Zophah צופח
Zophah (צופח) is a person named in the Tanakh. Zophah appears 15,598 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 4.1% more than chance alone would give (about 14,988; probability 3.8 × 10⁻⁷).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 15,598
- Chance alone · every skip
- 14,988
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 3.8 × 10⁻⁷
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,036
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,418 found · chance alone about 1,438 (probability of 1,418 or more by chance alone: 0.71).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), צופח appears 15,598 times in the Torah — 4.1% more than the 14,988 chance alone would give; the probability of 15,598 or more by chance alone is 3.8 × 10⁻⁷.
The shortest skip at which צופח appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 44:11, reading forward.
The longest skip at which צופח was found in the Torah is 101,036 — at Genesis 1:20, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 4,291
- Exodus 3,924
- Leviticus 1,922
- Numbers 2,683
- Deuteronomy 2,778
Examples across the range
5 of the 15,598 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- צ ו פ חGenesis 44:11
וַֽיְמַהֲרוּ וַיּוֹרִדוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אַמְתַּחְתּוֹ אָרְצָה וַֽיִּפְתְּחוּ אִישׁ אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ
Then they hastened, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 67,574 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- צ ו פ חGenesis 44:11
- ץNumbers 33:19
וַיִּסְעוּ מֵרִתְמָה וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּרִמֹּן פָּֽרֶץ
And they journeyed from Rithmah, and pitched in Rimmon-perez.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ו פ חNumbers 33:20
וַיִּסְעוּ מֵרִמֹּן פָּרֶץ וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּלִבְנָֽה
And they journeyed from Rimmon-perez, and pitched in Libnah.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 244,878 of the TorahOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →
- ץNumbers 33:19
- צNumbers 32:11
אִם־יִרְאוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹלִים מִמִּצְרַיִם מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה אֵת …
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed Me;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וNumbers 32:13
וַיִּֽחַר־אַף יְהוָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְנִעֵם בַּמִּדְבָּר …
And the LORD’S anger was kindled against Israel, and He made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
- ףNumbers 32:14
… חַטָּאִים לִסְפּוֹת עוֹד עַל חֲרוֹן אַף־יְהוָה אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’stead, a brood of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
- חNumbers 32:17
וַאֲנַחְנוּ נֵחָלֵץ חֻשִׁים לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד …
but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
skip 108, width 108 — one row is 108 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 242,540 of the TorahOpen at skip 108 in the laboratory →
- צNumbers 32:11
- צExodus 16:27
וַֽיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי יָצְאוּ מִן־הָעָם לִלְקֹט וְלֹא מָצָֽאוּ
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וExodus 16:8
… תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם מַלִּינִם עָלָיו וְנַחְנוּ מָה לֹא־עָלֵינוּ תְלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם כִּי …
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
- ףExodus 15:20
וַתִּקַּח מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן אֶת־הַתֹּף בְּיָדָהּ וַתֵּצֶאןָ כָֽל־הַנָּשִׁים אַחֲרֶיהָ בְּתֻפִּים וּבִמְחֹלֹֽת
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- חExodus 14:28
… הַפָּרָשִׁים לְכֹל חֵיל פַּרְעֹה הַבָּאִים אַחֲרֵיהֶם בַּיָּם לֹֽא־נִשְׁאַר בָּהֶם עַד …
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 102,694 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- צExodus 16:27
- צGenesis 1:20
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף …
And God said: ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וExodus 16:13
וַיְהִי בָעֶרֶב וַתַּעַל הַשְּׂלָו וַתְּכַס אֶת־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וּבַבֹּקֶר הָֽיְתָה שִׁכְבַת הַטַּל סָבִיב לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the camp.
- פNumbers 8:12
… חַטָּאת וְאֶת־הָאֶחָד עֹלָה לַֽיהוָה לְכַפֵּר עַל־הַלְוִיִּֽם
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks; and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.
