Biblical names

Eliphal אליפל

Eliphal (אליפל) is a person named in the Tanakh. Counted across every skip (2–76,212), the Torah holds 17,045 sequences of Eliphal, the shortest at skip 4 (Genesis 43:18); chance alone would give about 16,845.

Found in the Torah · every skip
17,045
Chance alone · every skip
16,845
P (≥ found) · every skip
0.06
Shortest skip
4
Longest skip found
75,782

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 2,149 found · chance alone about 2,137 (probability of 2,149 or more by chance alone: 0.40).

In the Torah

Across every skip (2–76,212), אליפל appears 17,045 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 16,845, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — at Genesis 43:18, reading backward.

The longest skip at which אליפל was found in the Torah is 75,782 — at Deuteronomy 34:6, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

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

  • Genesis 4,795
  • Exodus 3,319
  • Leviticus 2,608
  • Numbers 3,269
  • Deuteronomy 3,054

Examples across the range

5 of the 17,045 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.

  1. shortest skipGenesis 43:18בראשית מג:יחskip 4, backward

    Letter by letter

    1. א ל י פ לGenesis 43:18

      … בַּתְּחִלָּה אֲנַחְנוּ מֽוּבָאִים לְהִתְגֹּלֵל עָלֵינוּ וּלְהִתְנַפֵּל עָלֵינוּ וְלָקַחַת אֹתָנוּ לַעֲבָדִים וְאֶת־חֲמֹרֵֽינוּ …

      And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said: ‘Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.’

    אליפל at skip 4, backward from Genesis 43:18םלהתגללעלינווהתנלעלנווקחתתנולעבדיםואתחמאליפל
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 66,115 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →

  2. a short skipDeuteronomy 12:20דברים יב:כskip 6, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. א ל י פ לDeuteronomy 12:20

      … אֶֽת־גְּבֽוּלְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר־לָךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ אֹכְלָה בָשָׂר כִּֽי־תְאַוֶּה נַפְשְׁךָ לֶאֱכֹל בָּשָׂר בְּכָל־אַוַּת נַפְשְׁךָ תֹּאכַל …

      When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as He hath promised thee, and thou shalt say: ‘I will eat flesh’, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

    אליפל at skip 6, forward from Deuteronomy 12:20היךאתגבולךכאשרדברלךומרתאכהבשרכתאוהנשךלאכבשרבכלאותנפשךתאכלבשרכאליפל
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 271,853 of the TorahOpen at skip 6 in the laboratory →

  3. a mid-range skipNumbers 6:12במדבר ו:יבskip 103, backward
    1. אNumbers 6:12

      וְהִזִּיר לַֽיהוָה אֶת־יְמֵי נִזְרוֹ וְהֵבִיא כֶּבֶשׂ בֶּן־שְׁנָתוֹ לְאָשָׁם וְהַיָּמִים …

      And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his Naziriteship, and shall bring a he-lamb of the first year for a guilt-offering; but the former days shall be void, because his consecration was defiled. .

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לNumbers 6:10

      … תֹרִים אוֹ שְׁנֵי בְּנֵי יוֹנָה אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן אֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד …

      And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.

    2. יNumbers 6:8

      כֹּל יְמֵי נִזְרוֹ קָדֹשׁ הוּא לַֽיהוָֽה

      All the days of his Naziriteship he is holy unto the LORD.

    3. פNumbers 6:5

      … יַזִּיר לַיהוָה קָדֹשׁ יִהְיֶה גַּדֵּל פֶּרַע שְׂעַר רֹאשֽׁוֹ

      All the days of his vow of Naziriteship there shall no razor come upon his head; until the days be fulfilled, in which he consecrateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.

    4. לNumbers 6:4

      כֹּל יְמֵי נִזְרוֹ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר יֵעָשֶׂה מִגֶּפֶן הַיַּיִן מֵחַרְצַנִּים וְעַד־זָג לֹא יֹאכֵֽל

      All the days of his Naziriteship shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the pressed grapes even to the grapestone.

    אליפל at skip 103, backward from Numbers 6:12נטמאההאשהוטהרההואונקתידאתהאשהלפנייקוקועשהלרתאלהםאישאואשהכייפלאלשיםלאיאכלכימינזרומכלקדשיהיהגדלרעשערראשוכזרוקדשהואלקוקוכיימותניבנייונהאהכהןאלפתחאמינזרווהביכבשבןשנתולאתקרבנוליקוקכבשבןשנתוותמשחיםבשמןומנחתםונסכמנחתוואתנסכווגלחהנזיראליפל
    skip 103, width 103 — one row is 103 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 197,547 of the TorahOpen at skip 103 in the laboratory →

  4. a mid-range skipExodus 17:7שמות יז:זskip 1,009, backward
    1. אExodus 17:7

      … רִיב בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל נַסֹּתָם אֶת־יְהוָה לֵאמֹר הֲיֵשׁ יְהוָה בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ …

      And the name of the place was called Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tried the LORD, saying: ‘Is the LORD among us, or not?’

