Zaham זהם
Zaham (זהם) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Zaham is found 164,857 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 4:23) — 0.7% above the 163,717 chance alone would give (probability of 164,857 or more by chance alone: 0.0025).
- Found in the Torah
- 164,857
- Chance alone
- 163,717
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0025
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 164,857 sequences of זהם at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 163,717); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0025 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:23, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 2,602,543 sequences of זהם, against about 2,537,546 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 163,717 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 25,791
- Exodus 43,120
- Leviticus 33,452
- Numbers 36,586
- Deuteronomy 25,908
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר לֶמֶךְ לְנָשָׁיו עָדָה וְצִלָּה שְׁמַעַן קוֹלִי נְשֵׁי לֶמֶךְ הַאְזֵנָּה אִמְרָתִי כִּי אִישׁ הָרַגְתִּי לְפִצְעִי וְיֶלֶד לְחַבֻּרָתִֽי
And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,251Open in the laboratory →
וַיְחַל מֹשֶׁה אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לָמָה יְהוָה יֶחֱרֶה אַפְּךָ בְּעַמֶּךָ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּכֹחַ גָּדוֹל וּבְיָד חֲזָקָֽה
And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said: ‘LORD, why doth Thy wrath wax hot against Thy people, that Thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 126,369Open in the laboratory →
וְאִשָּׁה כִּֽי־תִהְיֶה זָבָה דָּם יִהְיֶה זֹבָהּ בִּבְשָׂרָהּ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תִּהְיֶה בְנִדָּתָהּ וְכָל־הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּהּ יִטְמָא עַד־הָעָֽרֶב
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days; and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 165,167Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לֶמֶךְ לְנָשָׁיו עָדָה וְצִלָּה שְׁמַעַן קוֹלִי נְשֵׁי לֶמֶךְ הַאְזֵנָּה אִמְרָתִי כִּי אִישׁ הָרַגְתִּי לְפִצְעִי וְיֶלֶד לְחַבֻּרָתִֽי
And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 5,251Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־הַמַּטֶּה הַזֶּה תִּקַּח בְּיָדֶךָ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה־בּוֹ אֶת־הָאֹתֹֽת
And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 82,773Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 638,798 sequences of זהם at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 637,722).
- Genesis 25,791
- Exodus 43,120
- Leviticus 33,452
- Numbers 36,586
- Deuteronomy 27,780
- Joshua 20,855
- Judges 18,270
- Samuel 31,285
- Kings 59,152
- Isaiah 41,141
- Jeremiah 46,013
- Ezekiel 34,737
- The Twelve 34,264
- Psalms 37,887
- Proverbs 9,460
- Job 10,688
- Song of Songs 2,208
- Ruth 2,904
- Lamentations 2,750
- Ecclesiastes 6,093
- Esther 5,244
- Daniel 12,675
- Ezra–Nehemiah 28,199
- Chronicles 68,244
Outside the Torah
הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מַצִּיג אֶת־גִּזַּת הַצֶּמֶר בַּגֹּרֶן אִם טַל יִהְיֶה עַֽל־הַגִּזָּה לְבַדָּהּ וְעַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ חֹרֶב וְיָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי־תוֹשִׁיעַ בְּיָדִי אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ
behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that Thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 355,503Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו זְבֻל אַיֵּה אֵפוֹא פִיךָ אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר מִי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ כִּי נַעַבְדֶנּוּ הֲלֹא זֶה הָעָם אֲשֶׁר מָאַסְתָּה בּוֹ צֵא־נָא עַתָּה וְהִלָּחֶם בּֽוֹ
Then said Zebul unto him: ‘Where is now thy mouth, that thou saidst: Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 362,118Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּתְחַזֵּק הָעָם אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּסִפוּ לַעֲרֹךְ מִלְחָמָה בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־עָרְכוּ שָׁם בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשֽׁוֹן
And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 380,329Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
זהם — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as זהם, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 52.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 2 Chronicles 11:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Zaham in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 164,857 sequences of זהם at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 163,717); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0025 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Zaham in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:23 — the shortest of 164,857 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 163,717.
How is Zaham spelled in Hebrew?
Zaham is spelled זהם — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 52.
Is Zaham in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 638,798 sequences of זהם at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 637,722).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 163,717 here) beside the count.