Concepts

Blue כחול

Blue is written כחול in Hebrew. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 18,852 sequences of Blue, the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 32:29); chance alone would give about 19,505.

Found in the Torah
18,852
Chance alone
19,505
P (≥ found)
1.00
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, כחול appears 18,852 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 19,505, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which כחול appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 32:29, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), כחול is found 205,349 times; chance alone would give about 203,237.

  • Genesis 4,566
  • Exodus 3,626
  • Leviticus 3,056
  • Numbers 3,485
  • Deuteronomy 4,119

The shortest skips

  1. Numbers 32:29במדבר לב:כטskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֲלֵהֶם אִם־יַעַבְרוּ בְנֵי־גָד וּבְנֵי־רְאוּבֵן אִתְּכֶם אֶֽת־הַיַּרְדֵּן כָּל־חָלוּץ לַמִּלְחָמָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְנִכְבְּשָׁה הָאָרֶץ לִפְנֵיכֶם וּנְתַתֶּם לָהֶם אֶת־אֶרֶץ הַגִּלְעָד לַאֲחֻזָּֽה

    And Moses said unto them: ‘If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you, then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;

    כחול at skip 2, forward from Numbers 32:29תהירדןללץמלחמהלפכחול
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 243,520Open in the laboratory →

  2. Leviticus 5:21ויקרא ה:כאskip 3, forward

    נֶפֶשׁ כִּי תֶחֱטָא וּמָעֲלָה מַעַל בַּיהוָה וְכִחֵשׁ בַּעֲמִיתוֹ בְּפִקָּדוֹן אֽוֹ־בִתְשׂוּמֶת יָד אוֹ בְגָזֵל אוֹ עָשַׁק אֶת־עֲמִיתֽוֹ

    If any one sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and deal falsely with his neighbour in a matter of deposit, or of pledge, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbour;

    כחול at skip 3, forward from Leviticus 5:21משהלאמרנפשיתטאמעהמעלביקוקוכחול
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 147,465Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 5:19בראשית ה:יטskip 3, backward

    וַֽיְחִי־יֶרֶד אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־חֲנוֹךְ שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

    And Jared lived after he begot Enoch eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

    כחול at skip 3, backward from Genesis 5:19יירדאחריהוידאתנושמנהמאותשנךחול
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 6,216Open in the laboratory →

  4. Leviticus 8:16ויקרא ח:טזskip 3, backward

    וַיִּקַּח אֶֽת־כָּל־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַקֶּרֶב וְאֵת יֹתֶרֶת הַכָּבֵד וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶֽת־חֶלְבְּהֶן וַיַּקְטֵר מֹשֶׁה הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה

    And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses made it smoke upon the altar.

    כחול at skip 3, backward from Leviticus 8:16קדשהולכפרעיויקאתלהחלבאשרעלכחול
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 151,610Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 23:33שמות כג:לגskip 4, forward

    לֹא יֵשְׁבוּ בְּאַרְצְךָ פֶּן־יַחֲטִיאוּ אֹתְךָ לִי כִּי תַעֲבֹד אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶם כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה לְךָ לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ

    They shall not dwell in thy land—lest they make thee sin against Me, for thou wilt serve their gods—for they will be a snare unto thee.

    כחול at skip 4, forward from Exodus 23:33ריתלאישבובארצפןיטיאאתךיכיתעבדאתאלהיהךחול
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 112,438Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

85,491 sequences of כחול at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 86,841 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 4,566
  • Exodus 3,626
  • Leviticus 3,056
  • Numbers 3,485
  • Deuteronomy 4,354
  • Joshua 2,559
  • Judges 2,285
  • Samuel 7,314
  • Kings 7,331
  • Isaiah 5,471
  • Jeremiah 5,252
  • Ezekiel 5,140
  • The Twelve 3,497
  • Psalms 7,521
  • Proverbs 2,831
  • Job 3,135
  • Song of Songs 441
  • Ruth 333
  • Lamentations 506
  • Ecclesiastes 1,110
  • Esther 967
  • Daniel 1,779
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 2,172
  • Chronicles 6,760

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 11:10יהושע יא:יskip 2, forward

    וַיָּשָׁב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בָּעֵת הַהִיא וַיִּלְכֹּד אֶת־חָצוֹר וְאֶת־מַלְכָּהּ הִכָּה בֶחָרֶב כִּֽי־חָצוֹר לְפָנִים הִיא רֹאשׁ כָּל־הַמַּמְלָכוֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה

    And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.

    כחול at skip 2, forward from Joshua 11:10כהבחרביצרפניםהיאכחול
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 322,976Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Samuel 15:30שמואל ב טו:לskip 2, forward

    וְדָוִד עֹלֶה בְמַעֲלֵה הַזֵּיתִים עֹלֶה וּבוֹכֶה וְרֹאשׁ לוֹ חָפוּי וְהוּא הֹלֵךְ יָחֵף וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּוֹ חָפוּ אִישׁ רֹאשׁוֹ וְעָלוּ עָלֹה וּבָכֹֽה

    And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot; and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

    כחול at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 15:30והואהליףכהעםאשראךחול
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 459,671Open in the laboratory →

  3. Jeremiah 23:16ירמיהו כג:טזskip 2, forward

    כֹּֽה־אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אַֽל־תִּשְׁמְעוּ עַל־דִּבְרֵי הַנְּבִאִים הַנִּבְּאִים לָכֶם מַהְבִּלִים הֵמָּה אֶתְכֶם חֲזוֹן לִבָּם יְדַבֵּרוּ לֹא מִפִּי יְהוָֽה

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you, They lead you unto vanity; They speak a vision of their own heart, And not out of the mouth of the LORD.

    כחול at skip 2, forward from Jeremiah 23:16םהמהאתםזןבםידברוכחול
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 674,957Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

כחול — a Hebrew word. Searched as כחול, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 64.

As a plain word it stands 12 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 32:13. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Blue in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, כחול appears 18,852 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 19,505, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Blue in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 32:29 — the shortest of 18,852 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 19,505.

What is the gematria of Blue in Hebrew?

Blue is spelled כחול — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 64.

How many times is Blue found in the whole Tanakh?

85,491 sequences of כחול at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 86,841 that chance alone would produce.

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