Zareth-shahar צרת השחר
Zareth-shahar (צרת השחר) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Zerethshahar. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 135,833 sequences of צרת (from Zareth-shahar), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 42:35); chance alone would give about 136,399.
- Found in the Torah (צרת)
- 135,833
- Chance alone
- 136,399
- P (≥ found)
- 0.94
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for צרת, and השחר has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
135,833 sequences of צרת at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 136,399 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which צרת appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 42:35, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), צרת is found 2,065,845 times; chance alone would give about 2,114,132.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 136,399 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 34,314
- Exodus 34,592
- Leviticus 17,747
- Numbers 21,753
- Deuteronomy 27,427
The shortest skips
וַיְהִי הֵם מְרִיקִים שַׂקֵּיהֶם וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ צְרוֹר־כַּסְפּוֹ בְּשַׂקּוֹ וַיִּרְאוּ אֶת־צְרֹרוֹת כַּסְפֵּיהֶם הֵמָּה וַאֲבִיהֶם וַיִּירָֽאוּ
And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 64,792Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֲנִים יִתְקְעוּ בַּֽחֲצֹצְרוֹת וְהָיוּ לָכֶם לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute for ever throughout your generations.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 205,413Open in the laboratory →
וְכִֽי־תָבֹאוּ מִלְחָמָה בְּאַרְצְכֶם עַל־הַצַּר הַצֹּרֵר אֶתְכֶם וַהֲרֵעֹתֶם בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹת וֲנִזְכַּרְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם וְנוֹשַׁעְתֶּם מֵאֹיְבֵיכֶֽם
And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 205,464Open in the laboratory →
וְכִֽי־תָבֹאוּ מִלְחָמָה בְּאַרְצְכֶם עַל־הַצַּר הַצֹּרֵר אֶתְכֶם וַהֲרֵעֹתֶם בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹת וֲנִזְכַּרְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם וְנוֹשַׁעְתֶּם מֵאֹיְבֵיכֶֽם
And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 205,479Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח אֹתָם מֹשֶׁה אֶלֶף לַמַּטֶּה לַצָּבָא אֹתָם וְאֶת־פִּינְחָס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן לַצָּבָא וּכְלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ וַחֲצֹצְרוֹת הַתְּרוּעָה בְּיָדֽוֹ
And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy vessels and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 239,664Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, צרת appears 453,840 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.4% more than the 447,689 chance alone would give; the probability of 453,840 or more by chance alone is 2.3 × 10⁻²⁰.
- Genesis 34,314
- Exodus 34,592
- Leviticus 17,747
- Numbers 21,753
- Deuteronomy 28,841
- Joshua 16,428
- Judges 10,268
- Samuel 20,459
- Kings 29,136
- Isaiah 34,707
- Jeremiah 35,309
- Ezekiel 34,125
- The Twelve 22,976
- Psalms 34,370
- Proverbs 15,789
- Job 12,263
- Song of Songs 2,070
- Ruth 1,405
- Lamentations 3,273
- Ecclesiastes 2,886
- Esther 2,874
- Daniel 6,454
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,415
- Chronicles 24,386
Outside the Torah
עַד אֲשֶׁר־יָנִיחַ יְהוָה לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם כָּכֶם וְיָרְשׁוּ גַם־הֵמָּה אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָהֶם וְשַׁבְתֶּם לְאֶרֶץ יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם אוֹתָהּ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרַח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as unto you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,806Open in the laboratory →
וְהָֽרַבִּית וְקִשְׁיוֹן וָאָֽבֶץ
and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 334,195Open in the laboratory →
רֹכְבֵי אֲתֹנוֹת צְחֹרוֹת יֹשְׁבֵי עַל־מִדִּין וְהֹלְכֵי עַל־דֶּרֶךְ שִֽׂיחוּ
Ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich cloths, And ye that walk by the way, tell of it;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 352,069Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
צרת השחר — the Tanakh's own spelling: Zerethshahar. Searched as צרת, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 690.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 42:21. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- השחר — the Tanakh's own spelling found 20,022 in the Torah (chance 19,623)
Questions
Is Zareth-shahar in the Bible code?
135,833 sequences of צרת at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 136,399 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Zareth-shahar in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 42:35 — the shortest of 135,833 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 136,399.
What is the gematria of Zareth-shahar in Hebrew?
Zareth-shahar is spelled צרת השחר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 690; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Zareth-shahar found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, צרת appears 453,840 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.4% more than the 447,689 chance alone would give; the probability of 453,840 or more by chance alone is 2.3 × 10⁻²⁰.
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