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Verse statistics of the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex. [UXLC 2.5]

A histogram of the number of orthographic words per verse is provided for each Tanach book. When the verse count is clicked, all the verses of the book having the verse count are listed. Counting the number of words in a verse is complicated by the presence of qere/ketib variants. A option to choose between counting normal words (w) plus either qere (q) or ketib (k) words is included. Verses which contain 10 orthographic words are sometimes used to count a minyan and are called "minyan verses". The histogram can be used to locate minyan verses in a particular book. In some denominations individuals recite a personal verse containing their name or having first and last letters matching the first and last letters of their name. Verses whose first and last letters match a given name are called "name verses". A table to find name verses is provided.

Title	Columns	Rows
Verse length histogram	Number of orthographic words in qere form	Book
Name verses	Last letter:  א – ת	First letter:  ת – א

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Entries in the table below give the number of verses having the number of orthographic words at the head of the column. For example, Genesis has 117 verses having 10 orthographic words in their Qere forms (w plus q tags). Click on the linked count to see all verses in a given book having the specified number of orthographic words. Click on the “Counted variant” selector to change the variant counted in each verse.

Counted variant:  Qere Ketiv

Book	Number of orthographic words in the Qere form.
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43
Book	Number of orthographic words in the Qere form.
Genesis			5	5	23	54	70	86	93	117	133	120	125	127	98	78	90	71	52	56	37	31	20	12	11	5	2	4	5	2		1
Genesis			5	5	23	54	71	85	93	117	133	120	125	127	98	78	90	71	52	56	37	31	20	12	11	5	2	4	5	2		1
Exodus		3	3	8	42	30	45	51	75	91	80	96	99	90	75	73	78	49	57	47	29	23	16	19	9	8	7	1	4	1	1		2	1
Exodus		3	3	8	42	30	46	50	75	91	80	96	99	90	75	73	78	49	57	47	29	23	16	19	9	8	7	1	4	1	1		2	1
Leviticus			2	3	36	16	28	43	46	60	65	73	55	65	53	64	50	50	24	22	21	33	13	16	5	5	3	2	3	1	2
Leviticus			2	3	36	16	28	43	46	60	65	73	55	65	53	64	50	50	24	22	21	33	13	16	5	5	3	2	3	1	2
Numbers			3	43	74	57	68	77	87	89	100	68	89	80	70	60	63	49	45	53	28	21	16	16	12	6	4	6	1	4
Numbers			3	43	74	57	68	77	87	89	100	68	89	80	70	60	63	49	45	53	28	21	16	16	12	6	4	6	1	4
Deuteronomy		3	2	9	14	33	25	44	49	50	72	68	68	61	42	52	53	47	47	41	31	41	30	24	12	16	10	7	3	1	3	1
