Chofetz Chaim חפץ חיים
Chofetz Chaim (חפץ חיים): Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, Polish rabbi and author (1838–1933). חפץ (from Chofetz Chaim) appears 14,504 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 14,482 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah (חפץ)
- 14,504
- Chance alone
- 14,482
- P (≥ found)
- 0.43
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for חפץ, and חיים has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
14,504 sequences of חפץ at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 14,482 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which חפץ appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:20, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), חפץ is found 236,275 times; chance alone would give about 224,467.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 14,482 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 3,948
- Exodus 3,366
- Leviticus 1,994
- Numbers 3,392
- Deuteronomy 1,804
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל־הָאָרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי רְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 928Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ בְּהֵמָה וָרֶמֶשׂ וְחַֽיְתוֹ־אֶרֶץ לְמִינָהּ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,144Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה אֶל־אֹהֶל הָעֵדוּת וְהִנֵּה פָּרַח מַטֵּֽה־אַהֲרֹן לְבֵית לֵוִי וַיֹּצֵֽא פֶרַח וַיָּצֵֽץ צִיץ וַיִּגְמֹל שְׁקֵדִֽים
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 218,390Open in the laboratory →
כִּי יִקָּרֵא קַן־צִפּוֹר לְפָנֶיךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּכָל־עֵץ אוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ אֶפְרֹחִים אוֹ בֵיצִים וְהָאֵם רֹבֶצֶת עַל־הָֽאֶפְרֹחִים אוֹ עַל־הַבֵּיצִים לֹא־תִקַּח הָאֵם עַל־הַבָּנִֽים
If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 284,313Open in the laboratory →
וּשְׁמִידָע מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשְּׁמִידָעִי וְחֵפֶר מִשְׁפַּחַת הַֽחֶפְרִֽי
and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 232,446Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, חפץ appears 56,054 times in the whole Tanakh — 6.7% more than the 52,511 chance alone would give; the probability of 56,054 or more by chance alone is 4.4 × 10⁻⁵³.
- Genesis 3,948
- Exodus 3,366
- Leviticus 1,994
- Numbers 3,392
- Deuteronomy 1,889
- Joshua 1,809
- Judges 1,137
- Samuel 2,281
- Kings 2,580
- Isaiah 5,189
- Jeremiah 2,678
- Ezekiel 3,922
- The Twelve 2,731
- Psalms 5,952
- Proverbs 3,657
- Job 3,394
- Song of Songs 362
- Ruth 161
- Lamentations 336
- Ecclesiastes 397
- Esther 217
- Daniel 833
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,017
- Chronicles 2,812
Outside the Torah
הַסִּפִּים וְהַחַלּוֹנִים הָאֲטֻמוֹת וְהָאַתִּיקִים סָבִיב לִשְׁלָשְׁתָּם נֶגֶד הַסַּף שְׂחִיף עֵץ סָבִיב סָבִיב וְהָאָרֶץ עַד־הַֽחַלֹּנוֹת וְהַֽחַלֹּנוֹת מְכֻסּֽוֹת
the jambs, and the narrow windows, and the galleries, that they three had round about, over against the jambs there was a veneering of wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows; and the windows were covered;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 789,835Open in the laboratory →
מֵחֹרֶף עָצֵל לֹא־יַחֲרֹשׁ ישאל בַּקָּצִיר וָאָֽיִן
The sluggard will not plow when winter setteth in; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 953,343Open in the laboratory →
לִמְנַשֶּׁה הָיְתָה אֶרֶץ תַּפּוּחַ וְתַפּוּחַ אֶל־גְּבוּל מְנַשֶּׁה לִבְנֵי אֶפְרָֽיִם
The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 331,032Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חפץ חיים — the name in Hebrew letters: Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, Polish rabbi and author (1838–1933). Searched as חפץ, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 178.
As a plain word it stands 46 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 34:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- חיים — the name in Hebrew letters found 61,247 in the Torah (chance 61,825)
Questions
Is Chofetz Chaim in the Bible code?
14,504 sequences of חפץ at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 14,482 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Chofetz Chaim in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 1:20 — the shortest of 14,504 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 14,482.
What is the gematria of Chofetz Chaim in Hebrew?
Chofetz Chaim is spelled חפץ חיים — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 178; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Chofetz Chaim found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, חפץ appears 56,054 times in the whole Tanakh — 6.7% more than the 52,511 chance alone would give; the probability of 56,054 or more by chance alone is 4.4 × 10⁻⁵³.
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