Calah כלח
Calah (כלח) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 191,624 sequences of Calah, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 5:24); chance alone would give about 196,379.
- Found in the Torah
- 191,624
- Chance alone
- 196,379
- 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, כלח appears 191,624 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 196,379, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:24, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 3,019,972 sequences of כלח, against about 3,043,795 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 196,379 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 42,512
- Exodus 37,610
- Leviticus 30,672
- Numbers 37,461
- Deuteronomy 43,369
The shortest skips
וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ חֲנוֹךְ אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִים וְאֵינֶנּוּ כִּֽי־לָקַח אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים
And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,433Open in the laboratory →
צֵא מִן־הַתֵּבָה אַתָּה וְאִשְׁתְּךָ וּבָנֶיךָ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנֶיךָ אִתָּֽךְ
’Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,913Open in the laboratory →
וּבְתוּאֵל יָלַד אֶת־רִבְקָה שְׁמֹנָה אֵלֶּה יָלְדָה מִלְכָּה לְנָחוֹר אֲחִי אַבְרָהָֽם
And Bethuel begot Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,277Open in the laboratory →
וְיִתֶּן־לִי אֶת־מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ אֲשֶׁר בִּקְצֵה שָׂדֵהוּ בְּכֶסֶף מָלֵא יִתְּנֶנָּה לִי בְּתוֹכְכֶם לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָֽבֶר
that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,757Open in the laboratory →
כִּי אֶל־אַרְצִי וְאֶל־מוֹלַדְתִּי תֵּלֵךְ וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי לְיִצְחָֽק
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son, even for Isaac.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,521Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 796,810 sequences of כלח at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 803,757).
- Genesis 42,512
- Exodus 37,610
- Leviticus 30,672
- Numbers 37,461
- Deuteronomy 44,728
- Joshua 23,426
- Judges 19,723
- Samuel 60,993
- Kings 70,091
- Isaiah 46,342
- Jeremiah 49,592
- Ezekiel 47,603
- The Twelve 31,606
- Psalms 68,692
- Proverbs 26,221
- Job 28,608
- Song of Songs 4,257
- Ruth 3,634
- Lamentations 4,961
- Ecclesiastes 11,129
- Esther 10,651
- Daniel 18,679
- Ezra–Nehemiah 20,360
- Chronicles 57,259
Outside the Torah
לֹֽא־הָיְתָה עִיר אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁלִימָה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּלְתִּי הַחִוִּי יֹשְׁבֵי גִבְעוֹן אֶת־הַכֹּל לָקְחוּ בַמִּלְחָמָֽה
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon; they took all in battle.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 323,569Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה הֵנִיחַ יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָהֶם וְעַתָּה פְּנוּ וּלְכוּ לָכֶם לְאָהֳלֵיכֶם אֶל־אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּֽן
And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as He spoke unto them; therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 338,599Open in the laboratory →
יָדוֹעַ תֵּֽדְעוּ כִּי לֹא יוֹסִיף יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם לְהוֹרִישׁ אֶת־הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה מִלִּפְנֵיכֶם וְהָיוּ לָכֶם לְפַח וּלְמוֹקֵשׁ וּלְשֹׁטֵט בְּצִדֵּיכֶם וְלִצְנִנִים בְּעֵינֵיכֶם עַד־אֲבָדְכֶם מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה הַטּוֹבָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָכֶם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and pricks in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 341,922Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
כלח — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as כלח, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 58.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Calah appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, כלח appears 191,624 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 196,379, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Calah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:24 — the shortest of 191,624 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 196,379.
How is Calah spelled in Hebrew?
Calah is spelled כלח — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 58.
Is Calah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 796,810 sequences of כלח at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 803,757).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 196,379 here) beside the count.