Zalaph צלף
Zalaph (צלף) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Zalaph is found 42,186 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 21:2) — about what chance alone gives (about 43,452).
- Found in the Torah
- 42,186
- Chance alone
- 43,452
- 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
42,186 sequences of צלף at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 43,452 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which צלף appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 21:2, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), צלף is found 663,783 times; chance alone would give about 673,493.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 43,452 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 10,664
- Exodus 10,137
- Leviticus 5,339
- Numbers 9,211
- Deuteronomy 6,835
The shortest skips
כִּי תִקְנֶה עֶבֶד עִבְרִי שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד וּבַשְּׁבִעִת יֵצֵא לַֽחָפְשִׁי חִנָּֽם
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 108,187Open in the laboratory →
דַּבְּרוּ אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר זֹאת הַֽחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכְלוּ מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 155,488Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּמָּֽסְרוּ מֵאַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶלֶף לַמַּטֶּה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר אֶלֶף חֲלוּצֵי צָבָֽא
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 239,601Open in the laboratory →
וַיְצַו עָלָיו פַּרְעֹה אֲנָשִׁים וַֽיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֽוֹ
And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him; and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,116Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כְּמֵשִׁיב יָדוֹ וְהִנֵּה יָצָא אָחִיו וַתֹּאמֶר מַה־פָּרַצְתָּ עָלֶיךָ פָּרֶץ וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ פָּֽרֶץ
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold his brother came out; and she said: ‘Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself?’ Therefore his name was called Perez.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 57,475Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 168,440 sequences of צלף at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 168,013).
- Genesis 10,664
- Exodus 10,137
- Leviticus 5,339
- Numbers 9,211
- Deuteronomy 7,092
- Joshua 5,206
- Judges 4,130
- Samuel 9,063
- Kings 8,594
- Isaiah 15,067
- Jeremiah 11,455
- Ezekiel 10,318
- The Twelve 8,776
- Psalms 17,632
- Proverbs 7,192
- Job 7,724
- Song of Songs 857
- Ruth 556
- Lamentations 1,097
- Ecclesiastes 968
- Esther 913
- Daniel 3,297
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,665
- Chronicles 10,487
Outside the Torah
וְנֶהֶפְכוּ נְחָלֶיהָ לְזֶפֶת וַעֲפָרָהּ לְגָפְרִית וְהָיְתָה אַרְצָהּ לְזֶפֶת בֹּעֵרָֽה
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, And the dust thereof into brimstone, And the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 608,099Open in the laboratory →
גַּם־מִיּוֹם אֲנִי הוּא וְאֵין מִיָּדִי מַצִּיל אֶפְעַל וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה
Yea, since the day was I am He, and there is none that can deliver out of My hand; I will work, and who can reverse it?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 619,111Open in the laboratory →
מַצִּיל נְפָשׁוֹת עֵד אֱמֶת וְיָפִחַ כְּזָבִים מִרְמָֽה
A true witness delivereth souls; But he that breatheth forth lies is all deceit.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 948,695Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
צלף — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as צלף, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 200.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 3:30. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Zalaph appear in the Torah codes?
42,186 sequences of צלף at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 43,452 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Zalaph in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 21:2 — the shortest of 42,186 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 43,452.
What is the gematria of Zalaph in Hebrew?
Zalaph is spelled צלף — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 200.
How many times is Zalaph found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 168,440 sequences of צלף at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 168,013).
Search it yourself
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