Bilhah בלהה
Bilhah (בלהה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Bilhah appears 96,385 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% more than chance alone would give (about 95,519; probability 0.0026).
- Found in the Torah
- 96,385
- Chance alone
- 95,519
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0026
- 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, בלהה appears 96,385 times in the Torah — 0.9% more than the 95,519 chance alone would give; the probability of 96,385 or more by chance alone is 0.0026.
The shortest skip at which בלהה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 8:20, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), בלהה is found 1,003,994 times; chance alone would give about 995,289.
- Genesis 18,423
- Exodus 19,179
- Leviticus 17,546
- Numbers 21,539
- Deuteronomy 19,698
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
At skips 2–5,000, בלהה appears 353,433 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.9% more than the 346,781 chance alone would give; the probability of 353,433 or more by chance alone is 1.0 × 10⁻²⁹.
- Genesis 18,423
- Exodus 19,179
- Leviticus 17,546
- Numbers 21,539
- Deuteronomy 20,812
- Joshua 14,109
- Judges 10,746
- Samuel 26,203
- Kings 34,277
- Isaiah 14,929
- Jeremiah 32,874
- Ezekiel 20,525
- The Twelve 17,488
- Psalms 13,864
- Proverbs 3,651
- Job 3,382
- Song of Songs 853
- Ruth 975
- Lamentations 1,914
- Ecclesiastes 3,308
- Esther 3,558
- Daniel 5,227
- Ezra–Nehemiah 11,636
- Chronicles 36,415
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 →
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 →
וַיִּבֶן שָׁם גִּדְעוֹן מִזְבֵּחַ לַֽיהוָה וַיִּקְרָא־לוֹ יְהוָה שָׁלוֹם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה עוֹדֶנּוּ בְּעָפְרָת אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִֽי
Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it a‘Adonai-shalom’; unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 354,608Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בלהה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בלהה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 42.
As a plain word it stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 29:29. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Bilhah in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, בלהה appears 96,385 times in the Torah — 0.9% more than the 95,519 chance alone would give; the probability of 96,385 or more by chance alone is 0.0026.
What is the shortest skip for Bilhah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:20 — the shortest of 96,385 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 95,519.
What is the gematria of Bilhah in Hebrew?
Bilhah is spelled בלהה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 42.
How many times is Bilhah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, בלהה appears 353,433 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.9% more than the 346,781 chance alone would give; the probability of 353,433 or more by chance alone is 1.0 × 10⁻²⁹.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 95,519 here) beside the count.