Balah בלה
Balah (בלה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Balah appears 1,043,523 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,046,649 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,043,523
- Chance alone
- 1,046,649
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,043,523 sequences of בלה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,046,649 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which בלה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 8:20, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), בלה is found 16,080,160 times; chance alone would give about 16,222,605.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,046,649 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 230,829
- Exodus 200,921
- Leviticus 167,170
- Numbers 237,621
- Deuteronomy 206,982
The shortest skips
וַיִּבֶן נֹחַ מִזְבֵּחַ לַֽיהוָה וַיִּקַּח מִכֹּל הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה וּמִכֹּל הָעוֹף הַטָּהֹר וַיַּעַל עֹלֹת בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,075Open in the laboratory →
עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמָהּ בָּבֶל כִּי־שָׁם בָּלַל יְהוָה שְׂפַת כָּל־הָאָרֶץ וּמִשָּׁם הֱפִיצָם יְהוָה עַל־פְּנֵי כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ
Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there aconfound the language of all the earth; and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,087Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּרָא יְהוָה אֶל־אַבְרָם וַיֹּאמֶר לְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה הַנִּרְאֶה אֵלָֽיו
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said: ‘Unto thy seed will I give this land’; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,521Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעְתֵּק מִשָּׁם הָהָרָה מִקֶּדֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵל וַיֵּט אָהֳלֹה בֵּֽית־אֵל מִיָּם וְהָעַי מִקֶּדֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַֽיהוָה וַיִּקְרָא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה
And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,590Open in the laboratory →
וַיֶּאֱהַל אַבְרָם וַיָּבֹא וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֹן וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַֽיהוָֽה
And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,029Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 4,073,117 sequences of בלה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,079,800).
- Genesis 230,829
- Exodus 200,921
- Leviticus 167,170
- Numbers 237,621
- Deuteronomy 215,213
- Joshua 147,346
- Judges 129,412
- Samuel 329,591
- Kings 384,307
- Isaiah 181,358
- Jeremiah 343,097
- Ezekiel 239,073
- The Twelve 187,361
- Psalms 201,998
- Proverbs 62,634
- Job 58,909
- Song of Songs 12,209
- Ruth 13,094
- Lamentations 23,347
- Ecclesiastes 39,668
- Esther 42,725
- Daniel 73,412
- Ezra–Nehemiah 139,832
- Chronicles 411,990
Outside the Torah
וְהָיְתָה הָעִיר חֵרֶם הִיא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ לַֽיהוָה רַק רָחָב הַזּוֹנָה תִּֽחְיֶה הִיא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר אִתָּהּ בַּבַּיִת כִּי הֶחְבְּאַתָה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָכִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁלָֽחְנוּ
And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,546Open in the laboratory →
חָטָא יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגַם עָבְרוּ אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי אוֹתָם וְגַם לָֽקְחוּ מִן־הַחֵרֶם וְגַם גָּֽנְבוּ וְגַם כִּֽחֲשׁוּ וְגַם שָׂמוּ בִכְלֵיהֶֽם
Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed My covenant which I commanded them; yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing; and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have even put it among their own stuff.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 314,117Open in the laboratory →
אָז יִבְנֶה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מִזְבֵּחַ לַֽיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּהַר עֵיבָֽל
Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,198Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בלה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בלה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 37.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Lamentations 3:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Bella.
Questions
Is Balah in the Torah codes?
1,043,523 sequences of בלה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,046,649 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Balah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:20 — the shortest of 1,043,523 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,046,649.
What is the gematria of Balah in Hebrew?
Balah is spelled בלה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 37.
How many times is Balah found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 4,073,117 sequences of בלה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,079,800).
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