Zemaraim צמרים
Zemaraim (צמרים) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Zemaraim appears 1,667 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 4.4% more than chance alone would give (about 1,597; probability 0.04).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,667
- Chance alone
- 1,597
- P (≥ found)
- 0.04
- Shortest skip
- 3
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, צמרים appears 1,667 times in the Torah — 4.4% more than the 1,597 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,667 or more by chance alone is 0.04.
The shortest skip at which צמרים appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 18:8, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), צמרים is found 12,204 times; chance alone would give about 12,588.
- Genesis 466
- Exodus 505
- Leviticus 148
- Numbers 312
- Deuteronomy 236
The shortest skips
וַיְסַפֵּר מֹשֶׁה לְחֹתְנוֹ אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה לְפַרְעֹה וּלְמִצְרַיִם עַל אוֹדֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת כָּל־הַתְּלָאָה אֲשֶׁר מְצָאָתַם בַּדֶּרֶךְ וַיַּצִּלֵם יְהוָֽה
And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 104,522Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי הַגֶּשֶׁם עַל־הָאָרֶץ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָֽיְלָה
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,502Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא יְהוָה כִּי רַבָּה רָעַת הָאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וְכָל־יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבֹת לִבּוֹ רַק רַע כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם
And the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 7,085Open in the laboratory →
הִשָּׁמְרוּ לָכֶם פֶּֽן־תִּשְׁכְּחוּ אֶת־בְּרִית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת עִמָּכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָכֶם פֶּסֶל תְּמוּנַת כֹּל אֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make you a graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 257,851Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתִי אֶת־יָדִי לָתֵת אֹתָהּ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב וְנָתַתִּי אֹתָהּ לָכֶם מוֹרָשָׁה אֲנִי יְהוָֽה
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the LORD.’
skip 25, width 25 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 85,203Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, צמרים appears 6,763 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 6,642, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 466
- Exodus 505
- Leviticus 148
- Numbers 312
- Deuteronomy 277
- Joshua 227
- Judges 163
- Samuel 340
- Kings 444
- Isaiah 571
- Jeremiah 570
- Ezekiel 443
- The Twelve 426
- Psalms 574
- Proverbs 225
- Job 203
- Song of Songs 27
- Ruth 17
- Lamentations 39
- Ecclesiastes 50
- Esther 43
- Daniel 96
- Ezra–Nehemiah 165
- Chronicles 432
Outside the Torah
וּמֵעֵבֶר לְיַרְדֵּן יְרִיחוֹ מִזְרָחָה נָתְנוּ אֶת־בֶּצֶר בַּמִּדְבָּר בַּמִּישֹׁר מִמַּטֵּה רְאוּבֵן וְאֶת־רָאמֹת בַּגִּלְעָד מִמַּטֵּה־גָד וְאֶת־גלון בַּבָּשָׁן מִמַּטֵּה מְנַשֶּֽׁה
And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the table-land out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 335,969Open in the laboratory →
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם שְׁמָמָה בְּתוֹךְ אֲרָצוֹת נְשַׁמּוֹת וְעָרֶיהָ בְּתוֹךְ עָרִים מָֽחֳרָבוֹת תִּֽהְיֶיןָ שְׁמָמָה אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וַהֲפִצֹתִי אֶת־מִצְרַיִם בַּגּוֹיִם וְֽזֵרִיתִים בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 769,021Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־יֵחָֽבְאוּ בְּרֹאשׁ הַכַּרְמֶל מִשָּׁם אֲחַפֵּשׂ וּלְקַחְתִּים וְאִם־יִסָּתְרוּ מִנֶּגֶד עֵינַי בְּקַרְקַע הַיָּם מִשָּׁם אֲצַוֶּה אֶת־הַנָּחָשׁ וּנְשָׁכָֽם
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; And though they be hid from My sight in the bottom of the sea, Thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 822,366Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
צמרים — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as צמרים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 380.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 2 Chronicles 13:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Zemaraim in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, צמרים appears 1,667 times in the Torah — 4.4% more than the 1,597 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,667 or more by chance alone is 0.04.
What is the shortest skip for Zemaraim in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 18:8 — the shortest of 1,667 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,597.
What is the gematria of Zemaraim in Hebrew?
Zemaraim is spelled צמרים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 380.
How many times is Zemaraim found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, צמרים appears 6,763 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 6,642, 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 1,597 here) beside the count.