Deuteronomy		3	2	9	14	33	25	44	49	50	72	68	68	61	42	53	52	47	47	41	31	41	30	24	12	16	10	7	3	1	3	1
Joshua			28	9	12	21	22	28	25	30	32	33	35	42	42	33	33	33	27	22	22	28	20	10	18	11	8	8	7	2	5	4	1	2	1	1	1	2
Joshua			28	9	12	21	22	28	25	30	32	33	35	42	42	33	33	33	27	22	22	28	20	10	18	11	8	8	7	2	5	4	1	2	1	1	1	2
Judges				1	1	10	14	19	27	35	39	44	43	35	34	43	46	30	36	34	23	22	14	21	13	7	9	6	2	4	2	2	1		1
Judges				1	1	10	14	19	27	35	39	44	43	35	34	43	46	29	37	35	22	22	14	21	13	7	9	6	2	4	2	2	1		1
1 Samuel				1	1	11	13	22	36	35	53	54	53	57	55	55	48	52	45	36	40	28	28	17	20	8	8	3	11	9	3	4	2	1	2
1 Samuel				1	1	11	13	22	36	35	53	54	53	57	55	55	48	51	46	35	41	28	28	17	20	8	8	3	11	9	3	4	2	1	2
2 Samuel			1	6	12	17	26	24	34	27	38	42	37	44	43	48	41	34	32	34	27	21	18	13	17	16	11	5	8	2	9	3	2	1	1	1
2 Samuel			1	6	12	17	26	24	34	27	38	43	36	44	43	48	40	36	31	34	28	20	18	13	16	17	11	5	8	2	9	3	2	1	1	1
1 Kings				4	8	7	18	36	37	49	53	37	48	46	63	51	55	52	37	36	31	25	28	23	14	12	11	8	7	3	7	5	3	1		2
1 Kings				4	8	7	18	36	37	49	53	37	48	46	63	51	55	52	37	36	31	25	28	23	14	12	11	8	7	3	7	5	3	1		2
2 Kings					2	10	5	22	31	24	39	38	46	53	52	56	47	47	32	28	34	18	21	19	11	19	16	14	6	6	8	2	6	1	2	1			1		1	1
2 Kings					2	10	5	22	31	24	40	37	46	53	52	56	47	47	33	27	34	18	21	19	11	19	16	14	6	6	8	2	6	1	2	1			1		1	1
Isaiah			3	4	13	52	68	76	84	84	89	134	138	89	100	84	64	55	44	42	14	11	18	6	4	3	2	1	6	1		1			1
Isaiah			3	4	13	52	68	76	84	85	88	134	138	89	100	83	65	55	44	42	14	11	18	6	5	2	2	1	6	1		1			1
Jeremiah				1	17	20	40	53	55	50	79	98	98	100	86	90	76	66	78	65	51	50	39	34	18	22	30	10	6	7	8	5	2	5		2			1	1		1
Jeremiah				1	17	20	40	54	54	51	79	97	98	99	87	89	77	66	78	65	51	50	39	34	18	21	31	11	5	7	8	5	2	5		2			1	1		1
Ezekiel				1	47	18	36	39	69	91	90	102	91	96	88	91	71	70	45	38	31	35	27	20	10	14	16	9	7	7	3	4	4	1	2
Ezekiel				1	47	18	36	39	69	91	90	102	92	95	88	91	71	70	45	38	31	35	28	19	10	13	17	9	7	7	3	4	4	1	2
Hosea					10	7	13	15	22	17	13	12	19	16	7	12	8	10	1	5	5	2	1	2
Hosea					10	7	13	15	22	17	13	12	19	16	7	12	8	10	1	5	5	2	1	2
Joel						4	5	4	5	5	9	7	3	4	7	4	2	4	2	1	2	2		1	2
Joel						4	5	4	5	5	9	7	3	4	7	4	2	4	2	1	2	2		1	2
Amos						10	3	10	10	5	11	8	13	12	8	12	10	9	5	3	5	3	5	1	2			1
Amos						10	3	10	10	5	11	8	13	12	8	12	10	9	5	3	5	3	5	1	2			1
Obadiah					1		2		1		3	2	1	1	1		2	5	1		1
Obadiah					1		2		1		3	2	1	1	1		2	5	1		1
Jonah					2		3	2	2	3	5	6	1	2	4	2		4	2	4	1	2	2									1
Jonah					2		3	2	2	3	5	6	1	2	4	2		4	2	4	1	2	2									1
Micah					2	3	5	2	6	10	11	6	11	13	8	6	5	4	2	5	2	2		2
Micah					2	3	5	2	6	10	11	6	11	13	8	6	5	4	2	5	2	2		2
Nahum					1	3	1	4	3	4	6	6	4	5	4	2		1	2		1
