Biblical names

Chaldeans כשדים

Chaldeans (כשדים) is the name of a people in the Tanakh — Chaldean, Chaldea. In the Torah codes, Chaldeans is found 1,150 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 7 (Exodus 19:11) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,163).

Found in the Torah
1,150
Chance alone
1,163
P (≥ found)
0.66
Shortest skip
7

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

1,150 sequences of כשדים at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,163 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 7 — the first at Exodus 19:11, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 9,217 sequences of כשדים, against about 9,169 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 277
  • Exodus 259
  • Leviticus 132
  • Numbers 238
  • Deuteronomy 244

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 19:11שמות יט:יאskip 7, forward

    וְהָיוּ נְכֹנִים לַיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי כִּי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יֵרֵד יְהוָה לְעֵינֵי כָל־הָעָם עַל־הַר סִינָֽי

    and be ready against the third day; for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

    כשדים at skip 7, forward from Exodus 19:11שמלתםוהיונכניםליוםהשלישייביוםהלישייריקוקלעניכלהעעלהרסיניוהגבלתאתהעםסביבלכשדים
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 106,222Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 22:4שמות כב:דskip 9, backward

    כִּי יַבְעֶר־אִישׁ שָׂדֶה אוֹ־כֶרֶם וְשִׁלַּח אֶת־בעירה וּבִעֵר בִּשְׂדֵה אַחֵר מֵיטַב שָׂדֵהוּ וּמֵיטַב כַּרְמוֹ יְשַׁלֵּֽם

    If a man cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

    כשדים at skip 9, backward from Exodus 22:4דשהחייםשניםישלםכייבעראיששדהאוכרושלחאתבערהובערבשהאחרמיטבדהוומיטברמוישלםכיתצאאשומצאהקציםונאכלגדיכשדים
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 109,894Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 31:35במדבר לא:להskip 10, backward

    וְנֶפֶשׁ אָדָם מִן־הַנָּשִׁים אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָדְעוּ מִשְׁכַּב זָכָר כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ שְׁנַיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אָֽלֶף

    and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.

    כשדים at skip 10, backward from Numbers 31:35יםאלףוחמשתאלפיםובקרשניםושבעיםאלףוחריםאחדוששםאלףונפשאםמןהנשיםארלאידעומשבזכרכלנפששניםושלשיםאלףותהיהמחצהחלקהכשדימ
    skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 241,091Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 7:22דברים ז:כבskip 10, backward

    וְנָשַׁל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵל מִפָּנֶיךָ מְעַט מְעָט לֹא תוּכַל כַּלֹּתָם מַהֵר פֶּן־תִּרְבֶּה עָלֶיךָ חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶֽה

    And the LORD thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little; thou mayest not consume them quickly, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

    כשדים at skip 10, backward from Deuteronomy 7:22אבדהנשאריםוהנסתריםמפניךלאתערץמפניהכייקוקאלהךבקרבךאלגולונוראונליקוקאלהיאתהגויםהאלמפניךמעטמעטלאתוכלכלתםמהרפךשדים
    skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 263,908Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 13:2במדבר יג:בskip 11, forward

    שְׁלַח־לְךָ אֲנָשִׁים וְיָתֻרוּ אֶת־אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי נֹתֵן לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ אֶחָד אִישׁ אֶחָד לְמַטֵּה אֲבֹתָיו תִּשְׁלָחוּ כֹּל נָשִׂיא בָהֶֽם

    ’Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel; of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them.’

    כשדים at skip 11, forward from Numbers 13:2נתןלבניישראלאישאחדאישאחדלמטהאבתיותשלחולנשיאבהםוילחאתםמשהממברפארןעלפיקוקכלםאנשיראשיבניישראלהמהואלהשמותםלמטהראובןשמועבכשדים
    skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 209,566Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

5,660 sequences of כשדים at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 5,890 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 277
  • Exodus 259
  • Leviticus 132
  • Numbers 238
  • Deuteronomy 266
  • Joshua 141
  • Judges 142
  • Samuel 553
  • Kings 508
  • Isaiah 309
  • Jeremiah 381
  • Ezekiel 347
  • The Twelve 243
  • Psalms 520
  • Proverbs 165
  • Job 162
  • Song of Songs 41
  • Ruth 21
  • Lamentations 22
  • Ecclesiastes 78
  • Esther 84
  • Daniel 135
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 195
  • Chronicles 441

Outside the Torah

  1. Hosea 12:10הושע יב:יskip 3, backward

    וְאָנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם עֹד אוֹשִֽׁיבְךָ בָאֳהָלִים כִּימֵי מוֹעֵֽד

    But I am the LORD thy God From the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, As in the days of the appointed season.

    כשדים at skip 3, backward from Hosea 12:10קאלהיךמארץצרםעאויבבאהליםכימיךשדימ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 809,936Open in the laboratory →

  2. Psalms 119:162תהלים קיט:קסבskip 4, backward

    שָׂשׂ אָנֹכִֽי עַל־אִמְרָתֶךָ כְּמוֹצֵא שָׁלָל רָֽב

    I rejoice at Thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.

    כשדים at skip 4, backward from Psalms 119:162ריםרדפוניחנםודברךפחלבישאניעלאמרתךכמוצאשכשדימ
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 926,676Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Chronicles 24:14דברי הימים ב כד:ידskip 4, backward

    וּֽכְכַלּוֹתָם הֵבִיאוּ לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וִֽיהוֹיָדָע אֶת־שְׁאָר הַכֶּסֶף וַיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ כֵלִים לְבֵית־יְהוָה כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת וְהַעֲלוֹת וְכַפּוֹת וּכְלֵי זָהָב וָכָסֶף וַיִּֽהְיוּ מַעֲלִים עֹלוֹת בְּבֵית־יְהוָה תָּמִיד כֹּל יְמֵי יְהוֹיָדָֽע

    And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels wherewith to minister, and buckets, and pans, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

    כשדים at skip 4, backward from 2 Chronicles 24:14ותםהביאולפניהלךוהויעאתארהסףויעשהוכליםלבכשדימ
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,174,498Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

כשדים — the Tanakh's own spelling: Chaldean, Chaldea. Searched as כשדים, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 374.

As a plain word it stands 38 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 11:28. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Chaldeans in the Torah codes?

1,150 sequences of כשדים at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,163 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Chaldeans in the Torah?

Skip 7, reading forward from Exodus 19:11 — the shortest of 1,150 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,163.

How is Chaldeans spelled in Hebrew?

Chaldeans is spelled כשדים — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 374.

Is Chaldeans in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

5,660 sequences of כשדים at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 5,890 that chance alone would produce.

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