Bilam (Balaam · בלעם)
Bilam (Balaam · בלעם) is a person named in the Tanakh. Bilam (Balaam) appears 34,021 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 34,255 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 34,021
- Chance alone
- 34,255
- P (≥ found)
- 0.90
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
34,021 sequences of בלעם at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 34,255 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 34:5, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 360,284 sequences of בלעם, against about 356,929 from chance alone.
- Genesis 7,876
- Exodus 7,304
- Leviticus 4,293
- Numbers 8,931
- Deuteronomy 5,617
The shortest skips
וְנָסַב הַגְּבוּל מֵעַצְמוֹן נַחְלָה מִצְרָיִם וְהָיוּ תוֹצְאֹתָיו הַיָּֽמָּה
and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the Brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Sea.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 246,374Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר מַרְבִּים הָעָם לְהָבִיא מִדֵּי 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.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 133,024Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁמְרוּ אֶת־מִשְׁמַרְתּוֹ וְאֶת־מִשְׁמֶרֶת כָּל־הָעֵדָה לִפְנֵי אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן
And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 190,593Open in the laboratory →
וּבְבֹא מֹשֶׁה אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ וַיִּשְׁמַע אֶת־הַקּוֹל מִדַּבֵּר אֵלָיו מֵעַל הַכַּפֹּרֶת אֲשֶׁר עַל־אֲרֹן הָעֵדֻת מִבֵּין שְׁנֵי הַכְּרֻבִים וַיְדַבֵּר אֵלָֽיו
And when Moses went into the tent of meeting that He might speak with him, then he heard the Voice speaking unto him from above the ark-cover that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and He spoke unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 202,356Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה בְּתֵת יְהוָה לָכֶם בָּעֶרֶב בָּשָׂר לֶאֱכֹל וְלֶחֶם בַּבֹּקֶר לִשְׂבֹּעַ בִּשְׁמֹעַ יְהוָה אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם מַלִּינִם עָלָיו וְנַחְנוּ מָה לֹא־עָלֵינוּ תְלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם כִּי עַל־יְהוָֽה
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 101,651Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 147,356 sequences of בלעם at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 147,872).
- Genesis 7,876
- Exodus 7,304
- Leviticus 4,293
- Numbers 8,931
- Deuteronomy 6,008
- Joshua 5,044
- Judges 5,147
- Samuel 11,405
- Kings 12,843
- Isaiah 7,362
- Jeremiah 10,664
- Ezekiel 8,097
- The Twelve 6,463
- Psalms 9,432
- Proverbs 3,603
- Job 3,920
- Song of Songs 567
- Ruth 528
- Lamentations 938
- Ecclesiastes 1,647
- Esther 1,538
- Daniel 2,899
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,990
- Chronicles 14,857
Outside the Torah
מִבְחַר הַצֹּאן לָקוֹחַ וְגַם דּוּר הָעֲצָמִים תַּחְתֶּיהָ רַתַּח רְתָחֶיהָ גַּם־בָּשְׁלוּ עֲצָמֶיהָ בְּתוֹכָֽהּ
Take the choice of the flock, And pile also the bones under it; Make it boil well, That the bones thereof may also be seethed in the midst of it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 761,712Open in the laboratory →
חָנֵּנִי יְהוָה כִּי אֻמְלַל אָנִי רְפָאֵנִי יְהוָה כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ עֲצָמָֽי
Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; Heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 860,374Open in the laboratory →
וּבְרֹאשׁ הַמְּכוֹנָה חֲצִי הָאַמָּה קוֹמָה עָגֹל סָבִיב וְעַל רֹאשׁ הַמְּכֹנָה יְדֹתֶיהָ וּמִסְגְּרֹתֶיהָ מִמֶּֽנָּה
And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the borders thereof were of one piece therewith.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 491,990Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בלעם — the Tanakh's own spelling: Balaam. Searched as בלעם, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 142.
As a plain word it stands 56 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 22:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Balaam.
Questions
Is Bilam (Balaam) in the Torah codes?
34,021 sequences of בלעם at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 34,255 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Bilam (Balaam) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 34:5 — the shortest of 34,021 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 34,255.
How is Bilam (Balaam) spelled in Hebrew?
Bilam is spelled בלעם — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 142.
Is Bilam (Balaam) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 147,356 sequences of בלעם at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 147,872).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 34,255 here) beside the count.