Elam עילם
Elam (עילם) is a person named in the Tanakh. Elam appears 664,664 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 689,095 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 664,664
- Chance alone · every skip
- 689,095
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,569
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: 65,990 found · chance alone about 66,133 (probability of 65,990 or more by chance alone: 0.71).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 664,664 sequences of עילם across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 689,095).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 28:6, reading forward.
The longest skip at which עילם was found in the Torah is 101,569 — at Genesis 1:2, 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 180,601
- Exodus 147,712
- Leviticus 86,023
- Numbers 133,439
- Deuteronomy 116,889
Examples across the range
5 of the 664,664 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.
Letter by letter
- ע י ל מGenesis 28:6
… מִשָּׁם אִשָּׁה בְּבָרֲכוֹ אֹתוֹ וַיְצַו עָלָיו לֵאמֹר לֹֽא־תִקַּח אִשָּׁה מִבְּנוֹת כְּנָֽעַן …
Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying: ‘Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan’;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 38,931 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ע י ל מGenesis 28:6
Letter by letter
- ע י ל מGenesis 41:15
… וּפֹתֵר אֵין אֹתוֹ וַאֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי עָלֶיךָ לֵאמֹר תִּשְׁמַע חֲלוֹם לִפְתֹּר אֹתֽוֹ …
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it; and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 60,810 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ע י ל מGenesis 41:15
- עExodus 12:28
וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן כֵּן עָשֽׂוּ
And the children of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יExodus 12:29
… הַיֹּשֵׁב עַל־כִּסְאוֹ עַד בְּכוֹר הַשְּׁבִי אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵית הַבּוֹר וְכֹל בְּכוֹר …
And it came to pass at midnight, that the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle.
- לExodus 12:31
וַיִּקְרָא לְמֹשֶׁה וּֽלְאַהֲרֹן לַיְלָה וַיֹּאמֶר קוּמוּ צְּאוּ מִתּוֹךְ …
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night and said: ‘Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
- םExodus 12:32
גַּם־צֹאנְכֶם גַּם־בְּקַרְכֶם קְחוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתֶּם וָלֵכוּ וּבֵֽרַכְתֶּם גַּם־אֹתִֽי
Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.’
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 95,625 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- עExodus 12:28
- עLeviticus 14:28
… מִן־הַשֶּׁמֶן אֲשֶׁר עַל־כַּפּוֹ עַל־תְּנוּךְ אֹזֶן הַמִּטַּהֵר הַיְמָנִית וְעַל …
And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the guilt-offering.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יLeviticus 14:47
וְהַשֹּׁכֵב בַּבַּיִת יְכַבֵּס אֶת־בְּגָדָיו וְהָאֹכֵל בַּבַּיִת יְכַבֵּס אֶת־בְּגָדָֽיו
And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
- לLeviticus 15:13
וְכִֽי־יִטְהַר הַזָּב מִזּוֹבוֹ וְסָפַר לוֹ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים לְטָהֳרָתוֹ וְכִבֶּס בְּגָדָיו …
And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
- םLeviticus 15:31
וְהִזַּרְתֶּם אֶת־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִטֻּמְאָתָם וְלֹא יָמֻתוּ בְּטֻמְאָתָם בְּטַמְּאָם אֶת־מִשְׁכָּנִי אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹכָֽם
Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile My tabernacle that is in the midst of them.
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 down the middle column. letter 162,854 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- עLeviticus 14:28
- עGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יExodus 16:8
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה בְּתֵת יְהוָה לָכֶם בָּעֶרֶב …
And Moses said: ‘This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.’
- לNumbers 8:16
… רֶחֶם בְּכוֹר כֹּל מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָקַחְתִּי אֹתָם לִֽי
For they are wholly given unto Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto Me.
- םDeuteronomy 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 101,569, width 101,569 — one row is 101,569 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 49 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,569 in the laboratory →
- עGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 12,640,109 sequences of עילם across every skip (2–399,013), 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 12,554,760); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.3 × 10⁻¹²⁸ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 312,476 found · chance alone about 312,612 (probability of 312,476 or more by chance alone: 0.60).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 725,930
- Exodus 664,721
- Leviticus 403,943
- Numbers 621,306
- Deuteronomy 522,989
- Joshua 451,889
- Judges 418,578
- Samuel 939,316
- Kings 1,012,417
- Isaiah 747,994
- Jeremiah 854,833
- Ezekiel 752,213
- The Twelve 609,380
- Psalms 911,851
- Proverbs 324,484
- Job 413,177
- Song of Songs 53,869
- Ruth 57,784
- Lamentations 63,892
- Ecclesiastes 135,449
- Esther 116,593
- Daniel 263,882
- Ezra–Nehemiah 452,467
- Chronicles 1,121,152
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ע י ל םJoshua 22:6
וַֽיְבָרְכֵם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵם וַיֵּלְכוּ אֶל־אָהֳלֵיהֶֽם
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 338,808 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ע י ל םJoshua 22:6
- עJudges 3:16
וַיַּעַשׂ לוֹ אֵהוּד חֶרֶב וְלָהּ שְׁנֵי …
And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יJudges 3:18
וַֽיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלָּה לְהַקְרִיב אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הָעָם נֹשְׂאֵי הַמִּנְחָֽה
And when he had made an end of offering the present, he sent away the people that bore the present.
- לJudges 3:19
… אֵלֶיךָ הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר הָס וַיֵּֽצְאוּ מֵֽעָלָיו כָּל־הָעֹמְדִים עָלָֽיו
But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said: ‘I have a secret errand unto thee, O king.’ And he said: ‘Keep silence.’ And all that stood by him went out from him.
- מJudges 3:21
וַיִּשְׁלַח אֵהוּד אֶת־יַד שְׂמֹאלוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הַחֶרֶב מֵעַל יֶרֶךְ יְמִינוֹ וַיִּתְקָעֶהָ בְּבִטְנֽוֹ
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
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 349,142 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- עJudges 3:16
- ע2 Chronicles 36:23
… מִכָּל־עַמּוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וְיָֽעַל
’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
- יEzekiel 46:21
וַיּוֹצִיאֵנִי אֶל־הֶֽחָצֵר הַחִיצֹנָה וַיַּעֲבִירֵנִי אֶל־אַרְבַּעַת מִקְצוֹעֵי הֶחָצֵר וְהִנֵּה …
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
- ל1 Samuel 11:14
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־הָעָם לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה הַגִּלְגָּל וּנְחַדֵּשׁ שָׁם הַמְּלוּכָֽה
Then said Samuel to the people: ‘Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.’
- םGenesis 1:10
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.
skip 398,878, width 398,878 — one row is 398,878 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,197,041 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,878 in the laboratory →
- ע2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
עילם — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עילם, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 150.
As a plain word it stands 20 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:22. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Elam appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 664,664 sequences of עילם across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 689,095).
What is the shortest skip for Elam in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 28:6 — the shortest of 664,664 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 689,095.
How is Elam spelled in Hebrew?
Elam is spelled עילם — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 150.
Is Elam in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 12,640,109 sequences of עילם across every skip (2–399,013), 0.7% above what chance alone gives (about 12,554,760); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.3 × 10⁻¹²⁸ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 689,095 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.