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לExodus 16:25

      וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אִכְלֻהוּ הַיּוֹם כִּֽי־שַׁבָּת הַיּוֹם לַיהוָה הַיּוֹם לֹא תִמְצָאֻהוּ בַּשָּׂדֶֽה

      And Moses said: ‘Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto the LORD; to-day ye shall not find it in the field.

    2. יExodus 16:7

      … 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?’

    3. פExodus 15:19

      כִּי בָא סוּס פַּרְעֹה בְּרִכְבּוֹ וּבְפָרָשָׁיו בַּיָּם וַיָּשֶׁב יְהוָה …

      For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea.

    4. לExodus 14:27

      … יָדוֹ עַל־הַיָּם וַיָּשָׁב הַיָּם לִפְנוֹת בֹּקֶר לְאֵיתָנוֹ וּמִצְרַיִם נָסִים לִקְרָאתוֹ …

      And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

    אליפל at skip 1,009, backward from Exodus 17:7ציאמןהביתמןהבשרחוצהועיםמבכראדםועדבכורבהמהעאדויצעקובניישראלאליקוהיםוישבהיםפנותבקרלאיועדכיבאסוסרעהברכבוובהכיתלונועלנוויאמרמשהםכישבתהיוםיקוקהיוםלאראלועלנסתםתיקוקלאמרההאשרהצילאתהעםמתחתידמצלמארץמצריםביוםהזהבאומקולהשופרהולךוחזקמאדמשאליפל
    skip 1,009, width 1,009 — one row is 1,009 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 103,632 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,009 in the laboratory →

  5. the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 34:6דברים לד:וskip 75,782, backward
    1. אDeuteronomy 34:6

      וַיִּקְבֹּר אֹתוֹ בַגַּיְ בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב מוּל בֵּית פְּעוֹר וְלֹֽא …

      And he was buried in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor; and no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לNumbers 23:24

      הֶן־עָם כְּלָבִיא יָקוּם וְכַאֲרִי יִתְנַשָּׂא לֹא יִשְׁכַּב עַד־יֹאכַל טֶרֶף וְדַם־חֲלָלִים יִשְׁתֶּֽה

      Behold a people that riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up; He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

    2. יLeviticus 9:1

      וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי קָרָא מֹשֶׁה לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו וּלְזִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

      And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

    3. פGenesis 50:10

      … גֹּרֶן הָאָטָד אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־שָׁם מִסְפֵּד גָּדוֹל וְכָבֵד מְאֹד …

      And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they wailed with a very great and sore wailing; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

    4. לGenesis 1:27

      וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אֹתוֹ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אֹתָֽם

      And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.

    אליפל at skip 75,782, backward from Deuteronomy 34:6בצלמובצלםאהיםבראאתוזברהירדןויסדושםמספדגדקבידמשהויהביוםהשמיניפעלאלהןעםכביאיקוםוכאקבראתובגיברץמואבמולבאליפל
    skip 75,782, width 75,782 — one row is 75,782 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 304,486 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,782 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 276,675 sequences of אליפל across every skip (2–299,260), 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 274,117); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 5.4 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 8,838 found · chance alone about 9,082 (probability of 8,838 or more by chance alone: 0.99).

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

  • Genesis 19,853
  • Exodus 14,196
  • Leviticus 11,413
  • Numbers 14,931
  • Deuteronomy 14,290
  • Joshua 8,695
  • Judges 10,210
  • Samuel 26,258
  • Kings 25,896
  • Isaiah 13,995
  • Jeremiah 20,209
  • Ezekiel 17,175
  • The Twelve 12,597
  • Psalms 13,873
  • Proverbs 4,264
  • Job 6,697
  • Song of Songs 862
  • Ruth 1,273
  • Lamentations 1,048
  • Ecclesiastes 2,353
  • Esther 2,310
  • Daniel 6,262
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 7,628
  • Chronicles 20,387

Outside the Torah

  1. shortest skip outside the TorahRuth 3:13רות ג:יגskip 2, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. א ל י פ לRuth 3:13

      … בַבֹּקֶר אִם־יִגְאָלֵךְ טוֹב יִגְאָל וְאִם־לֹא יַחְפֹּץ לְגָֽאֳלֵךְ וּגְאַלְתִּיךְ אָנֹכִי חַי־יְהוָה שִׁכְבִי …

      Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part; but if he be not willing to do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth; lie down until the morning.’

