Zephon צפון

Zephon (צפון) is a person named in the Tanakh. Zephon appears 30,561 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 3.8% more than chance alone would give (about 29,450; probability 6.4 × 10⁻¹¹).

Found in the Torah · every skip: 30,561
Chance alone · every skip: 29,450
P (≥ found) · every skip: 6.4 × 10⁻¹¹
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 101,177

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 2,726 found · chance alone about 2,826 (probability of 2,726 or more by chance alone: 0.97).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–101,616), צפון appears 30,561 times in the Torah — 3.8% more than the 29,450 chance alone would give; the probability of 30,561 or more by chance alone is 6.4 × 10⁻¹¹.

The shortest skip at which צפון appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 30:30, reading backward.

The longest skip at which צפון was found in the Torah is 101,177 — at Deuteronomy 34:2, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 8,485
Exodus 7,481
Leviticus 3,658
Numbers 5,414
Deuteronomy 5,523

Examples across the range

5 of the 30,561 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.

Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.

shortest skipGenesis 30:30בראשית ל:לskip 2, backward
Letter by letter
1. ץ פ ו נGenesis 30:30
  כִּי מְעַט אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה לְךָ לְפָנַי וַיִּפְרֹץ לָרֹב וַיְבָרֶךְ יְהוָה אֹתְךָ לְרַגְלִי …
  For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased abundantly; and the LORD hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned. And now when shall I provide for mine own house also?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 42,794 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a short skipNumbers 27:21במדבר כז:כאskip 4, backward
Letter by letter
1. צ פ ו נNumbers 27:21
  … יַעֲמֹד וְשָׁאַל לוֹ בְּמִשְׁפַּט הָאוּרִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה עַל־פִּיו יֵצְאוּ וְעַל־פִּיו יָבֹאוּ הוּא וְכָל …
  And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD; at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 235,070 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 11:29ויקרא יא:כטskip 104, forward
1. ץLeviticus 11:29
  וְזֶה לָכֶם הַטָּמֵא בַּשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל־הָאָרֶץ הַחֹלֶד וְהָעַכְבָּר וְהַצָּב לְמִינֵֽהוּ
  And these are they which are unclean unto you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds,
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. פLeviticus 11:32
  וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יִפֹּל־עָלָיו מֵהֶם בְּמֹתָם יִטְמָא מִכָּל …
  And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.
2. וLeviticus 11:33
  וְכָל־כְּלִי־חֶרֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר־יִפֹּל מֵהֶם אֶל־תּוֹכוֹ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹכוֹ יִטְמָא וְאֹתוֹ תִשְׁבֹּֽרוּ
  And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.
3. נLeviticus 11:35
  וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יִפֹּל מִנִּבְלָתָם עָלָיו יִטְמָא תַּנּוּר וְכִירַיִם יֻתָּץ טְמֵאִים הֵם וּטְמֵאִים יִהְיוּ לָכֶֽם
  And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
skip 104, width 104 — one row is 104 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 156,634 of the TorahOpen at skip 104 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 39:3שמות לט:גskip 1,005, backward
1. ץExodus 39:3
  וַֽיְרַקְּעוּ אֶת־פַּחֵי הַזָּהָב וְקִצֵּץ פְּתִילִם לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּתוֹךְ הַתְּכֵלֶת וּבְתוֹךְ …
  And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into threads, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. ףExodus 38:17
  … הָֽעַמּוּדִים וַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶם כֶּסֶף וְצִפּוּי רָאשֵׁיהֶם כָּסֶף וְהֵם מְחֻשָּׁקִים כֶּסֶף כֹּל עַמֻּדֵי …
  And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
2. וExodus 37:25
  … אָרְכּוֹ וְאַמָּה רָחְבּוֹ רָבוּעַ וְאַמָּתַיִם קֹֽמָתוֹ מִמֶּנּוּ הָיוּ קַרְנֹתָֽיו
  And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, four-square; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it.
3. ןExodus 37:5
  וַיָּבֵא אֶת־הַבַּדִּים בַּטַּבָּעֹת עַל צַלְעֹת הָאָרֹן לָשֵׂאת אֶת־הָאָרֹֽן
  And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
skip 1,005, width 1,005 — one row is 1,005 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 137,984 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,005 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 34:2דברים לד:בskip 101,177, backward
1. ץDeuteronomy 34:2
  וְאֵת כָּל־נַפְתָּלִי וְאֶת־אֶרֶץ אֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה וְאֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה עַד הַיָּם הָאַחֲרֽוֹן
  and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the hinder sea;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. פNumbers 8:15
  וְאַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן יָבֹאוּ הַלְוִיִּם לַעֲבֹד אֶת־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְטִֽהַרְתָּ אֹתָם וְהֵנַפְתָּ אֹתָם תְּנוּפָֽה
  And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.
2. וExodus 16:13
  וַיְהִי בָעֶרֶב וַתַּעַל הַשְּׂלָו וַתְּכַס אֶת־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וּבַבֹּקֶר הָֽיְתָה שִׁכְבַת הַטַּל סָבִיב לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
  And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the camp.
3. ןGenesis 1:16
  … הַגָּדֹל לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּטֹן לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַלַּיְלָה וְאֵת הַכּוֹכָבִֽים
  And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
skip 101,177, width 101,177 — one row is 101,177 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 304,306 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,177 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

