Bilal בילאל
In Hebrew letters the first name Bilal is written בילאל — male given name. Bilal appears 7,528 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.5% more than chance alone would give (about 7,271; probability 0.0014).
- Found in the Torah
- 7,528
- Chance alone
- 7,271
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0014
- Shortest skip
- 2
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, בילאל appears 7,528 times in the Torah — 3.5% more than the 7,271 chance alone would give; the probability of 7,528 or more by chance alone is 0.0014.
The shortest skip at which בילאל appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 26:8, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), בילאל is found 55,170 times; chance alone would give about 57,301.
- Genesis 2,262
- Exodus 1,268
- Leviticus 970
- Numbers 1,666
- Deuteronomy 1,362
The shortest skips
וּבְנֵי פַלּוּא אֱלִיאָֽב
And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 231,419Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא אֶת־בִּנְיָמִין אָחִיו בֶּן־אִמּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר הֲזֶה אֲחִיכֶם הַקָּטֹן אֲשֶׁר אֲמַרְתֶּם אֵלָי וַיֹּאמַר אֱלֹהִים יָחְנְךָ בְּנִֽי
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother’s son, and said: ‘Is this your youngest brother of whom ye spoke unto me?’ And he said: ‘God be gracious unto thee, my son.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 66,729Open in the laboratory →
הֲלוֹא נָכְרִיּוֹת נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ לוֹ כִּי מְכָרָנוּ וַיֹּאכַל גַּם־אָכוֹל אֶת־כַּסְפֵּֽנוּ
Are we not accounted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our price.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 44,350Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־בֵּית אִישָׁהּ נָדָרָה אֽוֹ־אָסְרָה אִסָּר עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ בִּשְׁבֻעָֽה
And if a woman vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 239,065Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּרְאוּ אֵת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְתַחַת רַגְלָיו כְּמַעֲשֵׂה לִבְנַת הַסַּפִּיר וּכְעֶצֶם הַשָּׁמַיִם לָטֹֽהַר
and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under His feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the very heaven for clearness.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 113,015Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, בילאל appears 32,798 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.3% more than the 32,392 chance alone would give; the probability of 32,798 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
- Genesis 2,262
- Exodus 1,268
- Leviticus 970
- Numbers 1,666
- Deuteronomy 1,477
- Joshua 922
- Judges 1,352
- Samuel 3,637
- Kings 3,326
- Isaiah 1,326
- Jeremiah 2,564
- Ezekiel 1,674
- The Twelve 1,210
- Psalms 1,783
- Proverbs 526
- Job 775
- Song of Songs 134
- Ruth 116
- Lamentations 191
- Ecclesiastes 303
- Esther 374
- Daniel 774
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,002
- Chronicles 3,166
Outside the Torah
וַֽיַּעֲמֹד וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־מַעַרְכֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם לָמָּה תֵצְאוּ לַעֲרֹךְ מִלְחָמָה הֲלוֹא אָנֹכִי הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וְאַתֶּם עֲבָדִים לְשָׁאוּל בְּרוּ־לָכֶם אִישׁ וְיֵרֵד אֵלָֽי
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them: ‘Why do ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 409,623Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־אַבְשָׁלוֹם אַל־בְּנִי אַל־נָא נֵלֵךְ כֻּלָּנוּ וְלֹא נִכְבַּד עָלֶיךָ וַיִּפְרָץ־בּוֹ וְלֹֽא־אָבָה לָלֶכֶת וַֽיְבָרֲכֵֽהוּ
And the king said to Absalom: ‘Nay, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome unto thee.’ And he pressed him; howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 454,656Open in the laboratory →
רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי
My spirit consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 976,331Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בילאל — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as בילאל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 73.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Bilal appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, בילאל appears 7,528 times in the Torah — 3.5% more than the 7,271 chance alone would give; the probability of 7,528 or more by chance alone is 0.0014.
What is the shortest skip for Bilal in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 26:8 — the shortest of 7,528 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 7,271.
What is the gematria of Bilal in Hebrew?
Bilal is spelled בילאל — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 73.
How many times is Bilal found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, בילאל appears 32,798 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.3% more than the 32,392 chance alone would give; the probability of 32,798 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
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