Biblical names

Zareah צרעה

Zareah (צרעה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Zorah. In the Torah codes, Zareah is found 7,708 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:11) — about what chance alone gives (about 7,802).

Found in the Torah
7,708
Chance alone
7,802
P (≥ found)
0.86
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

7,708 sequences of צרעה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 7,802 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:11, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 81,828 sequences of צרעה, against about 81,292 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 1,766
  • Exodus 2,154
  • Leviticus 941
  • Numbers 1,429
  • Deuteronomy 1,418

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 1:11בראשית א:יאskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּֽדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן

    And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.

    צרעה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 1:11יעזרעעפישפרילמינץרעה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 480Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 6:16בראשית ו:טזskip 2, forward

    צֹהַר תַּֽעֲשֶׂה לַתֵּבָה וְאֶל־אַמָּה תְּכַלֶנָּה מִלְמַעְלָה וּפֶתַח הַתֵּבָה בְּצִדָּהּ תָּשִׂים תַּחְתִּיִּם שְׁנִיִּם וּשְׁלִשִׁים תַּֽעֲשֶֽׂהָ

    A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

    צרעה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 6:16הקומתההתשלתבהואלצרעה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 7,557Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 43:33בראשית מג:לגskip 2, backward

    וַיֵּשְׁבוּ לְפָנָיו הַבְּכֹר כִּבְכֹרָתוֹ וְהַצָּעִיר כִּצְעִרָתוֹ וַיִּתְמְהוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵֽהוּ

    And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another.

    צרעה at skip 2, backward from Genesis 43:33בכרתווציכערתוויתצרעה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 66,930Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 41:30בראשית מא:לskip 3, backward

    וְקָמוּ שֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי רָעָב אַחֲרֵיהֶן וְנִשְׁכַּח כָּל־הַשָּׂבָע בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְכִלָּה הָרָעָב אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ

    And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

    צרעה at skip 3, backward from Genesis 41:30יהןונשכחכלשבבאץמריםוכלההרעצרעה
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 61,562Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 44:34בראשית מד:לדskip 3, backward

    כִּי־אֵיךְ אֶֽעֱלֶה אֶל־אָבִי וְהַנַּעַר אֵינֶנּוּ אִתִּי פֶּן אֶרְאֶה בָרָע אֲשֶׁר יִמְצָא אֶת־אָבִֽי

    For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I look upon the evil that shall come on my father.’

    צרעה at skip 3, backward from Genesis 44:34נואתיפןאראבראשימאאתאביולאיצרעה
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 68,739Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, צרעה appears 26,986 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 26,979, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 1,766
  • Exodus 2,154
  • Leviticus 941
  • Numbers 1,429
  • Deuteronomy 1,546
  • Joshua 1,289
  • Judges 656
  • Samuel 1,279
  • Kings 1,824
  • Isaiah 2,360
  • Jeremiah 2,304
  • Ezekiel 1,540
  • The Twelve 1,614
  • Psalms 1,741
  • Proverbs 687
  • Job 601
  • Song of Songs 121
  • Ruth 59
  • Lamentations 162
  • Ecclesiastes 154
  • Esther 178
  • Daniel 356
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 538
  • Chronicles 1,687

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 15:4יהושע טו:דskip 2, backward

    וְעָבַר עַצְמוֹנָה וְיָצָא נַחַל מִצְרַיִם והיה תֹּצְאוֹת הַגְּבוּל יָמָּה זֶה־יִהְיֶה לָכֶם גְּבוּל נֶֽגֶב

    And it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the Brook of Egypt; and the goings out of the border were at the sea; this shall be your south border.

    צרעה at skip 2, backward from Joshua 15:4בהקרקעובעמונהויצצרעה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 327,850Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 15:6יהושע טו:וskip 2, backward

    וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל בֵּית חָגְלָה וְעָבַר מִצְּפוֹן לְבֵית הָעֲרָבָה וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל אֶבֶן בֹּהַן בֶּן־רְאוּבֵֽן

    And the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

    צרעה at skip 2, backward from Joshua 15:6ביתחגלובמפוןלביתצרעה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 327,977Open in the laboratory →

  3. Isaiah 1:8ישעיהו א:חskip 2, backward

    וְנוֹתְרָה בַת־צִיּוֹן כְּסֻכָּה בְכָרֶם כִּמְלוּנָה בְמִקְשָׁה כְּעִיר נְצוּרָֽה

    And the daughter of Zion is left As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city.

    צרעה at skip 2, backward from Isaiah 1:8נהבמקשכינורהלוליצרעה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 576,021Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

צרעה — the Tanakh's own spelling: Zorah. Searched as צרעה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 365.

As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 19:41. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Zareah in the Torah codes?

7,708 sequences of צרעה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 7,802 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Zareah in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:11 — the shortest of 7,708 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 7,802.

How is Zareah spelled in Hebrew?

Zareah is spelled צרעה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 365.

Is Zareah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, צרעה appears 26,986 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 26,979, so the count is in line with chance.

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 7,802 here) beside the count.

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