Cathal קאתל
Cathal is a first name, written קאתל in Hebrew (male given name). In the Torah codes, Cathal is found 176,219 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 24:30) — about what chance alone gives (about 176,430).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 176,219
- Chance alone · every skip
- 176,430
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.69
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,506
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 16,956 found · chance alone about 16,932 (probability of 16,956 or more by chance alone: 0.43).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 176,219 sequences of קאתל across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 176,430).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 24:30, reading forward.
The longest skip at which קאתל was found in the Torah is 101,506 — at Genesis 1:7, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 50,904
- Exodus 34,131
- Leviticus 29,547
- Numbers 37,271
- Deuteronomy 24,366
Examples across the range
5 of the 176,219 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ק א ת לGenesis 24:30
… יְדֵי אֲחֹתוֹ וּכְשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי רִבְקָה אֲחֹתוֹ לֵאמֹר כֹּֽה־דִבֶּר אֵלַי הָאִישׁ וַיָּבֹא …
And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying: ‘Thus spoke the man unto me, ‘that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 30,879 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק א ת לGenesis 24:30
Letter by letter
- ק א ת לGenesis 41:8
וַיְהִי בַבֹּקֶר וַתִּפָּעֶם רוּחוֹ וַיִּשְׁלַח וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־כָּל־חַרְטֻמֵּי מִצְרַיִם וְאֶת־כָּל־חֲכָמֶיהָ …
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof; and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 60,413 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק א ת לGenesis 41:8
- קLeviticus 8:18
וַיַּקְרֵב אֵת אֵיל הָעֹלָה וַֽיִּסְמְכוּ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־רֹאשׁ הָאָֽיִל
And the ram of the burnt-offering was presented; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- אLeviticus 8:20
וְאֶת־הָאַיִל נִתַּח לִנְתָחָיו וַיַּקְטֵר מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הָרֹאשׁ וְאֶת־הַנְּתָחִים וְאֶת־הַפָּֽדֶר
And when the ram was cut into its pieces, Moses made the head, and the pieces, and the suet smoke.
- תLeviticus 8:21
… הוּא לַיהוָה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
And when the inwards and the legs were washed with water, Moses made the whole ram smoke upon the altar; it was a burnt-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- לLeviticus 8:23
… עַל־תְּנוּךְ אֹֽזֶן־אַהֲרֹן הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן יָדוֹ הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן …
And when it was slain, Moses took of the blood thereof, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 151,728 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- קLeviticus 8:18
- קDeuteronomy 30:10
… בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתָיו וְחֻקֹּתָיו הַכְּתוּבָה בְּסֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּה כִּי …
if thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- אDeuteronomy 31:6
חִזְקוּ וְאִמְצוּ אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ וְאַל־תַּעַרְצוּ מִפְּנֵיהֶם כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ …
Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.’
- תDeuteronomy 31:19
וְעַתָּה כִּתְבוּ לָכֶם אֶת־הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת וְלַמְּדָהּ אֶת־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל שִׂימָהּ …
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel.
- לDeuteronomy 32:5
שִׁחֵת לוֹ לֹא בָּנָיו מוּמָם דּוֹר עִקֵּשׁ וּפְתַלְתֹּֽל
Is corruption His? No; His children’s is the blemish; A generation crooked and perverse.
skip 1,001, width 1,001 — one row is 1,001 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 297,708 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,001 in the laboratory →
- קDeuteronomy 30:10
- קGenesis 1:7
… וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ …
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- אExodus 16:10
וַיְהִי כְּדַבֵּר אַהֲרֹן אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל …
And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
- תNumbers 8:19
וָאֶתְּנָה אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם נְתֻנִים לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו …
And I have given the Levites— they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel…
- לDeuteronomy 34:11
לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
skip 101,506, width 101,506 — one row is 101,506 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 279 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,506 in the laboratory →
- קGenesis 1:7
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 2,028,727 sequences of קאתל across every skip (2–399,013), 0.3% above what chance alone gives (about 2,022,230); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.5 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 50,151 found · chance alone about 50,353 (probability of 50,151 or more by chance alone: 0.82).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 182,454
- Exodus 129,618
- Leviticus 110,254
- Numbers 138,445
- Deuteronomy 88,556
- Joshua 58,267
- Judges 61,710
- Samuel 137,154
- Kings 154,277
- Isaiah 146,819
- Jeremiah 138,618
- Ezekiel 109,894
- The Twelve 92,524
- Psalms 124,655
- Proverbs 55,916
- Job 55,677
- Song of Songs 6,809
- Ruth 9,139
- Lamentations 8,991
- Ecclesiastes 14,534
- Esther 11,329
- Daniel 40,947
- Ezra–Nehemiah 43,006
- Chronicles 109,134
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ק א ת לJoshua 8:34
וְאַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן קָרָא אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה הַבְּרָכָה וְהַקְּלָלָה כְּכָל־הַכָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָֽה
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,529 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק א ת לJoshua 8:34
- ק1 Samuel 7:1
… אֲבִינָדָב בַּגִּבְעָה וְאֶת־אֶלְעָזָר בְּנוֹ קִדְּשׁוּ לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־אֲרוֹן יְהוָֽה
And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- א ת1 Samuel 7:3
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־כָּל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר אִם … אֶל־יְהוָה וְעִבְדֻהוּ לְבַדּוֹ וְיַצֵּל אֶתְכֶם מִיַּד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים
And Samuel spoke unto all the house of Israel, saying: ‘If ye do return unto the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto the LORD, and serve Him only; and He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.’
- ל1 Samuel 7:5
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל קִבְצוּ אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל הַמִּצְפָּתָה וְאֶתְפַּלֵּל בַּעַדְכֶם אֶל־יְהוָֽה
And Samuel said: ‘Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 392,476 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ק1 Samuel 7:1
- ק2 Chronicles 36:14
… וַֽיְטַמְּאוּ אֶת־בֵּית יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הִקְדִּישׁ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, transgressed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of the LORD which He had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- אEzekiel 46:20
… יְבַשְּׁלוּ־שָׁם הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־הָאָשָׁם וְאֶת־הַחַטָּאת אֲשֶׁר יֹאפוּ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה …
And he said unto me: ‘This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt-offering and the sin-offering, where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they bring them not forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.’
- ת1 Samuel 12:7
וְעַתָּה הִֽתְיַצְּבוּ וְאִשָּׁפְטָה אִתְּכֶם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֵת כָּל־צִדְקוֹת …
Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD, which He did to you and to your fathers.
- לGenesis 1:29
… עֵץ זֹרֵעַ זָרַע לָכֶם יִֽהְיֶה לְאָכְלָֽה
And God said: ‘Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed—to you it shall be for food;
skip 398,269, width 398,269 — one row is 398,269 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,358 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,269 in the laboratory →
- ק2 Chronicles 36:14
The spelling
קאתל — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as קאתל, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 531.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Cathal in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 176,219 sequences of קאתל across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 176,430).
What is the shortest skip for Cathal in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 24:30 — the shortest of 176,219 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 176,430.
How is Cathal spelled in Hebrew?
Cathal is spelled קאתל — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 531.
Is Cathal in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 2,028,727 sequences of קאתל across every skip (2–399,013), 0.3% above what chance alone gives (about 2,022,230); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.5 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 176,430 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.