Biblical names

Zizah זיזה

Zizah (זיזה) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Zizah is found 1,452 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Numbers 6:21) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,472).

Found in the Torah
1,452
Chance alone
1,472
P (≥ found)
0.70
Shortest skip
3

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

1,452 sequences of זיזה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,472 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which זיזה appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Numbers 6:21, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), זיזה is found 15,678 times; chance alone would give about 15,341.

  • Genesis 202
  • Exodus 403
  • Leviticus 334
  • Numbers 300
  • Deuteronomy 213

The shortest skips

  1. Numbers 6:21במדבר ו:כאskip 3, backward

    זֹאת תּוֹרַת הַנָּזִיר אֲשֶׁר יִדֹּר קָרְבָּנוֹ לַֽיהוָה עַל־נִזְרוֹ מִלְּבַד אֲשֶׁר־תַּשִּׂיג יָדוֹ כְּפִי נִדְרוֹ אֲשֶׁר יִדֹּר כֵּן יַעֲשֶׂה עַל תּוֹרַת נִזְרֽוֹ

    This is the law of the Nazirite who voweth, and of his offering unto the LORD for his Naziriteship, beside that for which his means suffice; according to his vow which he voweth, so he must do after the law of his Naziriteship.

    זיזה at skip 3, backward from Numbers 6:21ומהואחרישתהניריןאתתורתהנזיזיזה
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 198,080Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 15:2שמות טו:בskip 9, forward

    עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ וַֽיְהִי־לִי לִֽישׁוּעָה זֶה אֵלִי וְאַנְוֵהוּ אֱלֹהֵי אָבִי וַאֲרֹמְמֶֽנְהוּ

    The LORD is my strength and song, And He is become my salvation; This is my God, and I will glorify Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

    זיזה at skip 9, forward from Exodus 15:2ליקוקכיגאהגאהסוסורכבורמהביםעזיומרתיהויהלילישועההאליואנוואלהיאביוארממנהויקוקאישמלחמהיקוזיזה
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 99,974Open in the laboratory →

  3. Leviticus 5:9ויקרא ה:טskip 12, backward

    וְהִזָּה מִדַּם הַחַטָּאת עַל־קִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְהַנִּשְׁאָר בַּדָּם יִמָּצֵה אֶל־יְסוֹד הַמִּזְבֵּחַ חַטָּאת הֽוּא

    And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin-offering.

    זיזה at skip 12, backward from Leviticus 5:9אתראשונהומלקאתראשוממולערפוולאיבדילוהזהמדםחטאתעלקירהמבחוהנשארבדםמצהאליסודהמבחחטאתהואואתהשנייעשהעלהכמשפטוכפרעליוהכהןמחזיזה
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 146,829Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 38:9בראשית לח:טskip 18, forward

    וַיֵּדַע אוֹנָן כִּי לֹּא לוֹ יִהְיֶה הַזָּרַע וְהָיָה אִם־בָּא אֶל־אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו וְשִׁחֵת אַרְצָה לְבִלְתִּי נְתָן־זֶרַע לְאָחִֽיו

    And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

    זיזה at skip 18, forward from Genesis 38:9אמריהודהלאונןבאאלאשתאחיךויבםאתהוהקםזרעלאחיךוידעאונןכילאלויהיההרעוהיהאםבאאלאשתאחוושחתארצהלבלתינתןרעלאחיווירעבעינייוקאשרעשהוימתגםאתוויאמריהודהלתמרכלתושביאלמנהביתאביךעדיגדלשלהבניכזיזק
    skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 56,324Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 26:13שמות כו:יגskip 19, forward

    וְהָאַמָּה מִזֶּה וְהָאַמָּה מִזֶּה בָּעֹדֵף בְּאֹרֶךְ יְרִיעֹת הָאֹהֶל יִהְיֶה סָרוּחַ עַל־צִדֵּי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה לְכַסֹּתֽוֹ

    And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

    זיזה at skip 19, forward from Exodus 26:13יהאחדוסרחהעדףביריעתהאהלחציהיריעההעדפתתסרחעלאחריהמשכןוהאמהמזהוהאמהמהבעדףבארךיריעתהאהלהיהסרוחעלצדיהמשכןמהומזהלכסתוועשיתמכסלאהלערתאילםמאדמיםומכסהערתתחשיםמלמעלהועשיתאתהקרשיםלמשכןעצישטיםעמדיםזיזה
    skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 115,941Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, זיזה appears 7,023 times in the whole Tanakh — 4.2% more than the 6,741 chance alone would give; the probability of 7,023 or more by chance alone is 0.00033.

  • Genesis 202
  • Exodus 403
  • Leviticus 334
  • Numbers 300
  • Deuteronomy 241
  • Joshua 188
  • Judges 249
  • Samuel 263
  • Kings 720
  • Isaiah 635
  • Jeremiah 430
  • Ezekiel 307
  • The Twelve 345
  • Psalms 501
  • Proverbs 103
  • Job 132
  • Song of Songs 31
  • Ruth 28
  • Lamentations 28
  • Ecclesiastes 46
  • Esther 38
  • Daniel 164
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 394
  • Chronicles 941

Outside the Torah

  1. Isaiah 46:6ישעיהו מו:וskip 2, backward

    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.

    זיזה at skip 2, backward from Isaiah 46:6ניונדמהלםהבמכיסוזיזה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 622,916Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Samuel 29:3שמואל א כט:גskip 4, backward

    וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ שָׂרֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים מָה הָעִבְרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֹּאמֶר אָכִישׁ אֶל־שָׂרֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים הֲלֽוֹא־זֶה דָוִד עֶבֶד שָׁאוּל מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הָיָה אִתִּי זֶה יָמִים אוֹ־זֶה שָׁנִים וְלֹֽא־מָצָאתִי בוֹ מְאוּמָה מִיּוֹם נָפְלוֹ עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה

    Then said the princes of the Philistines: ‘What do these Hebrews here?’ And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines: ‘Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away unto me unto this day?’

    זיזה at skip 4, backward from 1 Samuel 29:3מלךישראלאשרהיאתיהימםאוהשניםולאמצאתיבזיזה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 431,598Open in the laboratory →

  3. Nehemiah 3:19נחמיה ג:יטskip 4, backward

    וַיְחַזֵּק עַל־יָדוֹ עֵזֶר בֶּן־יֵשׁוּעַ שַׂר הַמִּצְפָּה מִדָּה שֵׁנִית מִנֶּגֶד עֲלֹת הַנֶּשֶׁק הַמִּקְצֹֽעַ

    And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armoury at the Turning.

    זיזה at skip 4, backward from Nehemiah 3:19דשרחציפלךקעילויחקעלדוערבןישועשרהמצפהזיזה
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,078,501Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

זיזה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as זיזה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 29.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Zizah in the Bible code?

1,452 sequences of זיזה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,472 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Zizah in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading backward from Numbers 6:21 — the shortest of 1,452 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,472.

What is the gematria of Zizah in Hebrew?

Zizah is spelled זיזה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 29.

How many times is Zizah found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, זיזה appears 7,023 times in the whole Tanakh — 4.2% more than the 6,741 chance alone would give; the probability of 7,023 or more by chance alone is 0.00033.

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