Elul אלול
Elul — in Hebrew אלול — the sixth month. Elul appears 133,151 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% more than chance alone would give (about 132,321; probability 0.01).
- Found in the Torah
- 133,151
- Chance alone
- 132,321
- P (≥ found)
- 0.01
- 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, אלול appears 133,151 times in the Torah — 0.6% more than the 132,321 chance alone would give; the probability of 133,151 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
The shortest skip at which אלול appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 14:11, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), אלול is found 1,350,352 times; chance alone would give about 1,378,768.
- Genesis 36,140
- Exodus 23,667
- Leviticus 19,665
- Numbers 28,286
- Deuteronomy 25,393
The shortest skips
וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־כָּל־רְכֻשׁ סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה וְאֶת־כָּל־אָכְלָם וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 16,644Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָהָם אֶת־עֲצֵי הָעֹלָה וַיָּשֶׂם עַל־יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ וַיִּקַּח בְּיָדוֹ אֶת־הָאֵשׁ וְאֶת־הַֽמַּאֲכֶלֶת וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם יַחְדָּֽו
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 27,353Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אֵלָיו מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּֽנִי
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said: ‘Abraham, Abraham.’ And he said: ‘Here am I.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 27,617Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא יְהוָה כִּי סָר לִרְאוֹת וַיִּקְרָא אֵלָיו אֱלֹהִים מִתּוֹךְ הַסְּנֶה וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּֽנִי
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said: ‘Moses, Moses.’ And he said: ‘Here am I.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 80,517Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּלֶכְתְּךָ לָשׁוּב מִצְרַיְמָה רְאֵה כָּל־הַמֹּֽפְתִים אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי בְיָדֶךָ וַעֲשִׂיתָם לִפְנֵי פַרְעֹה וַאֲנִי אֲחַזֵּק אֶת־לִבּוֹ וְלֹא יְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הָעָֽם
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand; but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 83,078Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, אלול appears 565,863 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 560,094 chance alone would give; the probability of 565,863 or more by chance alone is 7.1 × 10⁻¹⁵.
- Genesis 36,140
- Exodus 23,667
- Leviticus 19,665
- Numbers 28,286
- Deuteronomy 26,783
- Joshua 17,361
- Judges 21,937
- Samuel 72,007
- Kings 53,343
- Isaiah 25,532
- Jeremiah 41,585
- Ezekiel 29,137
- The Twelve 22,515
- Psalms 28,895
- Proverbs 7,836
- Job 14,054
- Song of Songs 1,442
- Ruth 2,418
- Lamentations 2,049
- Ecclesiastes 5,127
- Esther 5,335
- Daniel 14,282
- Ezra–Nehemiah 15,117
- Chronicles 51,350
Outside the Torah
וְלֹא יֻכְלוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָקוּם לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֵיהֶם עֹרֶף יִפְנוּ לִפְנֵי אֹֽיְבֵיהֶם כִּי הָיוּ לְחֵרֶם לֹא אוֹסִיף לִֽהְיוֹת עִמָּכֶם אִם־לֹא תַשְׁמִידוּ הַחֵרֶם מִֽקִּרְבְּכֶֽם
Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies, they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed; I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 314,136Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּקַּח יָעֵל אֵֽשֶׁת־חֶבֶר אֶת־יְתַד הָאֹהֶל וַתָּשֶׂם אֶת־הַמַּקֶּבֶת בְּיָדָהּ וַתָּבוֹא אֵלָיו בַּלָּאט וַתִּתְקַע אֶת־הַיָּתֵד בְּרַקָּתוֹ וַתִּצְנַח בָּאָרֶץ וְהֽוּא־נִרְדָּם וַיָּעַף וַיָּמֹֽת
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 351,414Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו מַלְּאַךְ יְהוָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו יְהוָה עִמְּךָ גִּבּוֹר הֶחָֽיִל
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him: ‘The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 353,835Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אלול — the Tanakh's own spelling: the sixth month. Searched as אלול, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 67.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Eluwl.
Questions
Does Elul appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, אלול appears 133,151 times in the Torah — 0.6% more than the 132,321 chance alone would give; the probability of 133,151 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
What is the shortest skip for Elul in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 14:11 — the shortest of 133,151 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 132,321.
What is the gematria of Elul in Hebrew?
Elul is spelled אלול — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 67.
How many times is Elul found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, אלול appears 565,863 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 560,094 chance alone would give; the probability of 565,863 or more by chance alone is 7.1 × 10⁻¹⁵.
Search it yourself
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