Ziph זיף
Ziph (זיף) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 34,336 sequences of Ziph, the shortest at skip 2 (Leviticus 16:30); chance alone would give about 35,266.
- Found in the Torah
- 34,336
- Chance alone
- 35,266
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 34,336 sequences of זיף at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 35,266).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Leviticus 16:30, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 522,061 sequences of זיף, against about 546,611 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 35,266 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 7,211
- Exodus 8,204
- Leviticus 6,044
- Numbers 8,377
- Deuteronomy 4,500
The shortest skips
כִּֽי־בַיּוֹם הַזֶּה יְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶם לְטַהֵר אֶתְכֶם מִכֹּל חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה תִּטְהָֽרוּ
For on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be clean before the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 167,746Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־הָאָרֶץ בָּאוּ מִצְרַיְמָה לִשְׁבֹּר אֶל־יוֹסֵף כִּֽי־חָזַק הָרָעָב בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 62,982Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְרַקְּעוּ אֶת־פַּחֵי הַזָּהָב וְקִצֵּץ פְּתִילִם לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּתוֹךְ הַתְּכֵלֶת וּבְתוֹךְ הָֽאַרְגָּמָן וּבְתוֹךְ תּוֹלַעַת הַשָּׁנִי וּבְתוֹךְ הַשֵּׁשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵֽׁב
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.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 137,978Open in the laboratory →
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן הַטֶּנֶא מִיָּדֶךָ וְהִנִּיחוֹ לִפְנֵי מִזְבַּח יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ
And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 289,275Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב הַלְעִיטֵנִי נָא מִן־הָאָדֹם הָאָדֹם הַזֶּה כִּי עָיֵף אָנֹכִי עַל־כֵּן קָרָֽא־שְׁמוֹ אֱדֽוֹם
And Esau said to Jacob: ‘Let me swallow, I pray thee, some of this red, red pottage; for I am faint.’ Therefore was his name called Edom.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 34,211Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 160,687 sequences of זיף at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 159,373); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00051 by chance alone.
- Genesis 7,211
- Exodus 8,204
- Leviticus 6,044
- Numbers 8,377
- Deuteronomy 4,839
- Joshua 4,131
- Judges 4,904
- Samuel 7,725
- Kings 10,854
- Isaiah 13,234
- Jeremiah 8,020
- Ezekiel 8,773
- The Twelve 8,438
- Psalms 17,195
- Proverbs 5,510
- Job 7,960
- Song of Songs 960
- Ruth 949
- Lamentations 800
- Ecclesiastes 1,142
- Esther 841
- Daniel 3,899
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,694
- Chronicles 14,983
Outside the Torah
וַתִּשְׁקֹט הָאָרֶץ אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת עָתְנִיאֵל בֶּן־קְנַֽז
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 348,861Open in the laboratory →
וְלִפְנֵי הַדְּבִיר עֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה אֹרֶךְ וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה רֹחַב וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה קֽוֹמָתוֹ וַיְצַפֵּהוּ זָהָב סָגוּר וַיְצַף מִזְבֵּחַ אָֽרֶז
And before the Sanctuary which was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof, overlaid with pure gold, he set an altar, which he covered with cedar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 488,889Open in the laboratory →
אַטֶּה לְמָשָׁל אָזְנִי אֶפְתַּח בְּכִנּוֹר חִידָתִֽי
I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 883,030Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
זיף — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as זיף, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 97.
As a plain word it stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 15:24. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ziph in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 34,336 sequences of זיף at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 35,266).
What is the shortest skip for Ziph in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Leviticus 16:30 — the shortest of 34,336 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 35,266.
How is Ziph spelled in Hebrew?
Ziph is spelled זיף — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 97.
Is Ziph in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 160,687 sequences of זיף at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 159,373); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00051 by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 35,266 here) beside the count.