֹֽתְךָ עַל כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 62,089Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף אֲנִי פַרְעֹה וּבִלְעָדֶיךָ לֹֽא־יָרִים אִישׁ אֶת־יָדוֹ וְאֶת־רַגְלוֹ בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 62,277Open in the laboratory →
וַיְלַקֵּט יוֹסֵף אֶת־כָּל־הַכֶּסֶף הַנִּמְצָא בְאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם וּבְאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן בַּשֶּׁבֶר אֲשֶׁר־הֵם שֹׁבְרִים וַיָּבֵא יוֹסֵף אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף בֵּיתָה פַרְעֹֽה
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 72,663Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּתֹּם הַכֶּסֶף מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּמֵאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ כָל־מִצְרַיִם אֶל־יוֹסֵף לֵאמֹר הָֽבָה־לָּנוּ לֶחֶם וְלָמָּה נָמוּת נֶגְדֶּךָ כִּי אָפֵס כָּֽסֶף
And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said: ‘Give us bread; for why should we die in thy presence? for our money faileth.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 72,725Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, צרור appears 53,053 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.9% more than the 52,088 chance alone would give; the probability of 53,053 or more by chance alone is 1.2 × 10⁻⁵.
- Genesis 4,202
- Exodus 3,369
- Leviticus 1,490
- Numbers 2,276
- Deuteronomy 2,731
- Joshua 2,464
- Judges 1,273
- Samuel 2,641
- Kings 3,539
- Isaiah 5,354
- Jeremiah 4,234
- Ezekiel 3,031
- The Twelve 3,137
- Psalms 4,143
- Proverbs 1,787
- Job 1,390
- Song of Songs 201
- Ruth 142
- Lamentations 284
- Ecclesiastes 276
- Esther 282
- Daniel 771
- Ezra–Nehemiah 905
- Chronicles 3,131
Outside the Torah
חַי־יְהוָה וּבָרוּךְ צוּרִי וְיָרֻם אֱלֹהֵי צוּר יִשְׁעִֽי
The LORD liveth, and blessed be my Rock; And exalted be the God, my Rock of salvation; .
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 473,568Open in the laboratory →
חַי־יְהוָה וּבָרוּךְ צוּרִי וְיָרוּם אֱלוֹהֵי יִשְׁעִֽי
The LORD liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 866,399Open in the laboratory →
בַּשָּׂדֶה בְּלִילוֹ יקצירו וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ
They cut his provender in the field; And they despoil the vineyard of the wicked.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 981,334Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
צרור — the Tanakh's own spelling: bag, bundle, pebble. Searched as צרור, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 496.
As a plain word it stands 9 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 42:35. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Tserowr in the Bible code?
13,796 sequences of צרור at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 13,680 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Tserowr in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Leviticus 22:22 — the shortest of 13,796 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 13,680.
What is the gematria of Tserowr in Hebrew?
Tserowr is spelled צרור — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 496.
How many times is Tserowr found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, צרור appears 53,053 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.9% more than the 52,088 chance alone would give; the probability of 53,053 or more by chance alone is 1.2 × 10⁻⁵.
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