Chesil כסיל
Chesil (כסיל) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Chesil is found 4,981 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Exodus 23:25) — about what chance alone gives (about 5,140).
- Found in the Torah
- 4,981
- Chance alone
- 5,140
- P (≥ found)
- 0.99
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
4,981 sequences of כסיל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 5,140 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which כסיל appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 23:25, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), כסיל is found 56,287 times; chance alone would give about 53,556.
- Genesis 1,208
- Exodus 986
- Leviticus 576
- Numbers 1,051
- Deuteronomy 1,160
The shortest skips
וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם וּבֵרַךְ אֶֽת־לַחְמְךָ וְאֶת־מֵימֶיךָ וַהֲסִרֹתִי מַחֲלָה מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ
And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 112,091Open in the laboratory →
וּמִנְחָתָם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם לַפָּרִים לָאֵילִם וְלַכְּבָשִׂים בְּמִסְפָּרָם כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט
and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 237,557Open in the laboratory →
וּמִנְחָתָם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם לַפָּרִים לָאֵילִם וְלַכְּבָשִׂים בְּמִסְפָּרָם כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט
and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 237,693Open in the laboratory →
מִנְחָתָם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם לַפָּרִים לָאֵילִם וְלַכְּבָשִׂים בְּמִסְפָּרָם כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט
their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 237,819Open in the laboratory →
וּמִנְחָתָם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם לַפָּרִים לָאֵילִם וְלַכְּבָשִׂים בְּמִסְפָּרָם כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט
and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 237,949Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, כסיל appears 25,978 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.6% more than the 25,557 chance alone would give; the probability of 25,978 or more by chance alone is 0.0043.
- Genesis 1,208
- Exodus 986
- Leviticus 576
- Numbers 1,051
- Deuteronomy 1,231
- Joshua 468
- Judges 792
- Samuel 1,274
- Kings 2,437
- Isaiah 1,925
- Jeremiah 1,624
- Ezekiel 1,334
- The Twelve 1,378
- Psalms 3,422
- Proverbs 1,030
- Job 853
- Song of Songs 120
- Ruth 70
- Lamentations 149
- Ecclesiastes 418
- Esther 612
- Daniel 615
- Ezra–Nehemiah 711
- Chronicles 1,694
Outside the Torah
הַבָּנִים מְלַקְּטִים עֵצִים וְהָֽאָבוֹת מְבַעֲרִים אֶת־הָאֵשׁ וְהַנָּשִׁים לָשׁוֹת בָּצֵק לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּוָּנִים לִמְלֶכֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהַסֵּךְ נְסָכִים לֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים לְמַעַן הַכְעִסֵֽנִי
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke Me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 653,053Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיוּ בָּתֵּי יְרוּשָׁלִַם וּבָתֵּי מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה כִּמְקוֹם הַתֹּפֶת הַטְּמֵאִים לְכֹל הַבָּתִּים אֲשֶׁר קִטְּרוּ עַל־גַּגֹּֽתֵיהֶם לְכֹל צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהַסֵּךְ נְסָכִים לֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִֽים
and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have offered unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offerings unto other gods.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 669,925Open in the laboratory →
מִפְּנֵי רָעָתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לְהַכְעִסֵנִי לָלֶכֶת לְקַטֵּר לַעֲבֹד לֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא יְדָעוּם הֵמָּה אַתֶּם וַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם
because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke Me, in that they went to offer, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 709,886Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
כסיל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as כסיל, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 120.
As a plain word it stands 28 times in the Tanakh, first at Psalms 49:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Kesiyl.
Questions
Is Chesil in the Torah codes?
4,981 sequences of כסיל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 5,140 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Chesil in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 23:25 — the shortest of 4,981 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 5,140.
What is the gematria of Chesil in Hebrew?
Chesil is spelled כסיל — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 120.
How many times is Chesil found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, כסיל appears 25,978 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.6% more than the 25,557 chance alone would give; the probability of 25,978 or more by chance alone is 0.0043.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 5,140 here) beside the count.