Ethel אתל
In Hebrew letters the first name Ethel is written אתל — female given name. In the Torah codes, Ethel is found 1,102,972 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:14) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,108,659).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,102,972
- Chance alone
- 1,108,659
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
1,102,972 sequences of אתל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,108,659 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which אתל appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:14, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), אתל is found 17,817,734 times; chance alone would give about 17,183,738.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,108,659 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 271,018
- Exodus 221,922
- Leviticus 184,263
- Numbers 209,844
- Deuteronomy 215,925
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי מְאֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַיּוֹם וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה וְהָיוּ לְאֹתֹת וּלְמוֹעֲדִים וּלְיָמִים וְשָׁנִֽים
And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 659Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשָּׂא־לוֹט אֶת־עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא אֶת־כָּל־כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן כִּי כֻלָּהּ מַשְׁקֶה לִפְנֵי שַׁחֵת יְהוָה אֶת־סְדֹם וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָה כְּגַן־יְהוָה כְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בֹּאֲכָה צֹֽעַר
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,603Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־אַבְרָהָם שָׂרַי אִשְׁתְּךָ לֹא־תִקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמָהּ שָׂרָי כִּי שָׂרָה שְׁמָֽהּ
And God said unto Abraham: ‘As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 19,819Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמַר הִנֵּה־נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל־אֲדֹנָי וְאָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵֽפֶר
And Abraham answered and said: ‘Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,784Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּֽה־נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל־אֲדֹנָי אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם עֶשְׂרִים וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אַשְׁחִית בַּעֲבוּר הָֽעֶשְׂרִֽים
And he said: ‘Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord. Peradventure there shall be twenty found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 22,022Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,700,880 sequences of אתל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,710,637).
- Genesis 271,018
- Exodus 221,922
- Leviticus 184,263
- Numbers 209,844
- Deuteronomy 222,868
- Joshua 102,897
- Judges 128,394
- Samuel 340,800
- Kings 330,663
- Isaiah 150,322
- Jeremiah 273,091
- Ezekiel 270,579
- The Twelve 137,582
- Psalms 171,523
- Proverbs 57,744
- Job 87,358
- Song of Songs 12,426
- Ruth 19,808
- Lamentations 15,837
- Ecclesiastes 34,844
- Esther 36,777
- Daniel 80,172
- Ezra–Nehemiah 87,835
- Chronicles 252,313
Outside the Torah
לֹֽא־יָמוּשׁ סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּה מִפִּיךָ וְהָגִיתָ בּוֹ יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה לְמַעַן תִּשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכָל־הַכָּתוּב בּוֹ כִּי־אָז תַּצְלִיחַ אֶת־דְּרָכֶךָ וְאָז תַּשְׂכִּֽיל
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy ways prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,343Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר כְּדִבְרֵיכֶם כֶּן־הוּא וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵם וַיֵּלֵכוּ וַתִּקְשֹׁר אֶת־תִּקְוַת הַשָּׁנִי בַּחַלּֽוֹן
And she said: ‘According unto your words, so be it.’ And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,383Open in the laboratory →
וְצַוּוּ אוֹתָם לֵאמֹר שְׂאֽוּ־לָכֶם מִזֶּה מִתּוֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן מִמַּצַּב רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים הָכִין שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵה אֲבָנִים וְהַעֲבַרְתֶּם אוֹתָם עִמָּכֶם וְהִנַּחְתֶּם אוֹתָם בַּמָּלוֹן אֲשֶׁר־תָּלִינוּ בוֹ הַלָּֽיְלָה
and command ye them, saying: Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’feet stood, twelve stones made ready, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,886Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אתל — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as אתל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 431.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ethel in the Bible code?
1,102,972 sequences of אתל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,108,659 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Ethel in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:14 — the shortest of 1,102,972 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,108,659.
What is the gematria of Ethel in Hebrew?
Ethel is spelled אתל — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 431.
How many times is Ethel found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,700,880 sequences of אתל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,710,637).
Search it yourself
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