Elika אליקא
Elika (אליקא) is a person named in the Tanakh. Elika appears 2,763 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 5.5% more than chance alone would give (about 2,620; probability 0.0029).
- Found in the Torah
- 2,763
- Chance alone
- 2,620
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0029
- 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, אליקא appears 2,763 times in the Torah — 5.5% more than the 2,620 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,763 or more by chance alone is 0.0029.
The shortest skip at which אליקא appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 42:4, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), אליקא is found 20,284 times; chance alone would give about 20,648.
- Genesis 1,028
- Exodus 466
- Leviticus 398
- Numbers 542
- Deuteronomy 329
The shortest skips
וְאֶת־בִּנְיָמִין אֲחִי יוֹסֵף לֹא־שָׁלַח יַעֲקֹב אֶת־אֶחָיו כִּי אָמַר פֶּן־יִקְרָאֶנּוּ אָסֽוֹן
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: ‘Lest peradventure harm befall him.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 63,138Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁאַל לָהֶם לְשָׁלוֹם וַיֹּאמֶר הֲשָׁלוֹם אֲבִיכֶם הַזָּקֵן אֲשֶׁר אֲמַרְתֶּם הַעוֹדֶנּוּ חָֽי
And he asked them of their welfare, and said: ‘Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?’
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 66,585Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּט מֹשֶׁה אֶת־מַטֵּהוּ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַֽיהוָה נִהַג רוּחַ קָדִים בָּאָרֶץ כָּל־הַיּוֹם הַהוּא וְכָל־הַלָּיְלָה הַבֹּקֶר הָיָה וְרוּחַ הַקָּדִים נָשָׂא אֶת־הָאַרְבֶּֽה
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 92,427Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא מֹשֶׁה לִֽיהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו לְעֵינֵי כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ כִּי אַתָּה תָּבוֹא אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַאֲבֹתָם לָתֵת לָהֶם וְאַתָּה תַּנְחִילֶנָּה אוֹתָֽם
And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel: ‘Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt go with this people into the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 298,773Open in the laboratory →
כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁאַלְתָּ מֵעִם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּחֹרֵב בְּיוֹם הַקָּהָל לֵאמֹר לֹא אֹסֵף לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי וְאֶת־הָאֵשׁ הַגְּדֹלָה הַזֹּאת לֹֽא־אֶרְאֶה עוֹד וְלֹא אָמֽוּת
according to all that thou didst desire of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying: ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.’
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 279,948Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 8,848 sequences of אליקא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 8,761).
- Genesis 1,028
- Exodus 466
- Leviticus 398
- Numbers 542
- Deuteronomy 358
- Joshua 193
- Judges 353
- Samuel 848
- Kings 861
- Isaiah 456
- Jeremiah 613
- Ezekiel 460
- The Twelve 382
- Psalms 374
- Proverbs 119
- Job 261
- Song of Songs 36
- Ruth 36
- Lamentations 42
- Ecclesiastes 68
- Esther 68
- Daniel 262
- Ezra–Nehemiah 203
- Chronicles 421
Outside the Torah
וְהַקְרִבוּ לַחֲנֻכַּת בֵּית־אֱלָהָא דְנָה תּוֹרִין מְאָה דִּכְרִין מָאתַיִן אִמְּרִין אַרְבַּע מְאָה וּצְפִירֵי עִזִּין לחטיא עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂר לְמִנְיָן שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,067,637Open in the laboratory →
כֵּן יֹאבְדוּ כָל־אוֹיְבֶיךָ יְהוָה וְאֹהֲבָיו כְּצֵאת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בִּגְבֻרָתוֹ וַתִּשְׁקֹט הָאָרֶץ אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָֽה
So perish all Thine enemies, O LORD; But they that love Him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 353,115Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־יֽוֹחָנָן בֶּן־קָרֵחַ וְאֶל כָּל־שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ וּלְכָל־הָעָם לְמִקָּטֹן וְעַד־גָּדֽוֹל
Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 707,694Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אליקא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אליקא, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 142.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 23:25. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Elika in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, אליקא appears 2,763 times in the Torah — 5.5% more than the 2,620 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,763 or more by chance alone is 0.0029.
What is the shortest skip for Elika in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 42:4 — the shortest of 2,763 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,620.
What is the gematria of Elika in Hebrew?
Elika is spelled אליקא — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 142.
How many times is Elika found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 8,848 sequences of אליקא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 8,761).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 2,620 here) beside the count.