Chelem חלם
Chelem (חלם) is a person named in the Tanakh — Helem. Chelem appears 412,730 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 411,694 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 412,730
- Chance alone
- 411,694
- P (≥ found)
- 0.05
- 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, חלם appears 412,730 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 411,694, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which חלם appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 5:22, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), חלם is found 6,303,808 times; chance alone would give about 6,381,085.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 411,694 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 94,358
- Exodus 86,192
- Leviticus 61,274
- Numbers 114,704
- Deuteronomy 56,202
The shortest skips
וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ חֲנוֹךְ אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִים אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־מְתוּשֶׁלַח שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,349Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּרְאוּ בְנֵי־הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶת־בְּנוֹת הָֽאָדָם כִּי טֹבֹת הֵנָּה וַיִּקְחוּ לָהֶם נָשִׁים מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בָּחָֽרוּ
that the sons of nobles saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives, whomsoever they chose.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,893Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־רֶמֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר הוּא־חַי לָכֶם יִהְיֶה לְאָכְלָה כְּיֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־כֹּֽל
Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,413Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּקָם אַבְרָהָם מֵעַל פְּנֵי מֵתוֹ וַיְדַבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי־חֵת לֵאמֹֽר
And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke unto the children of Heth, saying:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,467Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּקָם אַבְרָהָם וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לְעַם־הָאָרֶץ לִבְנֵי־חֵֽת
And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,629Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, חלם appears 1,667,545 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,675,126, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 94,358
- Exodus 86,192
- Leviticus 61,274
- Numbers 114,704
- Deuteronomy 58,813
- Joshua 54,755
- Judges 52,201
- Samuel 126,205
- Kings 136,853
- Isaiah 87,946
- Jeremiah 97,717
- Ezekiel 102,604
- The Twelve 64,575
- Psalms 121,054
- Proverbs 48,240
- Job 57,212
- Song of Songs 6,961
- Ruth 4,951
- Lamentations 11,105
- Ecclesiastes 23,865
- Esther 15,377
- Daniel 35,272
- Ezra–Nehemiah 55,958
- Chronicles 149,353
Outside the Torah
וַיֵּאָמַר לְמֶלֶךְ יְרִיחוֹ לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה אֲנָשִׁים בָּאוּ הֵנָּה הַלַּיְלָה מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַחְפֹּר אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying: ‘Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,130Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח מֶלֶךְ יְרִיחוֹ אֶל־רָחָב לֵאמֹר הוֹצִיאִי הָאֲנָשִׁים הַבָּאִים אֵלַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ לְבֵיתֵךְ כִּי לַחְפֹּר אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בָּֽאוּ
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying: ‘Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,190Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה קְחוּ לָכֶם שְׁנֵי עָשָׂר אִישׁ מִשִּׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ־אֶחָד אִישׁ־אֶחָד לַשָּֽׁבֶט
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,333Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חלם — the Tanakh's own spelling: Helem. Searched as חלם, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 78.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 41:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Chelem appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, חלם appears 412,730 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 411,694, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Chelem in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 5:22 — the shortest of 412,730 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 411,694.
What is the gematria of Chelem in Hebrew?
Chelem is spelled חלם — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 78.
How many times is Chelem found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, חלם appears 1,667,545 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 1,675,126, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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