Nahum					1	3	1	4	3	4	6	6	4	5	4	2		1	2		1
Habakkuk					2	4	4	3	6	2	7	4	4	1	9		4	3	1	1				1
Habakkuk					2	4	4	3	6	2	7	4	4	1	9		4	3	1	1				1
Zephaniah					2	1		5	2	2	4	3	6	4	4	2	2	3	2	5	3			1		1		1
Zephaniah					2	1		5	2	2	4	3	6	4	4	2	2	3	2	5	3			1		1		1
Haggai							2	1	4	2	2	3	2	1	4	2		2	4	1	1		1	2	1		1	2
Haggai							2	1	4	2	2	3	2	1	4	2		2	4	1	1		1	2	1		1	2
Zechariah				1	5	8	4	9	12	11	10	13	15	22	15	11	8	12	12	9	7	5	5	6	6	3	1					1
Zechariah				1	5	8	4	9	12	11	10	13	15	22	15	11	8	12	12	9	7	5	5	6	6	3	1					1
Malachi					1		1	1	3	1	3	4	7	3	6	2	5	3	3	2		4		1	1	1	1	1	1
Malachi					1		1	1	3	1	3	4	7	3	6	2	5	3	3	2		4		1	1	1	1	1	1
Psalms			16	33	203	598	558	402	239	154	128	94	40	29	17	6	7	1		2
Psalms			16	33	204	597	558	402	240	153	128	94	40	29	17	6	7	1		2
Proverbs					29	144	330	270	75	30	16	9	7	2		1		1						1
Proverbs					29	144	330	270	75	30	16	9	7	2		1		1						1
Job			12	11	43	244	296	209	116	55	21	17	9	9	6	3	4	1	1	3	1	1			3	1	1	1					2
Job			12	11	43	244	296	209	116	55	21	17	9	9	6	3	4	1	1	3	1	1			3	1	1	1					2
Song of Songs				2	8	9	10	10	9	13	10	8	10	7	5	8	2	2	2		2
Song of Songs				2	8	9	10	10	9	13	10	8	10	7	5	8	2	2	2		2
Ruth						1	4	5	4	4	4	2	4	10	7	6	5	9	6	5	1	3			2			1	2
Ruth						2	3	5	4	4	3	3	5	9	7	6	5	9	6	5	1	3			2			1	2
Lamentations				4	24	40	13	5	5	1	6	5	5	3	6	12	10	6	1	5	1	1	1
Lamentations				4	24	40	13	5	5	1	5	6	5	3	6	11	11	6	1	5	1	1	1
Ecclesiastes						5	15	23	24	18	16	11	19	16	9	6	8	11	8	5	6	5	5	1	2	4		2	1		2
Ecclesiastes						5	15	23	24	18	16	11	19	16	9	6	8	11	8	5	6	5	5	1	2	4		2	1		2
Esther					3	4	3	5	3	1	12	3	9	10	8	9	13	7	12	9	8	8	6	7	2	3	5	1	3	6	1	1		2						1		1	1
Esther					3	4	3	5	3	1	12	3	9	10	8	9	13	7	12	9	8	8	6	7	2	3	5	1	3	6	1	1		2						1		1	1
Daniel					2	4	7	20	15	26	14	27	24	19	20	12	24	22	14	15	15	14	12	7	7	5	6	4	4	4	3	2	3	2			1			3
Daniel					2	4	7	20	15	26	14	27	24	19	20	12	24	22	14	15	15	14	12	7	7	5	6	4	4	4	3	2	3	2			1			3
Ezra			9	6	12	31	10	15	19	14	10	12	13	13	13	14	10	15	7	7	7	8	10	6	9	1	2	2	2			1		1		1
Ezra			9	6	12	31	10	15	19	14	10	12	13	13	13	14	10	15	7	7	7	8	10	6	9	1	2	2	2			1		1		1
Nehemiah			32	14	17	27	13	12	21	17	26	25	20	16	18	21	14	22	19	13	10	7	8	4	6	8	6	1	2	3	1		2
Nehemiah			32	14	17	27	13	12	21	17	26	25	20	16	18	21	14	22	19	14	9	7	8	4	6	8	6	1	2	3	1		2
1 Chronicles			27	33	29	88	73	102	71	59	69	68	40	38	55	28	27	24	27	14	11	12	15	5	8	5	5	1	6	1	1		1
1 Chronicles			27	33	29	88	73	102	71	59	70	67	41	37	55	28	27	24	27	14	11	12	15	5	8	5	5	1	6	1	1		1
2 Chronicles					1	5	22	37	42	51	55	56	39	49	53	55	48	45	35	37	42	30	19	14	18	12	15	10	9	5	4	6	4	1	2		1
2 Chronicles					1	5	22	36	43	51	55	56	39	49	53	55	48	45	35	37	42	30	19	14	18	12	15	10	9	5	4	6	4	1	2		1

