Biblical names

Asiel עשיאל

Asiel (עשיאל) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Asiel is found 27,429 times across every skip (2–76,212), the shortest at skip 4 (Exodus 36:6) — about what chance alone gives (about 28,514).

Found in the Torah · every skip
27,429
Chance alone · every skip
28,514
P (≥ found) · every skip
1.00
Shortest skip
4
Longest skip found
75,752

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 3,583 found · chance alone about 3,618 (probability of 3,583 or more by chance alone: 0.72).

In the Torah

27,429 sequences of עשיאל across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 28,514 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which עשיאל appears in the Torah is 4 — at Exodus 36:6, reading backward.

The longest skip at which עשיאל was found in the Torah is 75,752 — at Genesis 1:25, reading forward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 6,466
  • Exodus 6,501
  • Leviticus 4,182
  • Numbers 5,792
  • Deuteronomy 4,488

Examples across the range

5 of the 27,429 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.

  1. shortest skipExodus 36:6שמות לו:וskip 4, backward

    Letter by letter

    1. ע ש יExodus 36:6

      וַיְצַו מֹשֶׁה וַיַּעֲבִירוּ קוֹל בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה לֵאמֹר אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה …

      And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying: ‘Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.’ So the people were restrained from bringing.

    2. א לExodus 36:5

      … הָֽעֲבֹדָה לַמְּלָאכָה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהוָה לַעֲשֹׂת אֹתָֽהּ

      And they spoke unto Moses, saying: ‘The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.’

    עשיאל at skip 4, backward from Exodus 36:6אכהאשרצוהיקוקעשתתהוצומהויבירוקולבמחנהלאעשיאל
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 133,067 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →

  2. a short skipNumbers 36:8במדבר לו:חskip 5, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ע ש י א לNumbers 36:8

      … מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת מַטֵּה אָבִיהָ תִּהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה לְמַעַן יִֽירְשׁוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ נַחֲלַת אֲבֹתָֽיו …

      And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.

    עשיאל at skip 5, forward from Numbers 36:8מטהאביהתהיהלאשהלמןיירובנישראלישנחתאבתיוולאתסבנחלהמעשיאל
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 249,671 of the TorahOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →

  3. a mid-range skipNumbers 25:2במדבר כה:בskip 100, forward
    1. עNumbers 25:2

      וַתִּקְרֶאןָ לָעָם לְזִבְחֵי אֱלֹהֵיהֶן וַיֹּאכַל הָעָם וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽן

      And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. שNumbers 25:4

      … וְהוֹקַע אוֹתָם לַיהוָה נֶגֶד הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְיָשֹׁב חֲרוֹן אַף־יְהוָה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל

      And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto the LORD in face of the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.’

    2. יNumbers 25:6

      … בָּא וַיַּקְרֵב אֶל־אֶחָיו אֶת־הַמִּדְיָנִית לְעֵינֵי מֹשֶׁה וּלְעֵינֵי כָּל־עֲדַת …

      And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.

    3. אNumbers 25:8

      וַיָּבֹא אַחַר אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־הַקֻּבָּה וַיִּדְקֹר …

      And he went after the man of Israel into the chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

    4. לNumbers 25:9

      וַיִּהְיוּ הַמֵּתִים בַּמַּגֵּפָה אַרְבָּעָה וְעֶשְׂרִים אָֽלֶף

      And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand.

    עשיאל at skip 100, forward from Numbers 25:2החילוירדמיעקבוהאבידשראיתןמושבךושיםבסלעקנךכרוגםהואעדיאבדויקםבלעםהיהןויאכלהםוישתחוולאקנגדהשמשויבחרוןאףיקוחיואתהמדינתלעינימשהומחבידוויבאחראישישראלבעהועשריםאףוידבריקוקבניישראלבקנאתילכןאמרהושםאישישראלהמכהאשרהכהואוידבריקוקאלמשהלאמרצעשיאל
    skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 230,256 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →

  4. a mid-range skipDeuteronomy 13:6דברים יג:וskip 1,002, forward
    1. עDeuteronomy 13:6

      … יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָלֶכֶת בָּהּ וּבִֽעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ

      And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken perversion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage…

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. שDeuteronomy 14:5

      אַיָּל וּצְבִי וְיַחְמוּר וְאַקּוֹ וְדִישֹׁן וּתְאוֹ וָזָֽמֶר

      the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the mountain-sheep.

