Vera ורה
In Hebrew letters the first name Vera is written ורה — female given name. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,631,674 sequences of Vera, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:9); chance alone would give about 1,642,909.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,631,674
- Chance alone
- 1,642,909
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,631,674 sequences of ורה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,642,909 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which ורה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:9, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), ורה is found 24,874,502 times; chance alone would give about 25,464,375.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,642,909 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 402,067
- Exodus 354,887
- Leviticus 257,927
- Numbers 312,483
- Deuteronomy 304,310
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 382Open in the laboratory →
וַתֵּרֶא הָֽאִשָּׁה כִּי טוֹב הָעֵץ לְמַאֲכָל וְכִי תַֽאֲוָה־הוּא לָעֵינַיִם וְנֶחְמָד הָעֵץ לְהַשְׂכִּיל וַתִּקַּח מִפִּרְיוֹ וַתֹּאכַל וַתִּתֵּן גַּם־לְאִישָׁהּ עִמָּהּ וַיֹּאכַֽל
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,147Open in the laboratory →
בִּשְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְחַיֵּי־נֹחַ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּשִׁבְעָֽה־עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה נִבְקְעוּ כָּֽל־מַעְיְנֹת תְּהוֹם רַבָּה וַאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמַיִם נִפְתָּֽחוּ
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,469Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת תֶּרַח תֶּרַח הוֹלִיד אֶת־אַבְרָם אֶת־נָחוֹר וְאֶת־הָרָן וְהָרָן הוֹלִיד אֶת־לֽוֹט
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,869Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם אֶת־שָׂרַי אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת־לוֹט בֶּן־אָחִיו וְאֶת־כָּל־רְכוּשָׁם אֲשֶׁר רָכָשׁוּ וְאֶת־הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂוּ בְחָרָן וַיֵּצְאוּ לָלֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ אַרְצָה כְּנָֽעַן
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,422Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
6,231,999 sequences of ורה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 6,249,616 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 402,067
- Exodus 354,887
- Leviticus 257,927
- Numbers 312,483
- Deuteronomy 323,284
- Joshua 276,240
- Judges 203,323
- Samuel 454,381
- Kings 549,769
- Isaiah 371,541
- Jeremiah 498,380
- Ezekiel 373,277
- The Twelve 344,547
- Psalms 322,856
- Proverbs 96,204
- Job 101,693
- Song of Songs 18,046
- Ruth 20,491
- Lamentations 27,927
- Ecclesiastes 44,653
- Esther 66,905
- Daniel 89,863
- Ezra–Nehemiah 176,226
- Chronicles 545,029
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא כִּי אֲנִי שַׂר־צְבָֽא־יְהוָה עַתָּה בָאתִי וַיִּפֹּל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־פָּנָיו אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּחוּ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מָה אֲדֹנִי מְדַבֵּר אֶל־עַבְדּֽוֹ
And he said: ‘Nay, but I am captain of the host of the LORD; I am now come.’ And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said unto him: ‘What saith my lord unto his servant?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,326Open in the laboratory →
וְכֹל כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב וּכְלֵי נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל קֹדֶשׁ הוּא לַֽיהוָה אוֹצַר יְהוָה יָבֽוֹא
But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto the LORD; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,709Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּרַע הָעָם וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ בַּשֹּֽׁפָרוֹת וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ הָעָם אֶת־קוֹל הַשּׁוֹפָר וַיָּרִיעוּ הָעָם תְּרוּעָה גְדוֹלָה וַתִּפֹּל הַֽחוֹמָה תַּחְתֶּיהָ וַיַּעַל הָעָם הָעִירָה אִישׁ נֶגְדּוֹ וַֽיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת־הָעִֽיר
So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew with the horns. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the horn, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,720Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ורה — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as ורה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 211.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Vera in the Torah codes?
1,631,674 sequences of ורה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,642,909 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Vera in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:9 — the shortest of 1,631,674 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,642,909.
What is the gematria of Vera in Hebrew?
Vera is spelled ורה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 211.
How many times is Vera found in the whole Tanakh?
6,231,999 sequences of ורה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 6,249,616 that chance alone would produce.
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