Zethar זתר
Zethar (זתר) is a person named in the Tanakh. Zethar appears 75,837 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 75,670 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 75,837
- Chance alone
- 75,670
- P (≥ found)
- 0.27
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
75,837 sequences of זתר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 75,670 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which זתר appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:14, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), זתר is found 1,216,746 times; chance alone would give about 1,172,858.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 75,670 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 13,507
- Exodus 20,556
- Leviticus 15,336
- Numbers 13,569
- Deuteronomy 12,869
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶֽל־הַנָּחָשׁ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת אָרוּר אַתָּה מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה וּמִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ תֵלֵךְ וְעָפָר תֹּאכַל כָּל־יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ
And the LORD God said unto the serpent: ‘Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,599Open in the laboratory →
וַתָּבֹא אֵלָיו הַיּוֹנָה לְעֵת עֶרֶב וְהִנֵּה עֲלֵה־זַיִת טָרָף בְּפִיהָ וַיֵּדַע נֹחַ כִּי־קַלּוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָֽרֶץ
And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,664Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים לָתֶת לְךָ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ
And He said unto him: ‘I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,679Open in the laboratory →
זֹאת בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְרוּ בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ הִמּוֹל לָכֶם כָּל־זָכָֽר
This is My covenant, which ye shall keep, between Me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,536Open in the laboratory →
הִנֵּה־נָא הָעִיר הַזֹּאת קְרֹבָה לָנוּס שָׁמָּה וְהִיא מִצְעָר אִמָּלְטָה נָּא שָׁמָּה הֲלֹא מִצְעָר הִוא וּתְחִי נַפְשִֽׁי
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one; oh, let me escape thither—is it not a little one?—and my soul shall live.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,374Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
270,845 sequences of זתר at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 271,985 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 13,507
- Exodus 20,556
- Leviticus 15,336
- Numbers 13,569
- Deuteronomy 13,877
- Joshua 8,576
- Judges 7,846
- Samuel 12,241
- Kings 24,685
- Isaiah 18,132
- Jeremiah 16,959
- Ezekiel 16,648
- The Twelve 11,720
- Psalms 18,226
- Proverbs 6,911
- Job 6,734
- Song of Songs 1,324
- Ruth 1,431
- Lamentations 1,322
- Ecclesiastes 2,334
- Esther 1,944
- Daniel 5,786
- Ezra–Nehemiah 8,749
- Chronicles 22,432
Outside the Torah
וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתָּבוֹא אֶל־אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים אֶל־הַר הַכַּרְמֶל וַיְהִי כִּרְאוֹת אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִים אֹתָהּ מִנֶּגֶד וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־גֵּיחֲזִי נַעֲרוֹ הִנֵּה הַשּׁוּנַמִּית הַלָּֽז
So she went, and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant: ‘Behold, yonder is that Shunammite.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 533,907Open in the laboratory →
עוֹדֶנּוּ מְדַבֵּר עִמָּם וְהִנֵּה הַמַּלְאָךְ יֹרֵד אֵלָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּֽה־זֹאת הָֽרָעָה מֵאֵת יְהוָה מָֽה־אוֹחִיל לַיהוָה עֽוֹד
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him; and [the king] said: ‘Behold, this evil is of the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 539,022Open in the laboratory →
כִּי שָׁכַחַתְּ אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׁעֵךְ וְצוּר מָעֻזֵּךְ לֹא זָכָרְתְּ עַל־כֵּן תִּטְּעִי נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים וּזְמֹרַת זָר תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ
For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, And thou hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy stronghold; Therefore thou didst plant plants of pleasantness, And didst set it with slips of a stranger;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 592,183Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
זתר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as זתר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 607.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Esther 1:10. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Zethar appear in the Torah codes?
75,837 sequences of זתר at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 75,670 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Zethar in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:14 — the shortest of 75,837 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 75,670.
What is the gematria of Zethar in Hebrew?
Zethar is spelled זתר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 607.
How many times is Zethar found in the whole Tanakh?
270,845 sequences of זתר at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 271,985 that chance alone would produce.
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