454,076 sequences of צפון across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 454,853 that chance alone would produce.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 11,894 found · chance alone about 11,326 (probability of 11,894 or more by chance alone: 6.0 × 10⁻⁸).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 32,867
Exodus 28,190
Leviticus 13,674
Numbers 18,874
Deuteronomy 20,639
Joshua 13,952
Judges 9,912
Samuel 22,841
Kings 25,583
Isaiah 35,176
Jeremiah 34,216
Ezekiel 29,016
The Twelve 27,405
Psalms 43,800
Proverbs 15,830
Job 15,229
Song of Songs 2,279
Ruth 1,530
Lamentations 3,534
Ecclesiastes 3,127
Esther 3,109
Daniel 9,115
Ezra–Nehemiah 10,628
Chronicles 33,550

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the Torah1 Samuel 24:3שמואל א כד:גskip 3, backward
Letter by letter
1. צ פ ו נ1 Samuel 24:3
  … יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּלֶךְ לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־דָּוִד וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו עַל־פְּנֵי צוּרֵי הַיְּעֵלִֽים
  Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 423,055 of the TanakhOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipSong of Songs 6:7שיר השירים ו:זskip 101, forward
1. צSong of Songs 6:7
  כְּפֶלַח הָרִמּוֹן רַקָּתֵךְ מִבַּעַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ
  Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open Behind thy veil.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. פSong of Songs 6:9
  … לְיֽוֹלַדְתָּהּ רָאוּהָ בָנוֹת וַֽיְאַשְּׁרוּהָ מְלָכוֹת וּפִֽילַגְשִׁים וַֽיְהַלְלֽוּהָ
  My dove, my undefiled, is but one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her happy; Yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
2. וSong of Songs 6:11
  אֶל־גִּנַּת אֱגוֹז יָרַדְתִּי לִרְאוֹת בְּאִבֵּי הַנָּחַל לִרְאוֹת הֲפָֽרְחָה הַגֶּפֶן הֵנֵצוּ הָרִמֹּנִֽים
  I went down into the garden of nuts, To look at the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegranates were in flower.
3. נSong of Songs 7:2
  מַה־יָּפוּ פְעָמַיִךְ בַּנְּעָלִים בַּת־נָדִיב חַמּוּקֵי יְרֵכַיִךְ כְּמוֹ חֲלָאִים מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָמָּֽן
  How beautiful are thy steps in sandals, O prince’s daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like the links of a chain, The work of the hands of a skilled workman.
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 999,498 of the TanakhOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:21דברי הימים ב לו:כאskip 398,232, backward
1. צ2 Chronicles 36:21
  … דְּבַר־יְהוָה בְּפִי יִרְמְיָהוּ עַד־רָצְתָה הָאָרֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתֶיהָ כָּל־יְמֵי …
  to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. ףEzekiel 47:3
  בְּצֵאת־הָאִישׁ קָדִים וְקָו בְּיָדוֹ וַיָּמָד אֶלֶף בָּֽאַמָּה וַיַּעֲבִרֵנִי בַמַּיִם מֵי אָפְסָֽיִם
  When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles.
2. ו1 Samuel 12:14
  … וְלֹא תַמְרוּ אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה וִהְיִתֶם גַּם־אַתֶּם וְגַם־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר …
  If ye will fear the LORD, and serve Him, and hearken unto His voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, and both ye and also the king that reigneth over you be followers of the LORD your God—;
3. נGenesis 2:9
  … אֱלֹהִים מִן־הָאֲדָמָה כָּל־עֵץ נֶחְמָד לְמַרְאֶה וְטוֹב לְמַאֲכָל וְעֵץ הַֽחַיִּים …
  And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
skip 398,232, width 398,232 — one row is 398,232 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,800 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,232 in the laboratory →

The spelling

צפון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as צפון, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 226.

As a plain word it stands 39 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 26:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Zaphon.

Zephon in the Tanakh

Questions

Is Zephon in the Torah codes?

What is the shortest skip for Zephon in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 30:30 — the shortest of 30,561 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 29,450.

What is the gematria of Zephon in Hebrew?

Zephon is spelled צפון — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 226.

How many times is Zephon found in the whole Tanakh?

454,076 sequences of צפון across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 454,853 that chance alone would produce.

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