The total number of verses in this table is 23213.

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A “name verse” is a verse that starts and ends with particular letters of a person's name. 54 of 484 possible names (11%) have no name verses. To see the name verse for a particular first letter / last letter pair, click on the corresponding non-zero link in the table below. For example, אברהם has 297 name verses. Name verses are taken from normal plus Ketiv variants (w + k) and are marked “minyan verse” if they have 10 orthographic words.

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Last letter
ת	ש	ר	ק	ץ	ף	ע	ס	ן	ם	ל	ך	י	ט	ח	ז	ו	ה	ד	ג	ב	א
69	21	68	7	22	15	42	4	92	297	57	135	172	5	19	5	235	257	33	2	34	43	א	First letter
36	19	61	12	15	5	8	6	49	169	38	63	83	3	11	2	126	237	15	1	19	33	ב
10	3	8	2	5	2	2	0	7	30	8	15	20	0	2	0	21	27	3	0	8	3	ג
10	2	6	0	4	2	0	0	7	28	7	11	18	0	0	0	17	25	4	0	3	7	ד
48	14	77	12	22	19	22	4	39	161	56	78	96	13	9	3	187	206	33	2	23	22	ה
722	196	834	59	159	103	104	31	586	2450	644	626	720	60	121	25	1660	2490	370	16	336	284	ו
9	1	5	2	5	1	0	1	11	37	3	10	17	1	1	1	39	27	3	0	8	1	ז
15	1	10	1	1	1	0	1	8	26	5	27	33	4	1	1	28	26	4	0	4	5	ח
1	1	5	0	0	1	1	1	2	11	2	6	5	2	3	0	13	9	2	0	4	1	ט
24	8	31	10	15	2	11	1	21	112	24	61	57	4	10	1	110	87	9	1	20	11	י
88	34	57	10	28	13	23	2	46	296	69	113	121	15	11	4	248	320	42	0	34	38	כ
37	15	73	2	20	8	14	2	31	175	50	76	83	3	13	6	142	162	41	0	24	36	ל
28	10	26	4	16	5	17	4	32	99	29	40	58	4	4	2	99	111	35	0	19	19	מ
7	1	9	2	5	2	0	1	11	39	4	16	15	0	2	2	44	41	4	0	3	7	נ
2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	11	1	1	10	0	0	0	6	12	2	0	0	0	ס
15	6	37	2	6	3	6	2	26	84	23	40	45	4	4	1	70	104	17	0	14	22	ע
20	4	7	0	2	1	3	2	4	25	1	8	13	2	0	0	19	35	4	1	5	6	פ
4	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	2	15	2	7	11	0	1	0	17	11	4	0	2	2	צ
15	4	4	0	3	2	3	0	9	24	7	13	16	4	3	0	20	41	5	0	3	3	ק
10	7	8	1	2	1	7	0	8	31	7	11	24	2	3	1	31	42	9	0	5	7	ר
32	5	25	3	8	8	6	0	18	84	20	39	49	6	9	0	65	76	10	3	9	8	ש
13	3	6	3	4	2	1	0	10	28	4	20	26	1	4	1	23	41	4	0	10	1	ת
ת	ש	ר	ק	ץ	ף	ע	ס	ן	ם	ל	ך	י	ט	ח	ז	ו	ה	ד	ג	ב	א
Last letter

The total number of verses in this table is 23213.

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