Chesed כשד
Chesed (כשד) is a person named in the Tanakh. Chesed appears 2,233,935 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), 3.8% more than chance alone would give (about 2,152,589; probability below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 2,233,935
- Chance alone · every skip
- 2,152,589
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- below 10⁻³⁰⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,280
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 136,901 found · chance alone about 138,881 (probability of 136,901 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), כשד appears 2,233,935 times in the Torah — 3.8% more than the 2,152,589 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,233,935 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
The shortest skip at which כשד appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 12:4, reading forward.
The longest skip at which כשד was found in the Torah is 152,280 — at Deuteronomy 34:11, reading backward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 2,152,589 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 488,588
- Exodus 430,544
- Leviticus 350,931
- Numbers 370,869
- Deuteronomy 593,003
Examples across the range
5 of the 2,233,935 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
- כ ש דGenesis 12:4
וַיֵּלֶךְ אַבְרָם כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֵלָיו יְהוָה וַיֵּלֶךְ אִתּוֹ לוֹט …
So Abram went, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,281 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- כ ש דGenesis 12:4
Letter by letter
- כ ש דGenesis 17:23
… בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתָם בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתּוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,324 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- כ ש דGenesis 17:23
- כExodus 26:15
וְעָשִׂיתָ אֶת־הַקְּרָשִׁים לַמִּשְׁכָּן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים עֹמְדִֽים
And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood, standing up.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שExodus 26:18
וְעָשִׂיתָ אֶת־הַקְּרָשִׁים לַמִּשְׁכָּן עֶשְׂרִים קֶרֶשׁ לִפְאַת נֶגְבָּה תֵימָֽנָה
And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward:
- דExodus 26:19
… הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָיו וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָֽיו …
And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons;
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 116,051 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- כExodus 26:15
- כLeviticus 27:2
דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם אִישׁ כִּי יַפְלִא נֶדֶר בְּעֶרְכְּךָ נְפָשֹׁת לַֽיהוָֽה
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When a man shall clearly utter a vow of persons unto the LORD, according to thy valuation,
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שLeviticus 27:21
וְהָיָה הַשָּׂדֶה בְּצֵאתוֹ בַיֹּבֵל קֹדֶשׁ לַֽיהוָה כִּשְׂדֵה הַחֵרֶם לַכֹּהֵן תִּהְיֶה אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
- דNumbers 1:10
לִבְנֵי יוֹסֵף לְאֶפְרַיִם אֱלִישָׁמָע בֶּן־עַמִּיהוּד לִמְנַשֶּׁה גַּמְלִיאֵל בֶּן־פְּדָהצֽוּר
Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 184,758 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- כLeviticus 27:2
- כDeuteronomy 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;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שLeviticus 8:30
… מֹשֶׁה מִשֶּׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וּמִן־הַדָּם אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַיַּז עַֽל־אַהֲרֹן …
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’garments with him.
- דGenesis 1:6
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
skip 152,280, width 152,280 — one row is 152,280 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,789 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,280 in the laboratory →
- כDeuteronomy 34:11
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 36,747,278 sequences of כשד across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 37,352,833).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 612,691 found · chance alone about 621,357 (probability of 612,691 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 2,289,896
- Exodus 1,901,852
- Leviticus 1,478,465
- Numbers 1,548,923
- Deuteronomy 2,531,474
- Joshua 1,075,705
- Judges 967,249
- Samuel 2,774,794
- Kings 3,136,264
- Isaiah 2,194,106
- Jeremiah 2,755,559
- Ezekiel 2,301,589
- The Twelve 1,714,021
- Psalms 2,711,047
- Proverbs 920,139
- Job 974,711
- Song of Songs 186,182
- Ruth 148,602
- Lamentations 183,097
- Ecclesiastes 390,799
- Esther 454,074
- Daniel 734,485
- Ezra–Nehemiah 898,386
- Chronicles 2,475,859
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- כ ש דJoshua 1:3
כָּל־מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר תִּדְרֹךְ כַּֽף־רַגְלְכֶם בּוֹ לָכֶם נְתַתִּיו כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶל־מֹשֶֽׁה
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke unto Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,003 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- כ ש דJoshua 1:3
- כJudges 4:8
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ בָּרָק אִם־תֵּלְכִי עִמִּי וְהָלָכְתִּי וְאִם־לֹא תֵלְכִי עִמִּי לֹא אֵלֵֽךְ
And Barak said unto her: ‘If thou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שJudges 4:9
… וַתָּקָם דְּבוֹרָה וַתֵּלֶך עִם־בָּרָק קֶֽדְשָׁה
And she said: ‘I will surely go with thee; notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thy honour; for the LORD will give Sisera over into the hand of a woman.’ And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
- דJudges 4:11
… חֹבָב חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה וַיֵּט אָהֳלוֹ עַד־אֵלוֹן בצענים אֲשֶׁר אֶת־קֶֽדֶשׁ …
Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as Elon-bezaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
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 350,565 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- כJudges 4:8
- כ2 Chronicles 36:23
… אָמַר כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס כָּל־מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- שIsaiah 25:6
… שְׁמָנִים מִשְׁתֵּה שְׁמָרִים שְׁמָנִים מְמֻחָיִם שְׁמָרִים מְזֻקָּקִֽים
And in this mountain will the LORD of hosts make unto all peoples A feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
- דGenesis 1:9
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
skip 598,287, width 598,287 — one row is 598,287 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,955 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,287 in the laboratory →
- כ2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
כשד — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as כשד, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 324.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 22:22. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- חסד — the Tanakh's own spelling Torah · every skip: 160,597 (chance 151,980)
Questions
Is Chesed in the Bible code?
Across every skip (2–152,424), כשד appears 2,233,935 times in the Torah — 3.8% more than the 2,152,589 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,233,935 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
What is the shortest skip for Chesed in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 12:4 — the shortest of 2,233,935 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 2,152,589.
What is the gematria of Chesed in Hebrew?
Chesed is spelled כשד — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 324; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Chesed found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 36,747,278 sequences of כשד across every skip (2–598,520) — about what chance alone gives (about 37,352,833).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,152,589 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.