Zaza זזא
Zaza (זזא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Zaza appears 14,796 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 7.0% more than chance alone would give (about 13,834; probability 3.1 × 10⁻¹⁶).
- Found in the Torah
- 14,796
- Chance alone
- 13,834
- P (≥ found)
- 3.1 × 10⁻¹⁶
- 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, זזא appears 14,796 times in the Torah — 7.0% more than the 13,834 chance alone would give; the probability of 14,796 or more by chance alone is 3.1 × 10⁻¹⁶.
The shortest skip at which זזא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 2:7, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), זזא is found 237,317 times; chance alone would give about 214,417.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 13,834 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 2,310
- Exodus 3,699
- Leviticus 3,764
- Numbers 3,003
- Deuteronomy 2,020
The shortest skips
כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בֵּֽרַכְךָ בְּכֹל מַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶךָ יָדַע לֶכְתְּךָ אֶת־הַמִּדְבָּר הַגָּדֹל הַזֶּה זֶה אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ עִמָּךְ לֹא חָסַרְתָּ דָּבָֽר
For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand; He hath known thy walking through this great wilderness; these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 252,859Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה שְׁלַח יָֽדְךָ וֶאֱחֹז בִּזְנָבוֹ וַיִּשְׁלַח יָדוֹ וַיַּחֲזֶק בּוֹ וַיְהִי לְמַטֶּה בְּכַפּֽוֹ
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail—and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 82,015Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־כָּל־עֵשֶׂב זֹרֵעַ זֶרַע אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת־כָּל־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ פְרִי־עֵץ זֹרֵעַ זָרַע לָכֶם יִֽהְיֶה לְאָכְלָֽה
And God said: ‘Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed—to you it shall be for food;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,497Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה הִנְּךָ שֹׁכֵב עִם־אֲבֹתֶיךָ וְקָם הָעָם הַזֶּה וְזָנָה אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהֵי נֵֽכַר־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוּא בָא־שָׁמָּה בְּקִרְבּוֹ וַעֲזָבַנִי וְהֵפֵר אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר כָּרַתִּי אִתּֽוֹ
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Behold, thou art about to sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go astray after the foreign gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake Me, and break My covenant which I have made with them.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 299,459Open in the laboratory →
שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פִּישׁוֹן הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָֽב
The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 2,232Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, זזא appears 56,704 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.0% more than the 55,044 chance alone would give; the probability of 56,704 or more by chance alone is 9.6 × 10⁻¹³.
- Genesis 2,310
- Exodus 3,699
- Leviticus 3,764
- Numbers 3,003
- Deuteronomy 2,231
- Joshua 1,442
- Judges 1,823
- Samuel 2,397
- Kings 5,794
- Isaiah 4,321
- Jeremiah 3,147
- Ezekiel 2,545
- The Twelve 2,480
- Psalms 3,675
- Proverbs 871
- Job 1,540
- Song of Songs 194
- Ruth 232
- Lamentations 254
- Ecclesiastes 400
- Esther 279
- Daniel 1,852
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,532
- Chronicles 5,919
Outside the Torah
זַרְעוֹ לְעוֹלָם יִהְיֶה וְכִסְאוֹ כַשֶּׁמֶשׁ נֶגְדִּֽי
His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before Me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 906,618Open in the laboratory →
טוֹב אֲשֶׁר תֶּאֱחֹז בָּזֶה וְגַם־מִזֶּה אַל־תַּנַּח אֶת־יָדֶךָ כִּֽי־יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים יֵצֵא אֶת־כֻּלָּֽם
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of the one; yea, also from the other withdraw not thy hand; for he that feareth God shall discharge himself of them all.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,018,206Open in the laboratory →
וְאַחֲרֶיהָ לָקַח אֶֽת־מַעֲכָה בַּת־אַבְשָׁלוֹם וַתֵּלֶד לוֹ אֶת־אֲבִיָּה וְאֶת־עַתַּי וְאֶת־זִיזָא וְאֶת־שְׁלֹמִֽית
And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,157,678Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
זזא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as זזא, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 15.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- זאזא — the name in Hebrew letters found 1,223 in the Torah (chance 1,218)
Questions
Is Zaza in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, זזא appears 14,796 times in the Torah — 7.0% more than the 13,834 chance alone would give; the probability of 14,796 or more by chance alone is 3.1 × 10⁻¹⁶.
What is the shortest skip for Zaza in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 2:7 — the shortest of 14,796 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 13,834.
What is the gematria of Zaza in Hebrew?
Zaza is spelled זזא — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 15; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Zaza found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, זזא appears 56,704 times in the whole Tanakh — 3.0% more than the 55,044 chance alone would give; the probability of 56,704 or more by chance alone is 9.6 × 10⁻¹³.
Search it yourself
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