Zarah זרח
Zarah (זרח) is a person named in the Tanakh — Zerah. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 29,858 sequences of Zarah, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 49:26); chance alone would give about 30,306.
- Found in the Torah
- 29,858
- Chance alone
- 30,306
- 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
At skips 2–5,000, זרח appears 29,858 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 30,306, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which זרח appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 49:26, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), זרח is found 457,090 times; chance alone would give about 469,731.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 30,306 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 5,949
- Exodus 7,556
- Leviticus 5,627
- Numbers 6,840
- Deuteronomy 3,886
The shortest skips
בִּרְכֹת אָבִיךָ גָּֽבְרוּ עַל־בִּרְכֹת הוֹרַי עַֽד־תַּאֲוַת גִּבְעֹת עוֹלָם תִּֽהְיֶין לְרֹאשׁ יוֹסֵף וּלְקָדְקֹד נְזִיר אֶחָֽיו
The blessings of thy father Are mighty beyond the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of the prince among his brethren.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 76,257Open in the laboratory →
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַזְּרֹעַ בְּשֵׁלָה מִן־הָאַיִל וְֽחַלַּת מַצָּה אַחַת מִן־הַסַּל וּרְקִיק מַצָּה אֶחָד וְנָתַן עַל־כַּפֵּי הַנָּזִיר אַחַר הִֽתְגַּלְּחוֹ אֶת־נִזְרֽוֹ
And the priest shall take the shoulder of the ram when it is sodden, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he hath shaven his consecrated head.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 197,987Open in the laboratory →
וְכֹל הַטַּף בַּנָּשִׁים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדְעוּ מִשְׁכַּב זָכָר הַחֲיוּ לָכֶֽם
But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 240,272Open in the laboratory →
וּמִמֶּגֶד אֶרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ וּרְצוֹן שֹׁכְנִי סְנֶה תָּבוֹאתָה לְרֹאשׁ יוֹסֵף וּלְקָדְקֹד נְזִיר אֶחָֽיו
And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, And the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush; Let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, And upon the crown of the head of him that is prince among his brethren.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 303,585Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי הַמַּלְקוֹחַ יֶתֶר הַבָּז אֲשֶׁר בָּזְזוּ עַם הַצָּבָא צֹאן שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וְשִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵֽשֶׁת־אֲלָפִֽים
Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 240,987Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
119,081 sequences of זרח at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 118,758 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 5,949
- Exodus 7,556
- Leviticus 5,627
- Numbers 6,840
- Deuteronomy 4,258
- Joshua 4,141
- Judges 3,322
- Samuel 5,312
- Kings 10,612
- Isaiah 9,313
- Jeremiah 5,743
- Ezekiel 6,130
- The Twelve 5,323
- Psalms 9,304
- Proverbs 3,855
- Job 4,111
- Song of Songs 580
- Ruth 610
- Lamentations 589
- Ecclesiastes 1,081
- Esther 787
- Daniel 2,761
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,449
- Chronicles 10,828
Outside the Torah
וְזֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּ כָּל־זָכָר וְכָל־אִשָּׁה יֹדַעַת מִשְׁכַּב־זָכָר תַּחֲרִֽימוּ
And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 382,733Open in the laboratory →
וַתָּבֹא אֵלָיו אִיזֶבֶל אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתְּדַבֵּר אֵלָיו מַה־זֶּה רוּחֲךָ סָרָה וְאֵינְךָ אֹכֵל לָֽחֶם
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him: ‘Why is thy spirit so sullen, that thou eatest no bread?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 523,120Open in the laboratory →
עַֽד־הַגְּבוּל שִׁלְּחוּךָ כֹּל אַנְשֵׁי בְרִיתֶךָ הִשִּׁיאוּךָ יָכְלוּ לְךָ אַנְשֵׁי שְׁלֹמֶךָ לַחְמְךָ יָשִׂימוּ מָזוֹר תַּחְתֶּיךָ אֵין תְּבוּנָה בּֽוֹ
All the men of thy confederacy Have conducted thee to the border; The men that were at peace with thee Have beguiled thee, and prevailed against thee; They that eat thy bread lay a snare under thee, In whom there is no discernment.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 823,525Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
זרח — the Tanakh's own spelling: Zerah. Searched as זרח, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 215.
As a plain word it stands 19 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Zarah appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, זרח appears 29,858 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 30,306, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Zarah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 49:26 — the shortest of 29,858 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 30,306.
What is the gematria of Zarah in Hebrew?
Zarah is spelled זרח — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 215.
How many times is Zarah found in the whole Tanakh?
119,081 sequences of זרח at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 118,758 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 30,306 here) beside the count.