Ben-hail בןחיל
Ben-hail (בןחיל) is a person named in the Tanakh. Ben-hail appears 1,358 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 7.4% more than chance alone would give (about 1,265; probability 0.005).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,358
- Chance alone
- 1,265
- P (≥ found)
- 0.005
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, בןחיל appears 1,358 times in the Torah — 7.4% more than the 1,265 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,358 or more by chance alone is 0.005.
The shortest skip at which בןחיל appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Exodus 4:13, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), בןחיל is found 10,522 times; chance alone would give about 9,969.
- Genesis 373
- Exodus 235
- Leviticus 160
- Numbers 420
- Deuteronomy 170
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר בִּי אֲדֹנָי שְֽׁלַֽח־נָא בְּיַד־תִּשְׁלָֽח
And he said: ‘Oh Lord, send, I pray Thee, by the hand of him whom Thou wilt send.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 82,553Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הָשֵׁב יָֽדְךָ אֶל־חֵיקֶךָ וַיָּשֶׁב יָדוֹ אֶל־חֵיקוֹ וַיּֽוֹצִאָהּ מֵֽחֵיקוֹ וְהִנֵּה־שָׁבָה כִּבְשָׂרֽוֹ
And He said: ‘Put thy hand back into thy bosom.—And he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.—
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 82,214Open in the laboratory →
וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם בַּהֲרִֽימְכֶם אֶת־חֶלְבּוֹ מִמֶּנּוּ וְנֶחְשַׁב לַלְוִיִּם כִּתְבוּאַת גֹּרֶן וְכִתְבוּאַת יָֽקֶב
Therefore thou shalt say unto them: When ye set apart the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 220,486Open in the laboratory →
וְלָֽקַחְתָּ אֶֽת־כָּל־הַחֵלֶב הַֽמְכַסֶּה אֶת־הַקֶּרֶב וְאֵת הַיֹּתֶרֶת עַל־הַכָּבֵד וְאֵת שְׁתֵּי הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶן וְהִקְטַרְתָּ הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה
And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the lobe above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and make them smoke upon the altar.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 121,221Open in the laboratory →
וְכִֽי־יִפְתַּח אִישׁ בּוֹר אוֹ כִּֽי־יִכְרֶה אִישׁ בֹּר וְלֹא יְכַסֶּנּוּ וְנָֽפַל־שָׁמָּה שּׁוֹר אוֹ חֲמֽוֹר
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 109,473Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 5,774 sequences of בןחיל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 5,829).
- Genesis 373
- Exodus 235
- Leviticus 160
- Numbers 420
- Deuteronomy 189
- Joshua 202
- Judges 203
- Samuel 407
- Kings 392
- Isaiah 273
- Jeremiah 318
- Ezekiel 317
- The Twelve 211
- Psalms 465
- Proverbs 182
- Job 223
- Song of Songs 28
- Ruth 30
- Lamentations 51
- Ecclesiastes 50
- Esther 44
- Daniel 144
- Ezra–Nehemiah 288
- Chronicles 569
Outside the Torah
וַיַּמְרוּ־בִי הַבָּנִים בְּחֻקּוֹתַי לֹֽא־הָלָכוּ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי לֹא־שָׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת אוֹתָם אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אוֹתָם הָֽאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַי חִלֵּלוּ וָאֹמַר לִשְׁפֹּךְ חֲמָתִי עֲלֵיהֶם לְכַלּוֹת אַפִּי בָּם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר
But the children rebelled against Me; they walked not in My statutes, neither kept Mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live by them; they profaned My sabbaths; then I said I would pour out My fury upon them, to spend My anger upon them in the wilderness.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 753,681Open in the laboratory →
לְשִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר לְיָשְׁבְּקָשָׁה בָּנָיו וְאֶחָיו שְׁנֵים עָשָֽׂר
For the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,134,882Open in the laboratory →
מִקֵּץ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים תְּֽשַׁלְּחוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִיו הָעִבְרִי אֲשֶֽׁר־יִמָּכֵר לְךָ וַעֲבָֽדְךָ שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים וְשִׁלַּחְתּוֹ חָפְשִׁי מֵֽעִמָּךְ וְלֹֽא־שָׁמְעוּ אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם אֵלַי וְלֹא הִטּוּ אֶת־אָזְנָֽם
’At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee’; but your fathers hearkened not unto Me, neither inclined their ear.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 695,209Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בןחיל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בןחיל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 100.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Ben-hail appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, בןחיל appears 1,358 times in the Torah — 7.4% more than the 1,265 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,358 or more by chance alone is 0.005.
What is the shortest skip for Ben-hail in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading forward from Exodus 4:13 — the shortest of 1,358 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,265.
What is the gematria of Ben-hail in Hebrew?
Ben-hail is spelled בןחיל — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 100.
How many times is Ben-hail found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 5,774 sequences of בןחיל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 5,829).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,265 here) beside the count.