    אליפל at skip 2, forward from Ruth 3:13ביגאלוםאחץגאלךוגאאליפל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,004,354 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skipPsalms 4:9תהלים ד:טskip 101, forward
    1. אPsalms 4:9

      בְּשָׁלוֹם יַחְדָּו אֶשְׁכְּבָה וְאִישָׁן כִּֽי־אַתָּה יְהוָה לְבָדָד לָבֶטַח תּוֹשִׁיבֵֽנִי

      In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for Thou, LORD, makest me dwell alone in safety.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לPsalms 5:3

      הַקְשִׁיבָה לְקוֹל שַׁוְעִי מַלְכִּי וֵאלֹהָי כִּֽי־אֵלֶיךָ אֶתְפַּלָּֽל

      Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto Thee do I pray.

    2. יPsalms 5:7

      תְּאַבֵּד דֹּבְרֵי כָזָב אִישׁ־דָּמִים וּמִרְמָה יְתָעֵב יְהוָֽה

      Thou destroyest them that speak falsehood; The LORD abhorreth the man of blood and of deceit.

    3. פPsalms 5:10

      כִּי אֵין בְּפִיהוּ נְכוֹנָה קִרְבָּם הַוּוֹת קֶֽבֶר־פָּתוּחַ גְּרוֹנָם לְשׁוֹנָם יַחֲלִֽיקוּן

      For there is no sincerity in their mouth; Their inward part is a yawning gulf, Their throat is an open sepulchre; They make smooth their tongue.

    4. לPsalms 5:12

      וְיִשְׂמְחוּ כָל־חוֹסֵי בָךְ לְעוֹלָם יְרַנֵּנוּ וְתָסֵךְ עָלֵימוֹ וְֽיַעְלְצוּ בְךָ אֹהֲבֵי שְׁמֶֽךָ

      So shall all those that take refuge in Thee rejoice, They shall ever shout for joy, And Thou shalt shelter them; Let them also that love Thy name exult in Thee.

    אליפל at skip 101, forward from Psalms 4:9שברתליקוקהישועהעלעמךבודילכלמהתאהבוןריקתבקשהזבחוזבחיצדקובטחואליקכבהואישןכיתהיקוקלבדדכיאליךאתפליקוקבקרתשמבדדבריכזבאשדמיםומרמהדרכךכיאיןביהונכונהקרחוכלחוסיבךעולםירננוולדודיקוקאלבאפךתוכיחנייקוקחלצהנפשיהושיענילמעיניעתקהבכלצורריסורומאליפל
    skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 859,815 of the TanakhOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →

  3. longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:8דברי הימים ב לו:חskip 298,091, backward
    1. א2 Chronicles 36:8

      … הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וִֽיהוּדָה וַיִּמְלֹךְ יְהוֹיָכִין בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו …

      Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. .

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לPsalms 76:7

      מִגַּעֲרָתְךָ אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב נִרְדָּם וְרֶכֶב וָסֽוּס

      At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, They are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses.

    2. יIsaiah 26:19

      … כִּי טַל אוֹרֹת טַלֶּךָ וָאָרֶץ רְפָאִים תַּפִּֽיל

      Thy dead shall live, my dead bodies shall arise— Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust— For Thy dew is as the dew of light, And the earth shall bring to life the shades.

    3. פDeuteronomy 32:27

      … יֹֽאמְרוּ יָדֵינוּ רָמָה וְלֹא יְהוָה פָּעַל כָּל־זֹֽאת

      Were it not that I dreaded the enemy’s provocation, Lest their adversaries should misdeem, Lest they should say: Our hand is exalted, And not the LORD hath wrought all this.’

    4. לGenesis 3:14

      וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶֽל־הַנָּחָשׁ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת …

      And the LORD God said unto the serpent: ‘Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

    אליפל at skip 298,091, backward from 2 Chronicles 36:8ויאמריקוקאהיםאלהנחשכרמהולאיקוקעלכלזאתכיגטלךוארץרפאםתפיללךעמייהםמגערתךאהייעקבנרדםספרמלכיישרלויהודהוימאליפל
    skip 298,091, width 298,091 — one row is 298,091 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 1,195,947 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,091 in the laboratory →

The spelling

אליפל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אליפל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 151.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 11:35. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Eliphal in the Torah codes?

Across every skip (2–76,212), אליפל appears 17,045 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 16,845, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Eliphal in the Torah?

Skip 4, reading backward from Genesis 43:18 — the shortest of 17,045 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 16,845.

How is Eliphal spelled in Hebrew?

Eliphal is spelled אליפל — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 151.

Is Eliphal in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 276,675 sequences of אליפל across every skip (2–299,260), 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 274,117); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 5.4 × 10⁻⁷ 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 16,845 across every skip (2–76,212) here) beside the count.

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