Biblical names

Zeruah צרועה

Zeruah (צרועה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Zeruah appears 762 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 775 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
762
Chance alone
775
P (≥ found)
0.68
Shortest skip
4

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, צרועה appears 762 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 775, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Numbers 34:4, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 6,021 sequences of צרועה, against about 6,106 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 205
  • Exodus 212
  • Leviticus 99
  • Numbers 118
  • Deuteronomy 128

The shortest skips

  1. Numbers 34:4במדבר לד:דskip 4, forward

    וְנָסַב לָכֶם הַגְּבוּל מִנֶּגֶב לְמַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים וְעָבַר צִנָה והיה תּֽוֹצְאֹתָיו מִנֶּגֶב לְקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ וְיָצָא חֲצַר־אַדָּר וְעָבַר עַצְמֹֽנָה

    and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon;

    צרועה at skip 4, forward from Numbers 34:4נגבלקדשברנעויאחצאדרעברצמנונסבהגבולמעצמוצרועה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 246,351Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 19:15בראשית יט:טוskip 8, backward

    וּכְמוֹ הַשַּׁחַר עָלָה וַיָּאִיצוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים בְּלוֹט לֵאמֹר קוּם קַח אֶֽת־אִשְׁתְּךָ וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי בְנֹתֶיךָ הַנִּמְצָאֹת פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶה בַּעֲוֺן הָעִֽיר

    And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying: ‘Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here; lest thou be swept away in the iniquity of the city.’

    צרועה at skip 8, backward from Genesis 19:15המקוםהזהכימשחיתיקוקאתהעירוייכמצחקביניחתניוכמוהשחעלהויאיוהמלאכיםבלוטלאמרקוםקחאתאשתךוצרועה
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 23,048Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 1:19שמות א:יטskip 21, forward

    וַתֹּאמַרְןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת אֶל־פַּרְעֹה כִּי לֹא כַנָּשִׁים הַמִּצְרִיֹּת הָֽעִבְרִיֹּת כִּֽי־חָיוֹת הֵנָּה בְּטֶרֶם תָּבוֹא אֲלֵהֶן הַמְיַלֶּדֶת וְיָלָֽדוּ

    And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: ‘Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.’

    צרועה at skip 21, forward from Exodus 1:19למילדתויאמרלהןמדועעשיתןהדברהזהותחייןאתהילדיםותאמרןהמילדתאלפרעהכילאכנשיםהמריתהעבריתכיחיותהנהבטםתבואאלהןהמילדתוילדוייטבאלהיםלמילדתוירבהםויעצמומאדויהיכייראומילדתאתהאלהיםויעשלהםבתיםויצופרעהלכלעמולאמרכלהבןהילודהיארהתשליכהווכלהבתתחיצרועה
    skip 21, width 21 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 78,867Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 14:2במדבר יד:בskip 21, backward

    וַיִּלֹּנוּ עַל־מֹשֶׁה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹן כֹּל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵהֶם כָּל־הָעֵדָה לוּ־מַתְנוּ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם אוֹ בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה לוּ־מָֽתְנוּ

    And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole congregation said unto them: ‘Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would we had died in this wilderness!

    צרועה at skip 21, backward from Numbers 14:2מדותושםראינואתהנפיליםבניענקמןהנפליםונהיבעינינוכחגביםוכןהיינובעיניהםותשאכלעדהויתנואתקולםויבכוהםבלילהההואוילנועלמשהעלאהרןכלבניישראלויאמואלהםכלהעדהלומתנובארמצריםאובמדברהזהלומתנוולמהיקוקמביאאתנואלהארץהזאתלנפלבחרבנשינווטפנויהיולבזהץרועה
    skip 21, width 21 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 211,040Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 29:2בראשית כט:בskip 24, backward

    וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה בְאֵר בַּשָּׂדֶה וְהִנֵּה־שָׁם שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶדְרֵי־צֹאן רֹבְצִים עָלֶיהָ כִּי מִן־הַבְּאֵר הַהִוא יַשְׁקוּ הָעֲדָרִים וְהָאֶבֶן גְּדֹלָה עַל־פִּי הַבְּאֵֽר

    And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it.—For out of that well they watered the flocks. And the stone upon the well’s mouth was great.

    צרועה at skip 24, backward from Genesis 29:2אנכיהולךונתןלילחםלאכלדללבשושבתיבשלוםאלביתאהיהיקוקלילאלהיםוהאבןהאשרשמתימצביהיהביתאלהכלאשרתתןלישראעשרנולךאיעקברגליוילךארצהבניויראוהנהבאבשדהוהנהשםהעדריצאןרביםעליהכימןרההואישקוהעדריםוהאבןגעלפיהבארונאספושמהכלהעםוגללואתהאבןמעלפיהבארצרועה
    skip 24, width 24 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 39,877Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 2,921 sequences of צרועה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,915).

  • Genesis 205
  • Exodus 212
  • Leviticus 99
  • Numbers 118
  • Deuteronomy 149
  • Joshua 153
  • Judges 76
  • Samuel 173
  • Kings 197
  • Isaiah 282
  • Jeremiah 243
  • Ezekiel 164
  • The Twelve 178
  • Psalms 191
  • Proverbs 75
  • Job 65
  • Song of Songs 9
  • Ruth 6
  • Lamentations 18
  • Ecclesiastes 14
  • Esther 10
  • Daniel 39
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 56
  • Chronicles 189

Outside the Torah

  1. Judges 17:4שופטים יז:דskip 2, forward

    וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף לְאִמּוֹ וַתִּקַּח אִמּוֹ מָאתַיִם כֶּסֶף וַתִּתְּנֵהוּ לַצּוֹרֵף וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה וַיְהִי בְּבֵית מִיכָֽיְהוּ

    And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.

    צרועה at skip 2, forward from Judges 17:4תתנהולוףישופסלומסצרועה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 374,408Open in the laboratory →

  2. Isaiah 46:6ישעיהו מו:וskip 2, forward

    הַזָּלִים זָהָב מִכִּיס וְכֶסֶף בַּקָּנֶה יִשְׁקֹלוּ יִשְׂכְּרוּ צוֹרֵף וְיַעֲשֵׂהוּ אֵל יִסְגְּדוּ אַף־יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ

    Ye that lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; ye that hire a goldsmith, that he make it a god, to fall down thereto, yea, to worship.

    צרועה at skip 2, forward from Isaiah 46:6וישכרווףישואליסגדצרועה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 622,941Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Samuel 10:8שמואל ב י:חskip 2, backward

    וַיֵּֽצְאוּ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וַיַּעַרְכוּ מִלְחָמָה פֶּתַח הַשָּׁעַר וַאֲרַם צוֹבָא וּרְחוֹב וְאִֽישׁ־טוֹב וּמַֽעֲכָה לְבַדָּם בַּשָּׂדֶֽה

    And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate; and the Arameans of Zobah, and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

    צרועה at skip 2, backward from 2 Samuel 10:8חמהפתחשראםובאורחוצרועה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 448,775Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

צרועה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as צרועה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 371.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 11:26. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Zeruah appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, צרועה appears 762 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 775, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Zeruah in the Torah?

Skip 4, reading forward from Numbers 34:4 — the shortest of 762 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 775.

How is Zeruah spelled in Hebrew?

Zeruah is spelled צרועה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 371.

Is Zeruah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 2,921 sequences of צרועה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,915).

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