Tzefanyah (Zephaniah · צפניה)
Tzefanyah (Zephaniah · צפניה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 249 sequences of Tzefanyah (Zephaniah), the shortest at skip 16 (Genesis 1:21); chance alone would give about 267.
- Found in the Torah
- 249
- Chance alone
- 267
- P (≥ found)
- 0.87
- Shortest skip
- 16
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, צפניה appears 249 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 267, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which צפניה appears in the Torah is 16 — the first at Genesis 1:21, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), צפניה is found 2,152 times; chance alone would give about 2,101.
- Genesis 76
- Exodus 62
- Leviticus 27
- Numbers 49
- Deuteronomy 35
The shortest skips
וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַתַּנִּינִם הַגְּדֹלִים וְאֵת כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ הַֽחַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם לְמִֽינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,006Open in the laboratory →
שְׁלֹשָׁה גְבִעִים מְֽשֻׁקָּדִים בַּקָּנֶה הָאֶחָד כַּפְתֹּר וָפֶרַח וּשְׁלֹשָׁה גְבִעִים מְשֻׁקָּדִים בְּקָנֶה אֶחָד כַּפְתֹּר וָפָרַח כֵּן לְשֵׁשֶׁת הַקָּנִים הַיֹּצְאִים מִן־הַמְּנֹרָֽה
three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower. So for the six branches going out of the candlestick.
skip 47, width 47 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 135,703Open in the laboratory →
וְיוֹסֵף בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה בְּעָמְדוֹ לִפְנֵי פַּרְעֹה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָיִם וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף מִלִּפְנֵי פַרְעֹה וַֽיַּעְבֹר בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt.—And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
skip 93, width 93 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 62,392Open in the laboratory →
וְעָשִׂיתָ כַפֹּרֶת זָהָב טָהוֹר אַמָּתַיִם וָחֵצִי אָרְכָּהּ וְאַמָּה וָחֵצִי רָחְבָּֽהּ
And thou shalt make an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
skip 96, width 96 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 114,054Open in the laboratory →
וְצִוָּה הַכֹּהֵן וְלָקַח לַמִּטַּהֵר שְׁתֵּֽי־צִפֳּרִים חַיּוֹת טְהֹרוֹת וְעֵץ אֶרֶז וּשְׁנִי תוֹלַעַת וְאֵזֹֽב
then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
skip 125, width 125 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 161,395Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
1,012 sequences of צפניה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,024 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 76
- Exodus 62
- Leviticus 27
- Numbers 49
- Deuteronomy 41
- Joshua 40
- Judges 27
- Samuel 42
- Kings 43
- Isaiah 100
- Jeremiah 81
- Ezekiel 71
- The Twelve 61
- Psalms 95
- Proverbs 33
- Job 33
- Song of Songs 4
- Lamentations 10
- Ecclesiastes 6
- Esther 10
- Daniel 24
- Ezra–Nehemiah 20
- Chronicles 57
Outside the Torah
וָאוֹצְרָה עַל־אוֹצָרוֹת שֶׁלֶמְיָה הַכֹּהֵן וְצָדוֹק הַסּוֹפֵר וּפְדָיָה מִן־הַלְוִיִּם וְעַל־יָדָם חָנָן בֶּן־זַכּוּר בֶּן־מַתַּנְיָה כִּי נֶאֱמָנִים נֶחְשָׁבוּ וַעֲלֵיהֶם לַחֲלֹק לַאֲחֵיהֶֽם
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
skip 21, width 21 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,096,262Open in the laboratory →
נֶגְבָּה לְאֶפְרַיִם וְצָפוֹנָה לִמְנַשֶּׁה וַיְהִי הַיָּם גְּבוּלוֹ וּבְאָשֵׁר יִפְגְּעוּן מִצָּפוֹן וּבְיִשָּׂשכָר מִמִּזְרָֽח
southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.
skip 28, width 28 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 331,148Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח תַּבְנִית יָד וַיִּקָּחֵנִי בְּצִיצִת רֹאשִׁי וַתִּשָּׂא אֹתִי רוּחַ בֵּֽין־הָאָרֶץ וּבֵין הַשָּׁמַיִם וַתָּבֵא אֹתִי יְרוּשָׁלְַמָה בְּמַרְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים אֶל־פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הַפְּנִימִית הַפּוֹנֶה צָפוֹנָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם מוֹשַׁב סֵמֶל הַקִּנְאָה הַמַּקְנֶֽה
And the form of a hand was put forth, and I was taken by a lock of my head; and a spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
skip 37, width 37 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 735,769Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
צפניה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Zephaniah. Searched as צפניה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 235.
As a plain word it stands 9 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 21:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Zephaniah.
Questions
Is Tzefanyah (Zephaniah) in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, צפניה appears 249 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 267, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Tzefanyah (Zephaniah) in the Torah?
Skip 16, reading backward from Genesis 1:21 — the shortest of 249 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 267.
What is the gematria of Tzefanyah (Zephaniah) in Hebrew?
Tzefanyah is spelled צפניה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 235.
How many times is Tzefanyah (Zephaniah) found in the whole Tanakh?
1,012 sequences of צפניה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,024 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 267 here) beside the count.