- חDeuteronomy 33:26
אֵין כָּאֵל יְשֻׁרוּן רֹכֵב שָׁמַיִם בְעֶזְרֶךָ וּבְגַאֲוָתוֹ שְׁחָקִֽים
There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, And in His excellency on the skies.
skip 101,036, width 101,036 — one row is 101,036 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 916 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,036 in the laboratory →
- צGenesis 1:20
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 227,473 sequences of צופח across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 227,852).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 6,087 found · chance alone about 5,673 (probability of 6,087 or more by chance alone: 3.0 × 10⁻⁸).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 15,566
- Exodus 13,732
- Leviticus 6,936
- Numbers 10,004
- Deuteronomy 10,933
- Joshua 7,599
- Judges 5,289
- Samuel 13,100
- Kings 15,027
- Isaiah 19,618
- Jeremiah 18,343
- Ezekiel 14,631
- The Twelve 13,091
- Psalms 19,833
- Proverbs 7,172
- Job 6,833
- Song of Songs 1,033
- Ruth 630
- Lamentations 1,558
- Ecclesiastes 1,364
- Esther 1,385
- Daniel 3,948
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,692
- Chronicles 15,156
Outside the Torah
- צ וIsaiah 52:8
קוֹל צֹפַיִךְ נָשְׂאוּ קוֹל יַחְדָּו יְרַנֵּנוּ כִּי עַיִן בְּעַיִן יִרְאוּ בְּשׁוּב יְהוָה צִיּֽוֹן
Hark, thy watchmen! they lift up the voice, Together do they sing; For they shall see, eye to eye, The LORD returning to Zion.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- פ חIsaiah 52:9
פִּצְחוּ רַנְּנוּ יַחְדָּו חָרְבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם כִּֽי־נִחַם יְהוָה עַמּוֹ גָּאַל יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
Break forth into joy, sing together, Ye waste places of Jerusalem; For the LORD hath comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 629,051 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- צ וIsaiah 52:8
- ץ2 Kings 25:22
וְהָעָם הַנִּשְׁאָר בְּאֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁאִיר נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ …
And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- ו2 Kings 25:20
וַיִּקַּח אֹתָם נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן רַב־טַבָּחִים וַיֹּלֶךְ אֹתָם עַל־מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל רִבְלָֽתָה
And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
- פ2 Kings 25:19
… לָקַח סָרִיס אֶחָד אֲֽשֶׁר־הוּא פָקִיד עַל־אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה וַחֲמִשָּׁה אֲנָשִׁים …
and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land…
- ח2 Kings 25:17
… וְרִמֹּנִים עַֽל־הַכֹּתֶרֶת סָבִיב הַכֹּל נְחֹשֶׁת וְכָאֵלֶּה לַֽעַמּוּד הַשֵּׁנִי עַל־הַשְּׂבָכָֽה …
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits; with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass; and like unto these had the second pillar with network.
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 574,916 of the TanakhOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
- ץ2 Kings 25:22
- צ2 Chronicles 34:15
… אֶל־שָׁפָן הַסּוֹפֵר סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה מָצָאתִי בְּבֵית יְהוָה וַיִּתֵּן חִלְקִיָּהוּ אֶת …
and Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe: ‘I have found the book of the Law in the house of the LORD.’ And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- וEzekiel 45:4
… יִֽהְיֶה הַקְּרֵבִים לְשָׁרֵת אֶת־יְהוָה וְהָיָה לָהֶם מָקוֹם לְבָתִּים וּמִקְדָּשׁ לַמִּקְדָּֽשׁ …
It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, that come near to minister unto the LORD; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a place consecrated for the sanctuary.
- פ1 Samuel 11:7
… שְׁמוּאֵל כֹּה יֵעָשֶׂה לִבְקָרוֹ וַיִּפֹּל פַּֽחַד־יְהוָה עַל־הָעָם וַיֵּצְאוּ כְּאִישׁ …
And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying: ‘Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen.’ And the dread of the LORD fell on the people…
- חGenesis 2:11
שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פִּישׁוֹן הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָֽב
The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
skip 396,647, width 396,647 — one row is 396,647 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,192,140 of the TanakhOpen at skip 396,647 in the laboratory →
- צ2 Chronicles 34:15
The spelling
צופח — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as צופח, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 184.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 7:35. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Zophah in the Bible code?
Across every skip (2–101,616), צופח appears 15,598 times in the Torah — 4.1% more than the 14,988 chance alone would give; the probability of 15,598 or more by chance alone is 3.8 × 10⁻⁷.
What is the shortest skip for Zophah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 44:11 — the shortest of 15,598 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 14,988.
What is the gematria of Zophah in Hebrew?
Zophah is spelled צופח — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 184.
How many times is Zophah found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 227,473 sequences of צופח across every skip (2–399,013) — about what chance alone gives (about 227,852).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 14,988 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.