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The Letters

He הא

He (ה) is the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It stands 101,962 times in the twenty-four books — 85.2 of every 1,000 letters, the 3rd most written of the twenty-two — out of 1,197,042 letters in all.

Occurrences
101,962
Per 1,000 letters
85.18
Rank of 22
3
Share of the Tanakh
8.52%

Across the books of the Tanakh

Per 1,000 letters of each book, so a long book and a short one compare honestly. Tap a bar — or drag along the chart — and that book stands in the panel, with its door. The filled dot marks the highest column, the hollow ring the lowest.

The Twelve is one of the twenty-four books, and every total on this site still counts it as one. On this axis its twelve prophets stand as their own columns, because Hosea is eight times the length of Obadiah and one column for both hides what each of them does.

050100150Genesis — 80.5 per 1,000 letters (6,283 in 78,069 letters, 0.94× the Tanakh rate)Exodus — 96.3 per 1,000 letters (6,120 in 63,531 letters, 1.13× the Tanakh rate)Leviticus — 104.2 per 1,000 letters (4,666 in 44,795 letters, 1.22× the Tanakh rate)Numbers — 89.5 per 1,000 letters (5,688 in 63,545 letters, 1.05× the Tanakh rate)Deuteronomy — 96.5 per 1,000 letters (5,298 in 54,910 letters, 1.13× the Tanakh rate)Joshua — 97.1 per 1,000 letters (3,867 in 39,807 letters, 1.14× the Tanakh rate)Judges — 80.4 per 1,000 letters (3,133 in 38,944 letters, 0.94× the Tanakh rate)Samuel — 80.3 per 1,000 letters (7,511 in 93,532 letters, 0.94× the Tanakh rate)Kings — 90.1 per 1,000 letters (8,867 in 98,460 letters, 1.06× the Tanakh rate)Isaiah — 78.1 per 1,000 letters (5,223 in 66,888 letters, 0.92× the Tanakh rate)Jeremiah — 96.1 per 1,000 letters (8,161 in 84,912 letters, 1.13× the Tanakh rate)Ezekiel — 86.6 per 1,000 letters (6,450 in 74,499 letters, 1.02× the Tanakh rate)Hosea — 74.1 per 1,000 letters (695 in 9,385 letters, 0.87× the Tanakh rate)Joel — 91.7 per 1,000 letters (355 in 3,872 letters, 1.08× the Tanakh rate)Amos — 88.0 per 1,000 letters (707 in 8,033 letters, 1.03× the Tanakh rate)Obadiah — 77.7 per 1,000 letters (87 in 1,119 letters, 0.91× the Tanakh rate)Jonah — 114.4 per 1,000 letters (309 in 2,700 letters, 1.34× the Tanakh rate)Micah — 83.1 per 1,000 letters (463 in 5,570 letters, 0.98× the Tanakh rate)Nahum — 80.4 per 1,000 letters (181 in 2,252 letters, 0.94× the Tanakh rate)Habakkuk — 72.0 per 1,000 letters (187 in 2,598 letters, 0.84× the Tanakh rate)Zephaniah — 102.1 per 1,000 letters (306 in 2,996 letters, 1.20× the Tanakh rate)Haggai — 123.3 per 1,000 letters (288 in 2,336 letters, 1.45× the Tanakh rate)Zechariah — 111.6 per 1,000 letters (1,388 in 12,432 letters, 1.31× the Tanakh rate)Malachi — 88.4 per 1,000 letters (305 in 3,450 letters, 1.04× the Tanakh rate)Psalms — 67.9 per 1,000 letters (5,353 in 78,833 letters, 0.80× the Tanakh rate)Proverbs — 54.9 per 1,000 letters (1,454 in 26,507 letters, 0.64× the Tanakh rate)Job — 52.6 per 1,000 letters (1,677 in 31,862 letters, 0.62× the Tanakh rate)Song of Songs — 71.1 per 1,000 letters (366 in 5,151 letters, 0.83× the Tanakh rate)Ruth — 87.9 per 1,000 letters (435 in 4,947 letters, 1.03× the Tanakh rate)Lamentations — 67.6 per 1,000 letters (404 in 5,980 letters, 0.79× the Tanakh rate)Ecclesiastes — 89.3 per 1,000 letters (980 in 10,969 letters, 1.05× the Tanakh rate)Esther — 92.1 per 1,000 letters (1,116 in 12,112 letters, 1.08× the Tanakh rate)Daniel — 67.8 per 1,000 letters (1,646 in 24,291 letters, 0.80× the Tanakh rate)Ezra–Nehemiah — 86.3 per 1,000 letters (3,303 in 38,277 letters, 1.01× the Tanakh rate)Chronicles — 87.4 per 1,000 letters (8,690 in 99,478 letters, 1.03× the Tanakh rate)highestlowestGeneDeutKingsHoseaJonahZephPsalRuthChro

Its two ends

Highest
Haggai 123.3
Lowest
Job 52.6

Every column's numbers are in the table below.

