Curse קללה

Curse is written קללה in Hebrew. Counted across every skip (2–101,616), the Torah holds 216,017 sequences of Curse, the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 16:19); chance alone would give about 219,806.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 216,017
Chance alone · every skip: 219,806
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.00
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 101,383

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 21,831 found · chance alone about 21,095 (probability of 21,831 or more by chance alone: 2.4 × 10⁻⁷).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–101,616), קללה appears 216,017 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 219,806, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which קללה appears in the Torah is 2 — at Numbers 16:19, reading forward.

The longest skip at which קללה was found in the Torah is 101,383 — at Genesis 1:13, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 57,133
Exodus 41,965
Leviticus 36,260
Numbers 47,794
Deuteronomy 32,865

Examples across the range

5 of the 216,017 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.

the shortest skip, forwardNumbers 16:19במדבר טז:יטskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ק ל ל הNumbers 16:19
  וַיַּקְהֵל עֲלֵיהֶם קֹרַח אֶת־כָּל־הָעֵדָה אֶל …
  And Korah assembled all the congregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting; and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 216,321 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
the shortest skip, backwardLeviticus 6:15ויקרא ו:טוskip 2, backward
Letter by letter
1. ק ל ל הLeviticus 6:15
  וְהַכֹּהֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ תַּחְתָּיו מִבָּנָיו יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָהּ חָק־עוֹלָם לַיהוָה כָּלִיל תָּקְטָֽר
  And the anointed priest that shall be in his stead from among his sons shall offer it, it is a due for ever; it shall be wholly made to smoke unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 148,634 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 5:24ויקרא ה:כדskip 100, forward
1. קLeviticus 5:24
  אוֹ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יִשָּׁבַע עָלָיו לַשֶּׁקֶר וְשִׁלַּם אֹתוֹ בְּרֹאשׁוֹ וַחֲמִשִׁתָיו יֹסֵף …
  or any thing about which he hath sworn falsely, he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the fifth part more thereto; unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, in the day of his being guilty.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. לLeviticus 5:26
  וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו הַכֹּהֵן לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְנִסְלַח לוֹ עַל־אַחַת מִכֹּל אֲשֶֽׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה לְאַשְׁמָה בָֽהּ
  And the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he shall be forgiven, concerning whatsoever he doeth so as to be guilty thereby.
2. לLeviticus 6:2
  … זֹאת תּוֹרַת הָעֹלָה הִוא הָעֹלָה עַל מוֹקְדָה עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כָּל־הַלַּיְלָה …
  Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the burnt-offering: it is that which goeth up on its firewood upon the altar all night unto the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning thereby.
3. הLeviticus 6:3
  … תֹּאכַל הָאֵשׁ אֶת־הָעֹלָה עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְשָׂמוֹ אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
  And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh; and he shall take up the ashes whereto the fire hath consumed the burnt-offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
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 147,679 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipDeuteronomy 31:23דברים לא:כגskip 1,000, backward
1. קDeuteronomy 31:23
  … אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן וַיֹּאמֶר חֲזַק וֶֽאֱמָץ כִּי אַתָּה תָּבִיא אֶת …
  And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said: ‘Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore unto them; and I will be with thee.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. לDeuteronomy 31:11
  בְּבוֹא כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵרָאוֹת אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ …
  when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
2. לDeuteronomy 30:16
  … אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָלֶכֶת בִּדְרָכָיו וְלִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתָיו וְחֻקֹּתָיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו וְחָיִיתָ וְרָבִיתָ …
  in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances; then thou shalt live and multiply, and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
3. הDeuteronomy 29:27
  וַיִּתְּשֵׁם יְהוָה מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם בְּאַף וּבְחֵמָה וּבְקֶצֶף גָּדוֹל וַיַּשְׁלִכֵם אֶל־אֶרֶץ אַחֶרֶת כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
  and the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day’.—
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 up the middle column.
letter 300,039 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 1:13בראשית א:יגskip 101,383, forward
1. קGenesis 1:13
  וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שְׁלִישִֽׁי
  And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. לExodus 16:13
  וַיְהִי בָעֶרֶב וַתַּעַל הַשְּׂלָו וַתְּכַס אֶת־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וּבַבֹּקֶר הָֽיְתָה שִׁכְבַת הַטַּל סָבִיב לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
  And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the camp.
2. לNumbers 8:19
  … בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וּלְכַפֵּר עַל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא יִהְיֶה בִּבְנֵי …
  And I have given the Levites— they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel…
3. הDeuteronomy 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;
skip 101,383, width 101,383 — one row is 101,383 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 595 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,383 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–399,013), קללה appears 3,014,101 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.1% more than the 3,010,490 chance alone would give; the probability of 3,014,101 or more by chance alone is 0.02.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 74,679 found · chance alone about 74,961 (probability of 74,679 or more by chance alone: 0.85).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 236,532
Exodus 172,430
Leviticus 149,619
Numbers 189,144
Deuteronomy 124,288
Joshua 82,804
Judges 89,733
Samuel 200,899
Kings 227,816
Isaiah 215,097
Jeremiah 205,609
Ezekiel 166,224
The Twelve 146,697
Psalms 200,482
Proverbs 91,329
Job 92,339
Song of Songs 11,446
Ruth 14,881
Lamentations 15,157
Ecclesiastes 24,271
Esther 19,192
Daniel 70,353
Ezra–Nehemiah 72,712
Chronicles 195,047

