Biblical names

Chileab כלאב

Chileab (כלאב) is a person named in the Tanakh. Chileab appears 39,973 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.7% more than chance alone would give (about 39,302; probability 0.00037).

Found in the Torah
39,973
Chance alone
39,302
P (≥ found)
0.00037
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, כלאב appears 39,973 times in the Torah — 1.7% more than the 39,302 chance alone would give; the probability of 39,973 or more by chance alone is 0.00037.

The shortest skip at which כלאב appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 4:23, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), כלאב is found 400,817 times; chance alone would give about 409,523.

  • Genesis 9,801
  • Exodus 6,635
  • Leviticus 5,851
  • Numbers 6,756
  • Deuteronomy 10,930

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 4:23שמות ד:כגskip 2, forward

    וָאֹמַר אֵלֶיךָ שַׁלַּח אֶת־בְּנִי וְיַֽעַבְדֵנִי וַתְּמָאֵן לְשַׁלְּחוֹ הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי הֹרֵג אֶת־בִּנְךָ בְּכֹרֶֽךָ

    And I have said unto thee: Let My son go, that he may serve Me; and thou hast refused to let him go. ‘Behold, I will slay thy first-born.’

    כלאב at skip 2, forward from Exodus 4:23אמראלישחתניויעבדךלאב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 83,134Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 1:5במדבר א:הskip 2, forward

    וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת הָֽאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר יַֽעַמְדוּ אִתְּכֶם לִרְאוּבֵן אֱלִיצוּר בֶּן־שְׁדֵיאֽוּר

    And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur.

    כלאב at skip 2, forward from Numbers 1:5עמדואתםרוןאליצורכלאב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 186,636Open in the laboratory →

  3. Deuteronomy 11:2דברים יא:בskip 2, forward

    וִֽידַעְתֶּם הַיּוֹם כִּי לֹא אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָדְעוּ וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא־רָאוּ אֶת־מוּסַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֶת־גָּדְלוֹ אֶת־יָדוֹ הַחֲזָקָה וּזְרֹעוֹ הַנְּטוּיָֽה

    And know ye this day; for I speak not with your children that have not known, and that have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm,

    כלאב at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 11:2תםהיוםיאתניכםאשרכלאב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 268,624Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 30:33בראשית ל:לגskip 2, backward

    וְעָֽנְתָה־בִּי צִדְקָתִי בְּיוֹם מָחָר כִּֽי־תָבוֹא עַל־שְׂכָרִי לְפָנֶיךָ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־אֵינֶנּוּ נָקֹד וְטָלוּא בָּֽעִזִּים וְחוּם בַּכְּשָׂבִים גָּנוּב הוּא אִתִּֽי

    So shall my righteousness witness against me hereafter, when thou shalt come to look over my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and dark among the sheep, that if found with me shall be counted stolen.’

    כלאב at skip 2, backward from Genesis 30:33מחרכיתועשרילפניךכלאב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 42,999Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 38:16בראשית לח:טזskip 2, backward

    וַיֵּט אֵלֶיהָ אֶל־הַדֶּרֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽבָה־נָּא אָבוֹא אֵלַיִךְ כִּי לֹא יָדַע כִּי כַלָּתוֹ הִוא וַתֹּאמֶר מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִּי כִּי תָבוֹא אֵלָֽי

    And he turned unto her by the way, and said: ‘Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee’; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said: ‘What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?’

    כלאב at skip 2, backward from Genesis 38:16הבהנאאואיכילאידעךלאב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 56,740Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 152,008 sequences of כלאב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 151,504).

  • Genesis 9,801
  • Exodus 6,635
  • Leviticus 5,851
  • Numbers 6,756
  • Deuteronomy 11,391
  • Joshua 3,876
  • Judges 4,278
  • Samuel 14,884
  • Kings 15,358
  • Isaiah 7,194
  • Jeremiah 12,462
  • Ezekiel 9,472
  • The Twelve 6,127
  • Psalms 8,582
  • Proverbs 2,742
  • Job 3,519
  • Song of Songs 631
  • Ruth 516
  • Lamentations 727
  • Ecclesiastes 1,606
  • Esther 1,887
  • Daniel 3,595
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 3,738
  • Chronicles 10,380

Outside the Torah

  1. Jeremiah 30:13ירמיהו ל:יגskip 2, forward

    אֵֽין־דָּן דִּינֵךְ לְמָזוֹר רְפֻאוֹת תְּעָלָה אֵין לָֽךְ

    None deemeth of thy wound that it may be bound up; Thou hast no healing medicines.

    כלאב at skip 2, forward from Jeremiah 30:13להאיןלכמהיךשכחוךךלאב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 686,682Open in the laboratory →

  2. Ezekiel 16:36יחזקאל טז:לוskip 2, forward

    כֹּֽה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהֹוִה יַעַן הִשָּׁפֵךְ נְחֻשְׁתֵּךְ וַתִּגָּלֶה עֶרְוָתֵךְ בְּתַזְנוּתַיִךְ עַל־מְאַהֲבָיִךְ וְעַל כָּל־גִּלּוּלֵי תוֹעֲבוֹתַיִךְ וְכִדְמֵי בָנַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתְּ לָהֶֽם

    Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness uncovered through thy harlotries with thy lovers; and because of all the idols of thy abominations, and for the blood of thy children, that thou didst give unto them;

    כלאב at skip 2, forward from Ezekiel 16:36תזנותיעמהיךועלכלךלאב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 746,986Open in the laboratory →

  3. Job 31:30איוב לא:לskip 2, forward

    וְלֹא־נָתַתִּי לַחֲטֹא חִכִּי לִשְׁאֹל בְּאָלָה נַפְשֽׁוֹ

    Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse.

    כלאב at skip 2, forward from Job 31:30ילחטאחישלאלהנפשוכלאב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 986,307Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

כלאב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as כלאב, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 53.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 3:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Chileab in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, כלאב appears 39,973 times in the Torah — 1.7% more than the 39,302 chance alone would give; the probability of 39,973 or more by chance alone is 0.00037.

What is the shortest skip for Chileab in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 4:23 — the shortest of 39,973 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 39,302.

What is the gematria of Chileab in Hebrew?

Chileab is spelled כלאב — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 53.

How many times is Chileab found in the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 152,008 sequences of כלאב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 151,504).

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