All the numbers 35 books
He in each of the 35 books, in canonical order.
PlaceOccurrencesOf lettersPer 1,000× usualRank
Genesis בראשית6,28378,06980.480.94×22
Exodus שמות6,12063,53196.331.13×8
Leviticus ויקרא4,66644,795104.161.22×4
Numbers במדבר5,68863,54589.511.05×13
Deuteronomy דברים5,29854,91096.481.13×7
Joshua יהושע3,86739,80797.141.14×6
Judges שופטים3,13338,94480.450.94×23
Samuel שמואל7,51193,53280.300.94×25
Kings מלכים8,86798,46090.061.06×12
Isaiah ישעיהו5,22366,88878.090.92×26
Jeremiah ירמיהו8,16184,91296.111.13×9
Ezekiel יחזקאל6,45074,49986.581.02×19
Hosea הושע6959,38574.050.87×28
Joel יואל3553,87291.681.08×11
Amos עמוס7078,03388.011.03×16
Obadiah עובדיה871,11977.750.91×27
Jonah יונה3092,700114.441.34×2
Micah מיכה4635,57083.120.98×21
Nahum נחום1812,25280.370.94×24
Habakkuk חבקוק1872,59871.980.84×29
Zephaniah צפניה3062,996102.141.20×5
Haggai חגי2882,336123.291.45×1
Zechariah זכריה1,38812,432111.651.31×3
Malachi מלאכי3053,45088.411.04×15
Psalms תהלים5,35378,83367.900.80×31
Proverbs משלי1,45426,50754.850.64×34
Job איוב1,67731,86252.630.62×35
Song of Songs שיר השירים3665,15171.050.83×30
Ruth רות4354,94787.931.03×17
Lamentations איכה4045,98067.560.79×33
Ecclesiastes קהלת98010,96989.341.05×14
Esther אסתר1,11612,11292.141.08×10
Daniel דניאל1,64624,29167.760.80×32
Ezra–Nehemiah עזרא־נחמיה3,30338,27786.291.01×20
Chronicles דברי הימים8,69099,47887.361.03×18

Across the fifty-four portions

The Torah alone, portion by portion, on the same measure. Fifty-four names will not fit along one axis, so most of them are not printed — but every column names itself the moment you touch it.