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahJoshua 7:10יהושע ז:יskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ק ל ל הJoshua 7:10
  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ קֻם לָךְ לָמָּה זֶּה אַתָּה נֹפֵל עַל־פָּנֶֽיךָ
  And the LORD said unto Joshua: ‘Get thee up; wherefore, now, art thou fallen upon thy face?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 314,029 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipJudges 20:33שופטים כ:לגskip 100, forward
1. קJudges 20:33
  וְכֹל אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל קָמוּ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ וַיַּעַרְכוּ בְּבַעַל תָּמָר וְאֹרֵב יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵגִיחַ מִמְּקֹמוֹ מִמַּֽעֲרֵה־גָֽבַע
  And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar; and the liers-in-wait of Israel broke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. לJudges 20:34
  … מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהַמִּלְחָמָה כָּבֵדָה וְהֵם לֹא יָדְעוּ כִּֽי־נֹגַעַת עֲלֵיהֶם הָרָעָֽה …
  And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they knew not that evil was close upon them.
2. לJudges 20:35
  … אֶלֶף וּמֵאָה אִישׁ כָּל־אֵלֶּה שֹׁלֵף חָֽרֶב
  And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men; all these drew the sword.
3. הJudges 20:37
  וְהָאֹרֵב הֵחִישׁוּ וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ אֶל־הַגִּבְעָה וַיִּמְשֹׁךְ הָאֹרֵב וַיַּךְ אֶת־כָּל־הָעִיר לְפִי־חָֽרֶב
  And the liers-in-wait hastened, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew forth, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
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 381,092 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:23דברי הימים ב לו:כגskip 398,733, backward
1. ק2 Chronicles 36:23
  … לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם …
  ’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 3 letters
1. לEzekiel 46:22
  בְּאַרְבַּעַת מִקְצֹעוֹת הֶֽחָצֵר חֲצֵרוֹת קְטֻרוֹת אַרְבָּעִים אֹרֶךְ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים רֹחַב מִדָּה אַחַת לְאַרְבַּעְתָּם מְׄהֻׄקְׄצָׄעֽׄוֹׄתׄ
  In the four corners of the court there were courts inclosed, forty cubits long and thirty broad; these four in the corners were of one measure.
2. ל1 Samuel 12:2
  … וּבָנַי הִנָּם אִתְּכֶם וַאֲנִי הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי לִפְנֵיכֶם מִנְּעֻרַי עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
  And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.
3. הGenesis 1:16
  … הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּטֹן לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַלַּיְלָה וְאֵת הַכּוֹכָבִֽים
  And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
skip 398,733, width 398,733 — one row is 398,733 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,985 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,733 in the laboratory →

The spelling

קללה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קללה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 165.

As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 27:12. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

“curse” in Hebrew

Questions

Is Curse in the Bible code?

Across every skip (2–101,616), קללה appears 216,017 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 219,806, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Curse in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 16:19 — the shortest of 216,017 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 219,806.

What is the gematria of Curse in Hebrew?

Curse is spelled קללה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 165.

How many times is Curse found in the whole Tanakh?

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