Biblical names

Ephlal אפלל

Ephlal (אפלל) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Ephlal is found 20,822 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Deuteronomy 9:26) — about what chance alone gives (about 20,823).

Found in the Torah
20,822
Chance alone
20,823
P (≥ found)
0.51
Shortest skip
2

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

In the Torah

The Torah holds 20,822 sequences of אפלל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 20,823).

The shortest skip at which אפלל appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 9:26, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), אפלל is found 227,896 times; chance alone would give about 216,978.

  • Genesis 5,011
  • Exodus 3,873
  • Leviticus 3,079
  • Numbers 5,603
  • Deuteronomy 3,256

The shortest skips

  1. Deuteronomy 9:26דברים ט:כוskip 2, forward

    וָאֶתְפַּלֵּל אֶל־יְהוָה וָאֹמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה אַל־תַּשְׁחֵת עַמְּךָ וְנַחֲלָתְךָ אֲשֶׁר פָּדִיתָ בְּגָדְלֶךָ אֲשֶׁר־הוֹצֵאתָ מִמִּצְרַיִם בְּיָד חֲזָקָֽה

    And I prayed unto the LORD, and said: ‘O Lord GOD, destroy not Thy people and Thine inheritance, that Thou hast redeemed through Thy greatness, that Thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

    אפלל at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 9:26דאתכםותלאיקוקואמאפלל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 267,056Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 36:12בראשית לו:יבskip 2, backward

    וְתִמְנַע הָיְתָה פִילֶגֶשׁ לֶֽאֱלִיפַז בֶּן־עֵשָׂו וַתֵּלֶד לֶאֱלִיפַז אֶת־עֲמָלֵק אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי עָדָה אֵשֶׁת עֵשָֽׂו

    And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.

    אפלל at skip 2, backward from Genesis 36:12שוותלדאיזתעמלקאלאפלל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 52,721Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 29:24שמות כט:כדskip 2, backward

    וְשַׂמְתָּ הַכֹּל עַל כַּפֵּי אַהֲרֹן וְעַל כַּפֵּי בָנָיו וְהֵנַפְתָּ אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה

    And thou shalt put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD.

    אפלל at skip 2, backward from Exodus 29:24ושמתהכעכיהרןועלכאפלל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 121,865Open in the laboratory →

  4. Leviticus 8:27ויקרא ח:כזskip 2, backward

    וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־הַכֹּל עַל כַּפֵּי אַהֲרֹן וְעַל כַּפֵּי בָנָיו וַיָּנֶף אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה

    And he put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and waved them for a wave-offering before the LORD.

    אפלל at skip 2, backward from Leviticus 8:27תןאתהכעכיהרןועלכאפלל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 152,321Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 19:11במדבר יט:יאskip 2, backward

    הַנֹּגֵעַ בְּמֵת לְכָל־נֶפֶשׁ אָדָם וְטָמֵא שִׁבְעַת יָמִֽים

    He that toucheth the dead, even any man’s dead body, shall be unclean seven days;

    אפלל at skip 2, backward from Numbers 19:11נגעבמתכנשדםוטמאשאפלל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 221,186Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

77,940 sequences of אפלל at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 79,015 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 5,011
  • Exodus 3,873
  • Leviticus 3,079
  • Numbers 5,603
  • Deuteronomy 3,429
  • Joshua 2,027
  • Judges 2,984
  • Samuel 7,833
  • Kings 5,811
  • Isaiah 3,830
  • Jeremiah 4,910
  • Ezekiel 4,571
  • The Twelve 3,138
  • Psalms 4,903
  • Proverbs 1,757
  • Job 2,958
  • Song of Songs 291
  • Ruth 349
  • Lamentations 330
  • Ecclesiastes 638
  • Esther 758
  • Daniel 2,197
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 1,785
  • Chronicles 5,875

Outside the Torah

  1. 1 Samuel 13:5שמואל א יג:הskip 2, forward

    וּפְלִשְׁתִּים נֶאֶסְפוּ לְהִלָּחֵם עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף רֶכֶב וְשֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים פָּרָשִׁים וְעָם כַּחוֹל אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַֽת־הַיָּם לָרֹב וַֽיַּעֲלוּ וַיַּחֲנוּ בְמִכְמָשׂ קִדְמַת בֵּית אָֽוֶן

    And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude; and they came up, and pitched in Michmas, eastward of Beth-aven.

    אפלל at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 13:5לשתיםנסוהחםעםישראפלל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 401,316Open in the laboratory →

  2. Jeremiah 32:16ירמיהו לב:טזskip 2, forward

    וָאֶתְפַּלֵּל אֶל־יְהוָה אַחֲרֵי תִתִּי אֶת־סֵפֶר הַמִּקְנָה אֶל־בָּרוּךְ בֶּן־נֵרִיָּה לֵאמֹֽר

    Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying:

    אפלל at skip 2, forward from Jeremiah 32:16ץהזאתותלאיקוקאחראפלל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 690,694Open in the laboratory →

  3. Psalms 50:1תהלים נ:אskip 2, forward

    מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אֵל אֱֽלֹהִים יְֽהוָה דִּבֶּר וַיִּקְרָא־אָרֶץ מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁמֶשׁ עַד־מְבֹאֽוֹ

    A Psalm of Asaph. God, God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

    אפלל at skip 2, forward from Psalms 50:1מזמורלסאאהיםיקוקאףלל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 883,559Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

אפלל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אפלל, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 141.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 2:37. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Ephlal in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 20,822 sequences of אפלל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 20,823).

What is the shortest skip for Ephlal in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 9:26 — the shortest of 20,822 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 20,823.

What is the gematria of Ephlal in Hebrew?

Ephlal is spelled אפלל — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 141.

How many times is Ephlal found in the whole Tanakh?

77,940 sequences of אפלל at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 79,015 that chance alone would produce.

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