Bela בלע
Bela (בלע) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Bela is found 419,462 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 24:9) — about what chance alone gives (about 419,704).
- Found in the Torah
- 419,462
- Chance alone
- 419,704
- P (≥ found)
- 0.65
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
419,462 sequences of בלע at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 419,704 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which בלע appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 24:9, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), בלע is found 6,436,885 times; chance alone would give about 6,505,233.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 419,704 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 104,104
- Exodus 84,389
- Leviticus 56,989
- Numbers 99,247
- Deuteronomy 74,733
The shortest skips
וַיָּשֶׂם הָעֶבֶד אֶת־יָדוֹ תַּחַת יֶרֶךְ אַבְרָהָם אֲדֹנָיו וַיִּשָּׁבַֽע לוֹ עַל־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,842Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב הֲכִי־אָחִי אַתָּה וַעֲבַדְתַּנִי חִנָּם הַגִּידָה לִּי מַה־מַּשְׂכֻּרְתֶּֽךָ
And Laban said unto Jacob: ‘Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 40,556Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב מֶה עָשִׂיתָ וַתִּגְנֹב אֶת־לְבָבִי וַתְּנַהֵג אֶת־בְּנֹתַי כִּשְׁבֻיוֹת חָֽרֶב
And Laban said to Jacob: ‘What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 44,873Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב הִנֵּה הַגַּל הַזֶּה וְהִנֵּה הַמַצֵּבָה אֲשֶׁר יָרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶֽךָ
And Laban said to Jacob: ‘Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set up betwixt me and thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 46,231Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא יַעֲקֹב שָׁלֵם עִיר שְׁכֶם אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן בְּבֹאוֹ מִפַּדַּן אֲרָם וַיִּחַן אֶת־פְּנֵי הָעִֽיר
And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 49,068Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
1,790,205 sequences of בלע at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,793,020 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 104,104
- Exodus 84,389
- Leviticus 56,989
- Numbers 99,247
- Deuteronomy 77,951
- Joshua 62,866
- Judges 61,411
- Samuel 145,567
- Kings 157,516
- Isaiah 90,198
- Jeremiah 125,745
- Ezekiel 95,411
- The Twelve 76,254
- Psalms 116,034
- Proverbs 44,928
- Job 49,136
- Song of Songs 6,951
- Ruth 6,498
- Lamentations 11,143
- Ecclesiastes 18,651
- Esther 17,075
- Daniel 37,303
- Ezra–Nehemiah 67,902
- Chronicles 176,936
Outside the Torah
וַאֲנִי וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתִּי נִקְרַב אֶל־הָעִיר וְהָיָה כִּֽי־יֵצְאוּ לִקְרָאתֵנוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָה וְנַסְנוּ לִפְנֵיהֶֽם
And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city; and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,591Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי לָהֶם הַגְּבוּל מֵעֲרוֹעֵר אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַחַל אַרְנוֹן וְהָעִיר אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹךְ־הַנַּחַל וְכָל־הַמִּישֹׁר עַל־מֵידְבָֽא
And their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the table-land by Medeba;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 325,728Open in the laboratory →
חֶשְׁבּוֹן וְכָל־עָרֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר בַּמִּישֹׁר דִּיבוֹן וּבָמוֹת בַּעַל וּבֵית בַּעַל מְעֽוֹן
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the table-land; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 325,821Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בלע — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בלע, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 102.
As a plain word it stands 18 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 14:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Bela appear in the Torah codes?
419,462 sequences of בלע at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 419,704 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Bela in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 24:9 — the shortest of 419,462 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 419,704.
What is the gematria of Bela in Hebrew?
Bela is spelled בלע — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 102.
How many times is Bela found in the whole Tanakh?
1,790,205 sequences of בלע at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,793,020 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
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