050100150Bereshit — 100.6 per 1,000 letters (728 in 7,234 letters, 1.18× the Tanakh rate)Noach — 93.4 per 1,000 letters (645 in 6,907 letters, 1.10× the Tanakh rate)Lech Lecha — 83.8 per 1,000 letters (531 in 6,338 letters, 0.98× the Tanakh rate)Vayera — 93.5 per 1,000 letters (735 in 7,861 letters, 1.10× the Tanakh rate)Chayei Sara — 85.0 per 1,000 letters (452 in 5,315 letters, 1.00× the Tanakh rate)Toldot — 68.2 per 1,000 letters (370 in 5,427 letters, 0.80× the Tanakh rate)Vayetzei — 82.5 per 1,000 letters (620 in 7,512 letters, 0.97× the Tanakh rate)Vayishlach — 66.9 per 1,000 letters (499 in 7,457 letters, 0.79× the Tanakh rate)Vayeshev — 91.3 per 1,000 letters (545 in 5,972 letters, 1.07× the Tanakh rate)Miketz — 72.8 per 1,000 letters (576 in 7,913 letters, 0.85× the Tanakh rate)Vayigash — 56.8 per 1,000 letters (323 in 5,684 letters, 0.67× the Tanakh rate)Vayechi — 58.2 per 1,000 letters (259 in 4,449 letters, 0.68× the Tanakh rate)Shemot — 97.3 per 1,000 letters (658 in 6,763 letters, 1.14× the Tanakh rate)Vaera — 100.4 per 1,000 letters (673 in 6,703 letters, 1.18× the Tanakh rate)Bo — 96.4 per 1,000 letters (593 in 6,149 letters, 1.13× the Tanakh rate)Beshalach — 91.7 per 1,000 letters (589 in 6,424 letters, 1.08× the Tanakh rate)Yitro — 105.6 per 1,000 letters (425 in 4,024 letters, 1.24× the Tanakh rate)Mishpatim — 82.6 per 1,000 letters (439 in 5,312 letters, 0.97× the Tanakh rate)Terumah — 100.2 per 1,000 letters (470 in 4,691 letters, 1.18× the Tanakh rate)Tetzaveh — 90.8 per 1,000 letters (493 in 5,427 letters, 1.07× the Tanakh rate)Ki Tisa — 99.5 per 1,000 letters (739 in 7,426 letters, 1.17× the Tanakh rate)Vayakhel — 96.3 per 1,000 letters (595 in 6,180 letters, 1.13× the Tanakh rate)Pekudei — 100.6 per 1,000 letters (446 in 4,432 letters, 1.18× the Tanakh rate)Vayikra — 117.2 per 1,000 letters (729 in 6,222 letters, 1.38× the Tanakh rate)Tzav — 112.4 per 1,000 letters (573 in 5,096 letters, 1.32× the Tanakh rate)Shmini — 110.1 per 1,000 letters (514 in 4,669 letters, 1.29× the Tanakh rate)Tazria — 146.2 per 1,000 letters (536 in 3,667 letters, 1.72× the Tanakh rate)Metzora — 115.8 per 1,000 letters (544 in 4,698 letters, 1.36× the Tanakh rate)Achrei Mot — 88.9 per 1,000 letters (382 in 4,296 letters, 1.04× the Tanakh rate)Kedoshim — 83.6 per 1,000 letters (270 in 3,231 letters, 0.98× the Tanakh rate)Emor — 94.1 per 1,000 letters (575 in 6,108 letters, 1.10× the Tanakh rate)Behar — 71.4 per 1,000 letters (201 in 2,817 letters, 0.84× the Tanakh rate)Bechukotai — 85.7 per 1,000 letters (342 in 3,991 letters, 1.01× the Tanakh rate)Bamidbar — 73.0 per 1,000 letters (540 in 7,394 letters, 0.86× the Tanakh rate)Nasso — 88.9 per 1,000 letters (767 in 8,632 letters, 1.04× the Tanakh rate)Beha'alotcha — 101.9 per 1,000 letters (719 in 7,058 letters, 1.20× the Tanakh rate)Sh'lach — 105.8 per 1,000 letters (616 in 5,820 letters, 1.24× the Tanakh rate)Korach — 95.4 per 1,000 letters (508 in 5,325 letters, 1.12× the Tanakh rate)Chukat — 93.5 per 1,000 letters (437 in 4,674 letters, 1.10× the Tanakh rate)Balak — 72.8 per 1,000 letters (390 in 5,359 letters, 0.85× the Tanakh rate)Pinchas — 84.0 per 1,000 letters (660 in 7,854 letters, 0.99× the Tanakh rate)Matot — 97.3 per 1,000 letters (550 in 5,653 letters, 1.14× the Tanakh rate)Masei — 86.7 per 1,000 letters (501 in 5,776 letters, 1.02× the Tanakh rate)Devarim — 87.1 per 1,000 letters (520 in 5,973 letters, 1.02× the Tanakh rate)Vaetchanan — 94.7 per 1,000 letters (696 in 7,346 letters, 1.11× the Tanakh rate)Eikev — 107.3 per 1,000 letters (736 in 6,861 letters, 1.26× the Tanakh rate)Re'eh — 97.0 per 1,000 letters (722 in 7,443 letters, 1.14× the Tanakh rate)Shoftim — 103.5 per 1,000 letters (579 in 5,592 letters, 1.22× the Tanakh rate)Ki Teitzei — 99.5 per 1,000 letters (583 in 5,858 letters, 1.17× the Tanakh rate)Ki Tavo — 91.5 per 1,000 letters (624 in 6,816 letters, 1.07× the Tanakh rate)Nitzavim — 121.9 per 1,000 letters (314 in 2,576 letters, 1.43× the Tanakh rate)Vayeilech — 117.8 per 1,000 letters (250 in 2,123 letters, 1.38× the Tanakh rate)Ha'Azinu — 61.8 per 1,000 letters (144 in 2,329 letters, 0.73× the Tanakh rate)V'Zot HaBerachah — 65.2 per 1,000 letters (130 in 1,993 letters, 0.77× the Tanakh rate)highestlowestBereChayVayeShemYitroKi TTzavAchrBechSh'lPincVaetKi TV'Zo

Its two ends

Highest
Tazria 146.2
Lowest
Vayigash 56.8

Every column's numbers are in the table below.

