Zimmah זמה
Zimmah (זמה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Zimmah appears 164,715 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% more than chance alone would give (about 163,717; probability 0.0069).
- Found in the Torah
- 164,715
- Chance alone
- 163,717
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0069
- 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, זמה appears 164,715 times in the Torah — 0.6% more than the 163,717 chance alone would give; the probability of 164,715 or more by chance alone is 0.0069.
The shortest skip at which זמה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 14:5, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), זמה is found 2,561,503 times; chance alone would give about 2,537,546.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 163,717 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 25,887
- Exodus 42,887
- Leviticus 33,520
- Numbers 36,724
- Deuteronomy 25,697
The shortest skips
וּבְאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בָּא כְדָרְלָעֹמֶר וְהַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־רְפָאִים בְּעַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם וְאֶת־הַזּוּזִים בְּהָם וְאֵת הָֽאֵימִים בְּשָׁוֵה קִרְיָתָֽיִם
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,295Open in the laboratory →
אֶֽעֱבֹר בְּכָל־צֹֽאנְךָ הַיּוֹם הָסֵר מִשָּׁם כָּל־שֶׂה נָקֹד וְטָלוּא וְכָל־שֶׂה־חוּם בַּכְּשָׂבִים וְטָלוּא וְנָקֹד בָּעִזִּים וְהָיָה שְׂכָרִֽי
I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every dark one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 42,960Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּרֶף מִמֶּנּוּ אָז אָֽמְרָה חֲתַן דָּמִים לַמּוּלֹֽת
So He let him alone. Then she said: ‘A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 83,275Open in the laboratory →
וּלְקַחְתֶּם אֲגֻדַּת אֵזוֹב וּטְבַלְתֶּם בַּדָּם אֲשֶׁר־בַּסַּף וְהִגַּעְתֶּם אֶל־הַמַּשְׁקוֹף וְאֶל־שְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזֹת מִן־הַדָּם אֲשֶׁר בַּסָּף וְאַתֶּם לֹא תֵצְאוּ אִישׁ מִפֶּֽתַח־בֵּיתוֹ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 95,288Open in the laboratory →
וַעֲשֵׂה כְּרוּב אֶחָד מִקָּצָה מִזֶּה וּכְרוּב־אֶחָד מִקָּצָה מִזֶּה מִן־הַכַּפֹּרֶת תַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִים עַל־שְׁנֵי קְצוֹתָֽיו
And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the ark-cover shall ye make the cherubim of the two ends thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 114,144Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
638,832 sequences of זמה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 637,722 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 25,887
- Exodus 42,887
- Leviticus 33,520
- Numbers 36,724
- Deuteronomy 27,976
- Joshua 21,067
- Judges 17,808
- Samuel 31,301
- Kings 59,119
- Isaiah 41,557
- Jeremiah 45,942
- Ezekiel 34,285
- The Twelve 34,507
- Psalms 38,390
- Proverbs 9,650
- Job 11,085
- Song of Songs 2,245
- Ruth 2,571
- Lamentations 2,833
- Ecclesiastes 6,167
- Esther 5,074
- Daniel 12,977
- Ezra–Nehemiah 27,723
- Chronicles 67,537
Outside the Torah
וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וּזְקֵנָיו וְשֹׁטְרִים וְשֹׁפְטָיו עֹמְדִים מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה לָאָרוֹן נֶגֶד הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה כַּגֵּר כָּֽאֶזְרָח חֶצְיוֹ אֶל־מוּל הַר־גְּרִזִים וְהַֽחֶצְיוֹ אֶל־מוּל הַר־עֵיבָל כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה לְבָרֵךְ אֶת־הָעָם יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּרִאשֹׁנָֽה
And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,465Open in the laboratory →
ישבתי בַּלְּבָנוֹן מקננתי בָּֽאֲרָזִים מַה־נֵּחַנְתְּ בְּבֹא־לָךְ חֲבָלִים חִיל כַּיֹּלֵדָֽה
O inhabitant of Lebanon, That art nestled in the cedars, How gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, The pain as of a woman in travail!
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 673,491Open in the laboratory →
אֶל־חוֹמֹת בָּבֶל שְׂאוּ־נֵס הַחֲזִיקוּ הַמִּשְׁמָר הָקִימוּ שֹֽׁמְרִים הָכִינוּ הָאֹֽרְבִים כִּי גַּם־זָמַם יְהוָה גַּם־עָשָׂה אֵת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר אֶל־יֹשְׁבֵי בָבֶֽל
Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, Make the watch strong, Set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; For the LORD hath both devised and done That which He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 722,319Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
זמה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as זמה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 52.
As a plain word it stands 17 times in the Tanakh, first at Leviticus 18:17. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Zimmah in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, זמה appears 164,715 times in the Torah — 0.6% more than the 163,717 chance alone would give; the probability of 164,715 or more by chance alone is 0.0069.
What is the shortest skip for Zimmah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 14:5 — the shortest of 164,715 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 163,717.
What is the gematria of Zimmah in Hebrew?
Zimmah is spelled זמה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 52.
How many times is Zimmah found in the whole Tanakh?
638,832 sequences of זמה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 637,722 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 163,717 here) beside the count.