Elena אלנה
Elena is a first name, written אלנה in Hebrew (female given name). In the Torah codes, Elena is found 836,132 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 29:25) — 0.8% above the 829,661 chance alone would give (probability of 836,132 or more by chance alone: 6.5 × 10⁻¹³).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 836,132
- Chance alone · every skip
- 829,661
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 6.5 × 10⁻¹³
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,567
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: 78,782 found · chance alone about 79,623 (probability of 78,782 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 836,132 sequences of אלנה across every skip (2–101,616), 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 829,661); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.5 × 10⁻¹³ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 29:25, reading forward.
The longest skip at which אלנה was found in the Torah is 101,567 — at Deuteronomy 34:10, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 227,219
- Exodus 158,047
- Leviticus 126,374
- Numbers 167,241
- Deuteronomy 157,251
Examples across the range
5 of the 836,132 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
- א ל ן הGenesis 29:25
… בַבֹּקֶר וְהִנֵּה־הִוא לֵאָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־לָבָן מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לִּי הֲלֹא בְרָחֵל …
And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban: ‘What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 40,961 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ל ן הGenesis 29:25
- א ל ןGenesis 30:40
… עֲדָרִים לְבַדּוֹ וְלֹא שָׁתָם עַל־צֹאן לָבָֽן
And Jacob separated the lambs—he also set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the dark in the flock of Laban— and put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban’s flock.
Letter by letter: the other 1 letter
- הGenesis 30:41
וְהָיָה בְּכָל־יַחֵם הַצֹּאן הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹת וְשָׂם יַעֲקֹב אֶת־הַמַּקְלוֹת לְעֵינֵי הַצֹּאן בָּרֳהָטִים לְיַחְמֵנָּה בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 43,457 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ל ןGenesis 30:40
- אExodus 6:22
וּבְנֵי עֻזִּיאֵל מִֽישָׁאֵל וְאֶלְצָפָן וְסִתְרִֽי
And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- לExodus 6:24
וּבְנֵי קֹרַח אַסִּיר וְאֶלְקָנָה וַאֲבִיאָסָף אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַקָּרְחִֽי
And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
- ןExodus 6:26
הוּא אַהֲרֹן וּמֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יְהוָה לָהֶם …
These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said: ‘Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.’
- הExodus 6:27
הֵם הַֽמְדַבְּרִים אֶל־פַּרְעֹה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם לְהוֹצִיא אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָיִם הוּא מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹֽן
These are they that spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.
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 85,905 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אExodus 6:22
- אLeviticus 13:53
וְאִם יִרְאֶה הַכֹּהֵן וְהִנֵּה לֹא־פָשָׂה הַנֶּגַע …
And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- לLeviticus 14:10
… תְּמִימָה וּשְׁלֹשָׁה עֶשְׂרֹנִים סֹלֶת מִנְחָה בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן וְלֹג אֶחָד שָֽׁמֶן
And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
- נLeviticus 14:27
וְהִזָּה הַכֹּהֵן בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ הַיְמָנִית מִן־הַשֶּׁמֶן אֲשֶׁר עַל־כַּפּוֹ הַשְּׂמָאלִית שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD.
- הLeviticus 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.
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 160,826 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- אLeviticus 13:53
- אDeuteronomy 34:10
וְלֹֽא־קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר יְדָעוֹ יְהוָה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִֽים
And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- לNumbers 8:16
… מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תַּחַת פִּטְרַת כָּל־רֶחֶם בְּכוֹר כֹּל מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל …
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.
- נExodus 16:7
… בְּשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם עַל־יְהוָה וְנַחְנוּ מָה כִּי תלונו עָלֵֽינוּ
and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that He hath heard your murmurings against the LORD; and what are we, that ye murmur against us?’
- הGenesis 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.
skip 101,567, width 101,567 — one row is 101,567 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,735 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,567 in the laboratory →
- אDeuteronomy 34:10
Across the Tanakh
10,826,825 sequences of אלנה across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 11,040,935 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 272,521 found · chance alone about 274,918 (probability of 272,521 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 844,743
- Exodus 590,963
- Leviticus 460,071
- Numbers 600,179
- Deuteronomy 564,040
- Joshua 343,249
- Judges 390,367
- Samuel 1,007,951
- Kings 996,205
- Isaiah 535,335
- Jeremiah 768,497
- Ezekiel 659,858
- The Twelve 479,543
- Psalms 527,922
- Proverbs 170,733
- Job 278,894
- Song of Songs 31,937
- Ruth 49,080
- Lamentations 41,369
- Ecclesiastes 93,015
- Esther 91,761
- Daniel 237,236
- Ezra–Nehemiah 289,807
- Chronicles 774,070
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- א ל נ הJoshua 8:10
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּפְקֹד אֶת־הָעָם וַיַּעַל הוּא וְזִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי הָעָם הָעָֽי
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,917 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ל נ הJoshua 8:10
- אJudges 8:17
וְאֶת־מִגְדַּל פְּנוּאֵל נָתָץ וַֽיַּהֲרֹג אֶת־אַנְשֵׁי הָעִֽיר
And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- לJudges 8:19
וַיֹּאמַר אַחַי בְּנֵֽי־אִמִּי הֵם חַי־יְהוָה לוּ הַחֲיִתֶם אוֹתָם לֹא הָרַגְתִּי אֶתְכֶֽם
And he said: ‘They were my brethren, the sons of my mother; as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.’
- נJudges 8:21
… זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע קוּם אַתָּה וּפְגַע־בָּנוּ כִּי כָאִישׁ גְּבוּרָתוֹ וַיָּקָם גִּדְעוֹן …
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said: ‘Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength.’ And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’necks.
- הJudges 8:22
… אֶל־גִּדְעוֹן מְשָׁל־בָּנוּ גַּם־אַתָּה גַּם־בִּנְךָ גַּם בֶּן־בְּנֶךָ …
Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon: ‘Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Midian.’
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 358,750 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אJudges 8:17
- א2 Chronicles 36:23
… נָתַן לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת …
’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
- 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.
- נ1 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.
- הGenesis 1:16
… 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 398,731, width 398,731 — one row is 398,731 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,983 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,731 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
אלנה — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as אלנה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 86.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- הלנה — the name in Hebrew letters Torah · every skip: 867,640 (chance 860,168)
Questions
Is Elena in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 836,132 sequences of אלנה across every skip (2–101,616), 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 829,661); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.5 × 10⁻¹³ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Elena in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 29:25 — the shortest of 836,132 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 829,661.
How is Elena spelled in Hebrew?
Elena is spelled אלנה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 86; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Elena in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
10,826,825 sequences of אלנה across every skip (2–399,013) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 11,040,935 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 829,661 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.