All the numbers 54 portions
He in each of the 54 portions, in canonical order.
PlaceOccurrencesOf lettersPer 1,000× usualRank
Bereshit בראשית7287,234100.641.18×13
Noach נח6456,90793.381.10×29
Lech Lecha לך לך5316,33883.780.98×41
Vayera וירא7357,86193.501.10×27
Chayei Sara חיי שרה4525,31585.041.00×39
Toldot תולדות3705,42768.180.80×49
Vayetzei ויצא6207,51282.530.97×44
Vayishlach וישלח4997,45766.920.79×50
Vayeshev וישב5455,97291.261.07×32
Miketz מקץ5767,91372.790.85×46
Vayigash ויגש3235,68456.830.67×54
Vayechi ויחי2594,44958.220.68×53
Shemot שמות6586,76397.291.14×19
Vaera וארא6736,703100.401.18×15
Bo בא5936,14996.441.13×22
Beshalach בשלח5896,42491.691.08×30
Yitro יתרו4254,024105.621.24×10
Mishpatim משפטים4395,31282.640.97×43
Terumah תרומה4704,691100.191.18×16
Tetzaveh תצוה4935,42790.841.07×33
Ki Tisa כי תשא7397,42699.521.17×18
Vayakhel ויקהל5956,18096.281.13×23
Pekudei פקודי4464,432100.631.18×14
Vayikra ויקרא7296,222117.171.38×4
Tzav צו5735,096112.441.32×6
Shmini שמיני5144,669110.091.29×7
Tazria תזריע5363,667146.171.72×1
Metzora מצורע5444,698115.791.36×5
Achrei Mot אחרי מות3824,29688.921.04×34
Kedoshim קדושים2703,23183.560.98×42
Emor אמור5756,10894.141.10×26
Behar בהר2012,81771.350.84×48
Bechukotai בחוקתי3423,99185.691.01×38
Bamidbar במדבר5407,39473.030.86×45
Nasso נשא7678,63288.861.04×35
Beha'alotcha בהעלותך7197,058101.871.20×12
Sh'lach שלח6165,820105.841.24×9
Korach קרח5085,32595.401.12×24
Chukat חקת4374,67493.501.10×28
Balak בלק3905,35972.780.85×47
Pinchas פנחס6607,85484.030.99×40
Matot מטות5505,65397.291.14×20
Masei מסעי5015,77686.741.02×37
Devarim דברים5205,97387.061.02×36
Vaetchanan ואתחנן6967,34694.751.11×25
Eikev עקב7366,861107.271.26×8
Re'eh ראה7227,44397.001.14×21
Shoftim שופטים5795,592103.541.22×11
Ki Teitzei כי תצא5835,85899.521.17×17
Ki Tavo כי תבוא6246,81691.551.07×31
Nitzavim נצבים3142,576121.891.43×2
Vayeilech וילך2502,123117.761.38×3
Ha'Azinu האזינו1442,32961.830.73×52
V'Zot HaBerachah וזאת הברכה1301,99365.230.77×51

Where it runs hardest and thinnest

A place is listed when He runs at least 1.25× its Tanakh-wide rate of 85.18 per 1,000, or at most 0.80× it. Two thresholds, applied to every letter alike — nothing here is picked by hand.

Books where it runs high

  • Haggai1.45×123.3 per 1,000 · 288 of 2,336
  • Jonah1.34×114.4 per 1,000 · 309 of 2,700
  • Zechariah1.31×111.6 per 1,000 · 1,388 of 12,432

Books where it runs low

  • Job0.62×52.6 per 1,000 · 1,677 of 31,862
  • Proverbs0.64×54.9 per 1,000 · 1,454 of 26,507
  • Lamentations0.79×67.6 per 1,000 · 404 of 5,980
  • Daniel0.80×67.8 per 1,000 · 1,646 of 24,291
  • Psalms0.80×67.9 per 1,000 · 5,353 of 78,833

Portions where it runs high

  • Tazria1.72×146.2 per 1,000 · 536 of 3,667
  • Nitzavim1.43×121.9 per 1,000 · 314 of 2,576
  • Vayeilech1.38×117.8 per 1,000 · 250 of 2,123
  • Vayikra1.38×117.2 per 1,000 · 729 of 6,222
  • Metzora1.36×115.8 per 1,000 · 544 of 4,698
  • Tzav1.32×112.4 per 1,000 · 573 of 5,096
  • Shmini1.29×110.1 per 1,000 · 514 of 4,669
  • Eikev1.26×107.3 per 1,000 · 736 of 6,861

Portions where it runs low

The gematria of the letter

Standard5Gadol5Katan5Siduri (ordinal)5Atbash90Perati25Milui6

Milui values a letter at the standard gematria of its own name spelled in full: הא = 6. Computed at render by the same engine that runs every search — nothing on this page is a stored number except the counts.

First standing

The first He of the Tanakh, in canonical order from Bereshit 1:1 forward, is in אלהים — Genesis 1:1, the 3rd word of the verse.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of He?

He (ה) is 5 in standard gematria; it is the 5th letter of the alef-bet. Spelled out in full, הא, it is 6.

How many times does He appear in the Tanakh?

101,962 times in the twenty-four books — the 3rd most written of the twenty-two letters.