    2. יDeuteronomy 14:27

      וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ לֹא תַֽעַזְבֶנּוּ כִּי אֵין לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִמָּֽךְ

      And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

    3. אDeuteronomy 15:15

      וְזָכַרְתָּ כִּי עֶבֶד הָיִיתָ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַֽיִּפְדְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ עַל …

      And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing to-day.

    4. לDeuteronomy 16:10

      וְעָשִׂיתָ חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִסַּת נִדְבַת יָדְךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּתֵּן כַּאֲשֶׁר יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ

      And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God after the measure of the freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as the LORD thy God blesseth thee.

    עשיאל at skip 1,002, forward from Deuteronomy 13:6חרוןיהיהגבלכםלאיתיצבאןככלאשראנחנועשיםפההיויאכלנורקחזקלבלתיאכלהדתבהובערתהרמקרבךכייסימורואקוודיןותאווזמרואתעזבנוכיאןלוחלקונחלכיעבדהייתברץמצריםויפשיתחגשבעותיקוקאלהיךמזאתבישראלוהוצאתאתהאישאתהחקיםהאלהלעשתםלבלתיישמעאלדבריאשרידברבשמיעשיאל
    skip 1,002, width 1,002 — one row is 1,002 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 273,052 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,002 in the laboratory →

  5. the longest skip foundGenesis 1:25בראשית א:כהskip 75,752, forward
    1. עGenesis 1:25

      וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ לְמִינָהּ …

      And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. שGenesis 50:5

      … אֶֽעֱלֶה־נָּא וְאֶקְבְּרָה אֶת־אָבִי וְאָשֽׁוּבָה

      My father made me swear, saying: Lo, I die; in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come back.’ .

    2. יLeviticus 8:31

      … הַמִּלֻּאִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוֵּיתִי לֵאמֹר אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ

      And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons: ‘Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting; and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying: Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

    3. אNumbers 23:17

      … נִצָּב עַל־עֹלָתוֹ וְשָׂרֵי מוֹאָב אִתּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ בָּלָק מַה־דִּבֶּר …

      And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him: ‘What hath the LORD spoken?’

    4. לDeuteronomy 33:29

      … גַּאֲוָתֶךָ וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁוּ אֹיְבֶיךָ לָךְ וְאַתָּה עַל־בָּמוֹתֵימוֹ תִדְרֹֽךְ

      Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? A people saved by the LORD, The shield of thy help, And that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

    עשיאל at skip 75,752, forward from Genesis 1:25נהויהיכןוישאלהיםאתחיברהאתאביואובהויאמרפראמראהרןובנויאכלהווהנתוושרימואבתוויאמרלובביךלךואתהעבמותימותדרעשיאל
    skip 75,752, width 75,752 — one row is 75,752 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 1,181 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,752 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–299,260), עשיאל appears 440,358 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 442,780, so the count is in line with chance.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 14,477 found · chance alone about 14,669 (probability of 14,477 or more by chance alone: 0.94).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 29,339
  • Exodus 26,976
  • Leviticus 16,387
  • Numbers 24,175
  • Deuteronomy 19,450
  • Joshua 16,704
  • Judges 15,304
  • Samuel 33,741
  • Kings 35,940
  • Isaiah 26,013
  • Jeremiah 28,988
  • Ezekiel 23,982
  • The Twelve 19,039
  • Psalms 28,134
  • Proverbs 10,138
  • Job 13,090
  • Song of Songs 1,764
  • Ruth 1,861
  • Lamentations 2,002
  • Ecclesiastes 4,217
  • Esther 3,730
  • Daniel 8,562
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 14,333
  • Chronicles 36,489

Outside the Torah

  1. shortest skip outside the Torah2 Samuel 3:18שמואל ב ג:יחskip 4, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ע ש י א ל2 Samuel 3:18

      וְעַתָּה עֲשׂוּ כִּי יְהוָה אָמַר אֶל־דָּוִד לֵאמֹר בְּיַד דָּוִד עַבְדִּי …

      now then do it; for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying: By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.’

