Elah אלה
Elah (אלה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,727,369 sequences of Elah, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 3:17); chance alone would give about 1,732,782.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,727,369
- Chance alone
- 1,732,782
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- 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, אלה appears 1,727,369 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,732,782, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which אלה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 3:17, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), אלה is found 26,595,411 times; chance alone would give about 26,857,369.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,732,782 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 404,480
- Exodus 341,109
- Leviticus 285,357
- Numbers 353,027
- Deuteronomy 343,396
The shortest skips
וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְתָּ לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָֽאֲדָמָה בַּֽעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּֽאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ
And unto Adam He said: ‘Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,856Open in the laboratory →
וְצִלָּה גַם־הִוא יָֽלְדָה אֶת־תּוּבַל קַיִן לֹטֵשׁ כָּל־חֹרֵשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל וַֽאֲחוֹת תּֽוּבַל־קַיִן נַֽעֲמָֽה
And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,168Open in the laboratory →
בִּלְעָדַי רַק אֲשֶׁר אָֽכְלוּ הַנְּעָרִים וְחֵלֶק הָֽאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הָלְכוּ אִתִּי עָנֵר אֶשְׁכֹּל וּמַמְרֵא הֵם יִקְחוּ חֶלְקָֽם
save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,269Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם לֹא יָלְדָה לוֹ וְלָהּ שִׁפְחָה מִצְרִית וּשְׁמָהּ הָגָֽר
Now Sarai Abram’s wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 18,294Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר שׁוֹב אָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ כָּעֵת חַיָּה וְהִנֵּה־בֵן לְשָׂרָה אִשְׁתֶּךָ וְשָׂרָה שֹׁמַעַת פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל וְהוּא אַחֲרָֽיו
And He said: ‘I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.’ And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,974Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, אלה appears 6,010,162 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 5,985,887 chance alone would give; the probability of 6,010,162 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻²³.
- Genesis 404,480
- Exodus 341,109
- Leviticus 285,357
- Numbers 353,027
- Deuteronomy 357,055
- Joshua 203,682
- Judges 207,003
- Samuel 578,226
- Kings 588,805
- Isaiah 252,655
- Jeremiah 499,010
- Ezekiel 353,302
- The Twelve 268,488
- Psalms 238,639
- Proverbs 60,038
- Job 92,645
- Song of Songs 13,125
- Ruth 24,020
- Lamentations 23,253
- Ecclesiastes 56,152
- Esther 56,195
- Daniel 127,223
- Ezra–Nehemiah 157,307
- Chronicles 469,366
Outside the Torah
וְהֵמָּה טֶרֶם יִשְׁכָּבוּן וְהִיא עָלְתָה עֲלֵיהֶם עַל־הַגָּֽג
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,496Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בִּנְסֹעַ הָעָם מֵאָהֳלֵיהֶם לַעֲבֹר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן וְהַכֹּהֲנִים נֹֽשְׂאֵי הָאָרוֹן הַבְּרִית לִפְנֵי הָעָֽם
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bore the ark of the covenant being before the people;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,477Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא אֲלֵיהֶם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ פִּתְאֹם כָּל־הַלַּיְלָה עָלָה מִן־הַגִּלְגָּֽל
Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly; for he went up from Gilgal all the night.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 319,991Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אלה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אלה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 36.
As a plain word it stands 370 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 2:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Ella, Ela.
Questions
Is Elah in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, אלה appears 1,727,369 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,732,782, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Elah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 3:17 — the shortest of 1,727,369 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,732,782.
What is the gematria of Elah in Hebrew?
Elah is spelled אלה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 36.
How many times is Elah found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, אלה appears 6,010,162 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 5,985,887 chance alone would give; the probability of 6,010,162 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻²³.
Search it yourself
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