Elpaal אלפעל
Elpaal (אלפעל) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Elpaal is found 771 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 8 (Leviticus 8:31) — about what chance alone gives (about 762).
- Found in the Torah
- 771
- Chance alone
- 762
- P (≥ found)
- 0.38
- Shortest skip
- 8
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 771 sequences of אלפעל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 762).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 8 — the first at Leviticus 8:31, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 6,355 sequences of אלפעל, against about 6,005 from chance alone.
- Genesis 185
- Exodus 145
- Leviticus 119
- Numbers 209
- Deuteronomy 113
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל־בָּנָיו בַּשְּׁלוּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְשָׁם תֹּאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־הַלֶּחֶם אֲשֶׁר בְּסַל הַמִּלֻּאִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוֵּיתִי לֵאמֹר אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ
And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons: ‘Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting; and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying: Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 152,609Open in the laboratory →
לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לָהֶם וְלֹא תָעָבְדֵם כִּי אָֽנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵל קַנָּא פֹּקֵד עֲוֺן אָבֹת עַל־בָּנִים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִים לְשֹׂנְאָֽי
thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 107,162Open in the laboratory →
לֹא תֹאכְלוּ עַל־הַדָּם לֹא תְנַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא תְעוֹנֵֽנוּ
Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying.
skip 22, width 22 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 171,414Open in the laboratory →
לֹֽא תַֽעֲשֶׂה־לְךָ פֶסֶל וְכָל־תְּמוּנָה אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל וַאֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ מִתָּחַת וַאֲשֶׁר בַּמַּיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָֽרֶץ
Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
skip 27, width 27 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 107,126Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַהֲרֹן אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בִּי אֲדֹנִי אַל־נָא תָשֵׁת עָלֵינוּ חַטָּאת אֲשֶׁר נוֹאַלְנוּ וַאֲשֶׁר חָטָֽאנוּ
And Aaron said unto Moses: ‘Oh my lord, lay not, I pray thee, sin upon us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned.
skip 31, width 31 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 209,251Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
2,975 sequences of אלפעל at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,952 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 185
- Exodus 145
- Leviticus 119
- Numbers 209
- Deuteronomy 122
- Joshua 93
- Judges 117
- Samuel 278
- Kings 232
- Isaiah 154
- Jeremiah 159
- Ezekiel 171
- The Twelve 127
- Psalms 195
- Proverbs 65
- Job 143
- Song of Songs 9
- Ruth 20
- Lamentations 11
- Ecclesiastes 20
- Esther 16
- Daniel 77
- Ezra–Nehemiah 81
- Chronicles 227
Outside the Torah
מִֽי־יָקוּם לִי עִם־מְרֵעִים מִֽי־יִתְיַצֵּב לִי עִם־פֹּעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 909,181Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁמֹר לְעַבְדְּךָ דָוִד אָבִי אֵת אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ לּוֹ לֵאמֹר לֹא־יִכָּרֵת לְךָ אִישׁ מִלְּפָנַי יֹשֵׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא יִשְׂרָאֵל רַק אִם־יִשְׁמְרוּ בָנֶיךָ אֶת־דַּרְכָּם לָלֶכֶת לְפָנַי כַּאֲשֶׁר הָלַכְתָּ לְפָנָֽי
Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Thy servant David my father that which Thou hast promised him saying: There shall not fail thee a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before Me as thou hast walked before Me.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 494,579Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בְּבֹא דָוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו צִֽקְלַג בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וַעֲמָלֵקִי פָֽשְׁטוּ אֶל־נֶגֶב וְאֶל־צִקְלַג וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־צִקְלַג וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ אֹתָהּ בָּאֵֽשׁ
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 432,301Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אלפעל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אלפעל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 211.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 8:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Elpaal appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 771 sequences of אלפעל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 762).
What is the shortest skip for Elpaal in the Torah?
Skip 8, reading forward from Leviticus 8:31 — the shortest of 771 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 762.
How is Elpaal spelled in Hebrew?
Elpaal is spelled אלפעל — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 211.
Is Elpaal in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
2,975 sequences of אלפעל at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,952 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 762 here) beside the count.