Biblical names

Eltekeh אלתקא

Eltekeh (אלתקא) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Eltekeh appears 1,486 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,490 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
1,486
Chance alone
1,490
P (≥ found)
0.55
Shortest skip
4

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

The Torah holds 1,486 sequences of אלתקא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,490).

The shortest skip at which אלתקא appears in the Torah is 4 — the first at Deuteronomy 4:5, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), אלתקא is found 12,312 times; chance alone would give about 11,745.

  • Genesis 421
  • Exodus 292
  • Leviticus 284
  • Numbers 262
  • Deuteronomy 227

The shortest skips

  1. Deuteronomy 4:5דברים ד:הskip 4, forward

    רְאֵה לִמַּדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם חֻקִּים וּמִשְׁפָּטִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוַּנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם בָּאִים שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ

    Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it.

    אלתקא at skip 4, forward from Deuteronomy 4:5םכאשרצונייקוקלהיעשוכןברבהרץאשראתםבאיםשמאלתקא
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 256,603Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 16:9במדבר טז:טskip 8, forward

    הַמְעַט מִכֶּם כִּֽי־הִבְדִּיל אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶתְכֶם מֵעֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַקְרִיב אֶתְכֶם אֵלָיו לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת מִשְׁכַּן יְהוָה וְלַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי הָעֵדָה לְשָׁרְתָֽם

    is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them;

    אלתקא at skip 8, forward from Numbers 16:9חשמעונאבנילויהמעטמכםכיהבדיללהיישראאתכםמעדישראללהריבאתכםליולעבדאתעבדתמשכןיקוקולעמדלפאלתקא
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 215,733Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 27:21שמות כז:כאskip 12, backward

    בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד מִחוּץ לַפָּרֹכֶת אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָעֵדֻת יַעֲרֹךְ אֹתוֹ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו מֵעֶרֶב עַד־בֹּקֶר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתָם מֵאֵת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

    In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

    אלתקא at skip 12, backward from Exodus 27:21ןבכלעבדתווכליתדתיווכליתדתהחצרנחשתואתהתצוהתבניישראלויחואליךשמןזיזךכתיתלמאורהעלתנרתמידבהלמועדמחוץלפרכתאשרעלהעדתיערךאתואהרןובניומעאלתקא
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 118,192Open in the laboratory →

  4. Leviticus 19:31ויקרא יט:לאskip 13, forward

    אַל־תִּפְנוּ אֶל־הָאֹבֹת וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִים אַל־תְּבַקְשׁוּ לְטָמְאָה בָהֶם אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם

    Turn ye not unto the ghosts, nor unto familiar spirits; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

    אלתקא at skip 13, forward from Leviticus 19:31יתיראואנייקוקאלתפנואלהאבתואלהידעניםאלתבקשולטמהבהםאנייקוקאהיכםמפנישיבהקוםוהדרתפניזןויראתמאלהיךנייקוקוכייגוראתךגרבארצכםלאתונואתוכאזרחמכםיהיהאלתקא
    skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 171,600Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 2:32במדבר ב:לבskip 13, backward

    אֵלֶּה פְּקוּדֵי בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם כָּל־פְּקוּדֵי הַֽמַּחֲנֹת לְצִבְאֹתָם שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים

    These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’houses; all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

    אלתקא at skip 13, backward from Numbers 2:32משיםאלףוששמאותלאחרנהיסעולדגליהםאלהפקודיבניישרללביתאבתםכלפודיהמחנתלצבאםששמאותאלףוששתאלפיםוחמשמותוחמשיםוהלויםלאהתפקדובתוךבניישראלכאשרצוהיקוקאלתקא
    skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 190,159Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

3,992 sequences of אלתקא at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 4,017 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 421
  • Exodus 292
  • Leviticus 284
  • Numbers 262
  • Deuteronomy 241
  • Joshua 94
  • Judges 130
  • Samuel 298
  • Kings 354
  • Isaiah 201
  • Jeremiah 282
  • Ezekiel 237
  • The Twelve 161
  • Psalms 148
  • Proverbs 58
  • Job 91
  • Song of Songs 15
  • Ruth 20
  • Lamentations 16
  • Ecclesiastes 28
  • Esther 30
  • Daniel 92
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 68
  • Chronicles 169

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Kings 4:16מלכים ב ד:טזskip 5, backward

    וַיֹּאמֶר לַמּוֹעֵד הַזֶּה כָּעֵת חַיָּה אתי חֹבֶקֶת בֵּן וַתֹּאמֶר אַל־אֲדֹנִי אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים אַל־תְּכַזֵּב בְּשִׁפְחָתֶֽךָ

    And he said: ‘At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son.’ And she said: ‘Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.’

    אלתקא at skip 5, backward from 2 Kings 4:16אמרלמועדהזהכעתחיהתיחבתבןואמראאדניישהאלהיםאלתכזבבשפאלתקא
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 533,445Open in the laboratory →

  2. Jeremiah 11:4ירמיהו יא:דskip 8, backward

    אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי אֶת־אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם בְּיוֹם הוֹצִיאִֽי־אוֹתָם מֵאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם מִכּוּר הַבַּרְזֶל לֵאמֹר שִׁמְעוּ בְקוֹלִי וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אוֹתָם כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־אֲצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם וִהְיִיתֶם לִי לְעָם וְאָנֹכִי אֶהְיֶה לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִֽים

    which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying: Hearken to My voice, and do them, according to all which I command you; so shall ye be My people, and I will be your God;

    אלתקא at skip 8, backward from Jeremiah 11:4ציאיאותםמארץמצריםמכורהברזללמרשמעובוליועשיםאותםככאשראצוהתכםוהייתםלילעםואנכיאהיהלכםלאאלתקא
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 658,349Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Chronicles 36:18דברי הימים ב לו:יחskip 13, backward

    וְכֹל כְּלֵי בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים הַגְּדֹלִים וְהַקְּטַנִּים וְאֹֽצְרוֹת בֵּית יְהוָה וְאֹצְרוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ וְשָׂרָיו הַכֹּל הֵבִיא בָבֶֽל

    And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

    אלתקא at skip 13, backward from 2 Chronicles 36:18ולאחמלעלבחורובתולהזקןויששהכלנתןבידווכלכליביתהלהיםהגדליםוהטניםואצרותבייקוקואצרותהמךושריוהכלהביבבלוישרפואתביתהאלהיםוינתצואתחומתירושלםוכלארמנאלתקא
    skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,196,647Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

אלתקא — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אלתקא, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 532.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 21:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Eltekeh in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 1,486 sequences of אלתקא at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,490).

What is the shortest skip for Eltekeh in the Torah?

Skip 4, reading forward from Deuteronomy 4:5 — the shortest of 1,486 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,490.

What is the gematria of Eltekeh in Hebrew?

Eltekeh is spelled אלתקא — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 532.

How many times is Eltekeh found in the whole Tanakh?

3,992 sequences of אלתקא at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 4,017 that chance alone would produce.

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