Zophai צוף
Zophai (צוף) is a person named in the Tanakh — Zuph. In the Torah codes, Zophai is found 61,465 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 44:11) — about what chance alone gives (about 61,508).
- Found in the Torah
- 61,465
- Chance alone
- 61,508
- P (≥ found)
- 0.57
- 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, צוף appears 61,465 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 61,508, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 44:11, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 941,732 sequences of צוף, against about 953,350 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 61,508 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 17,818
- Exodus 15,019
- Leviticus 7,917
- Numbers 11,781
- Deuteronomy 8,930
The shortest skips
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 67,574Open in the laboratory →
אִם־עֹלָה קָרְבָּנוֹ מִן־הַבָּקָר זָכָר תָּמִים יַקְרִיבֶנּוּ אֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד יַקְרִיב אֹתוֹ לִרְצֹנוֹ לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
If his offering be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish; he shall bring it to the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 141,766Open in the laboratory →
ולנער לֹא־תַעֲשֶׂה דָבָר אֵין לנער חֵטְא מָוֶת כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר יָקוּם אִישׁ עַל־רֵעֵהוּ וּרְצָחוֹ נֶפֶשׁ כֵּן הַדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה
But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 285,420Open in the laboratory →
וָאֶשְׁאַל אֹתָהּ וָאֹמַר בַּת־מִי אַתְּ וַתֹּאמֶר בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל בֶּן־נָחוֹר אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ מִלְכָּה וָאָשִׂם הַנֶּזֶם עַל־אַפָּהּ וְהַצְּמִידִים עַל־יָדֶֽיהָ
And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? And she said: The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore unto him. And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 31,844Open in the laboratory →
וּמָלְאוּ בָתֶּיךָ וּבָתֵּי כָל־עֲבָדֶיךָ וּבָתֵּי כָל־מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־רָאוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבוֹת אֲבֹתֶיךָ מִיּוֹם הֱיוֹתָם עַל־הָאֲדָמָה עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וַיִּפֶן וַיֵּצֵא מֵעִם פַּרְעֹֽה
and thy houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers’fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day.’ And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 91,959Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 253,728 sequences of צוף at skips 2–5,000, 2.9% above what chance alone gives (about 246,600); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.4 × 10⁻⁴⁶ by chance alone.
- Genesis 17,818
- Exodus 15,019
- Leviticus 7,917
- Numbers 11,781
- Deuteronomy 9,339
- Joshua 8,073
- Judges 6,081
- Samuel 12,845
- Kings 11,796
- Isaiah 25,857
- Jeremiah 16,494
- Ezekiel 16,076
- The Twelve 14,983
- Psalms 26,460
- Proverbs 11,651
- Job 11,731
- Song of Songs 1,319
- Ruth 707
- Lamentations 1,573
- Ecclesiastes 1,143
- Esther 1,302
- Daniel 3,949
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,191
- Chronicles 15,623
Outside the Torah
וַיֶּאֶסֹף יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־כָּל־שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁכֶמָה וַיִּקְרָא לְזִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְרָאשָׁיו וּלְשֹֽׁפְטָיו וּלְשֹׁטְרָיו וַיִּֽתְיַצְּבוּ לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִֽים
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 342,421Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתֶּם הַיּוֹם מְאַסְתֶּם אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר־הוּא מוֹשִׁיעַ לָכֶם מִכָּל־רָעוֹתֵיכֶם וְצָרֹֽתֵיכֶם וַתֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ כִּי־מֶלֶךְ תָּשִׂים עָלֵינוּ וְעַתָּה הִֽתְיַצְּבוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶם וּלְאַלְפֵיכֶֽם
But ye have this day rejected your God, who Himself saveth you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and ye have said unto Him: Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 397,901Open in the laboratory →
הֵם עִם־הָאֶבֶן הַגְּדוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר בְּגִבְעוֹן וַעֲמָשָׂא בָּא לִפְנֵיהֶם וְיוֹאָב חָגוּר מִדּוֹ לְבֻשׁוּ ועלו חֲגוֹר חֶרֶב מְצֻמֶּדֶת עַל־מָתְנָיו בְּתַעְרָהּ וְהוּא יָצָא וַתִּפֹּֽל
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 469,464Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
צוף — the Tanakh's own spelling: Zuph. Searched as צוף, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 176.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 1:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Zophai appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, צוף appears 61,465 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 61,508, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Zophai in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 44:11 — the shortest of 61,465 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 61,508.
How is Zophai spelled in Hebrew?
Zophai is spelled צוף — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 176.
Is Zophai in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 253,728 sequences of צוף at skips 2–5,000, 2.9% above what chance alone gives (about 246,600); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.4 × 10⁻⁴⁶ by chance alone.
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The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 61,508 here) beside the count.