    עשיאל at skip 4, forward from 2 Samuel 3:18דודלמלךעליכםותהעוכיקוקמראדודלאמרבידדודעעשיאל
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 439,414 of the TanakhOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skipJoshua 9:25יהושע ט:כהskip 100, forward
    1. עJoshua 9:25

      וְעַתָּה הִנְנוּ בְיָדֶךָ כַּטּוֹב וְכַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֶיךָ לַעֲשׂוֹת לָנוּ עֲשֵֽׂה

      And now, behold, we are in thy hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.’

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. שJoshua 9:27

      … יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא חֹטְבֵי עֵצִים וְשֹׁאֲבֵי מַיִם לָֽעֵדָה וּלְמִזְבַּח יְהוָה עַד …

      And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, unto this day, in the place which He should choose.

    2. יJoshua 10:1

      … אֶת־הָעַי וַיַּחֲרִימָהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לִֽירִיחוֹ וּלְמַלְכָּהּ כֵּן־עָשָׂה לָעַי וּלְמַלְכָּהּ …

      Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

    3. אJoshua 10:2

      … גִּבְעוֹן כְּאַחַת עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה וְכִי הִיא גְדוֹלָה מִן־הָעַי וְכָל־אֲנָשֶׁיהָ …

      that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

    4. לJoshua 10:3

      … מֶֽלֶךְ־לָכִישׁ וְאֶל־דְּבִיר מֶֽלֶךְ־עֶגְלוֹן לֵאמֹֽר

      Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying:

    עשיאל at skip 100, forward from Joshua 9:25יחיוויהיוחטביעציםושאבנחנומכםמאדואתםבקרבנויגדלעבדיךאתאשרצוהיקוקאאתהדברהזהותההננובידךאחטביעציםואבימיםלעדהכאשרעשהלירחוולמלכהכןממלכהוכיהיגדולהמןהעילדבירמלךעגוןלאמרעלואלךחברוןמלךירמותמלךלכימראלתרףידיךמעבדיךעלהאמלחמהעמווכלגבוריהחילועשיאל
    skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 319,225 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →

  3. longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:23דברי הימים ב לו:כגskip 299,233, backward
    1. ע2 Chronicles 36:23

      … מִכָּל־עַמּוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וְיָֽעַל

      ’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. שPsalms 76:6

      אֶשְׁתּוֹלְלוּ אַבִּירֵי לֵב נָמוּ שְׁנָתָם וְלֹא־מָצְאוּ כָל־אַנְשֵׁי־חַיִל יְדֵיהֶֽם

      The stout-hearted are bereft of sense, they sleep their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.

    2. יIsaiah 25:5

      כְּחֹרֶב בְּצָיוֹן שְׁאוֹן זָרִים תַּכְנִיעַ חֹרֶב בְּצֵל עָב זְמִיר עָֽרִיצִים יַעֲנֶֽה

      As the heat in a dry place, Thou didst subdue the noise of strangers; As the heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones was brought low.

    3. אDeuteronomy 31:14

      … לָמוּת קְרָא אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְהִֽתְיַצְּבוּ בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וַאֲצַוֶּנּוּ וַיֵּלֶךְ מֹשֶׁה וִֽיהוֹשֻׁעַ …

      And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Behold, thy days approach that thou must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge.’ And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

    4. לGenesis 1:4

      וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ

      And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

    עשיאל at skip 299,233, backward from 2 Chronicles 36:23היאורויראאהיםאתהאורכשעוהתיצבובהלמועדואצוםקירכחרבבצוןשאוןזריםרמהרריטרףאתוללואביריאלהיועמווילעשיאל
    skip 299,233, width 299,233 — one row is 299,233 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 1,197,041 of the TanakhOpen at skip 299,233 in the laboratory →

The spelling

עשיאל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עשיאל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 411.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 4:35. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Asiel in the Bible code?

27,429 sequences of עשיאל across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 28,514 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Asiel in the Torah?

Skip 4, reading backward from Exodus 36:6 — the shortest of 27,429 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 28,514.

What is the gematria of Asiel in Hebrew?

Asiel is spelled עשיאל — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 411.

How many times is Asiel found in the whole Tanakh?

Across every skip (2–299,260), עשיאל appears 440,358 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 442,780, so the count is in line with chance.

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 28,514 across every skip (2–76,212) here) beside the count.

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