Gedaliah גדליהו
Gedaliah (גדליהו) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 33 sequences of Gedaliah, the shortest at skip 154 (Genesis 31:26); chance alone would give about 31.5.
- Found in the Torah
- 33
- Chance alone
- 31.5
- P (≥ found)
- 0.42
- Shortest skip
- 154
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
33 sequences of גדליהו at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 31.5 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 154 — the first at Genesis 31:26, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 186 sequences of גדליהו, against about 200 from chance alone.
- Genesis 12
- Exodus 3
- Leviticus 6
- Numbers 9
- Deuteronomy 3
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב מֶה עָשִׂיתָ וַתִּגְנֹב אֶת־לְבָבִי וַתְּנַהֵג אֶת־בְּנֹתַי כִּשְׁבֻיוֹת חָֽרֶב
And Laban said to Jacob: ‘What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword?
skip 154, width 154 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 44,901Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח יוֹסֵף אֶת־שְׁנֵיהֶם אֶת־אֶפְרַיִם בִּֽימִינוֹ מִשְּׂמֹאל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה בִשְׂמֹאלוֹ מִימִין יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּגֵּשׁ אֵלָֽיו
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.
skip 306, width 306 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 74,611Open in the laboratory →
וְאָֽמְרוּ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם עַל־מֶה עָשָׂה יְהוָה כָּכָה לָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת מֶה חֳרִי הָאַף הַגָּדוֹל הַזֶּֽה
even all the nations shall say ‘Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?’
skip 508, width 508 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 296,815Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּגַּשׁ וַיִּשַּׁק־לוֹ וַיָּרַח אֶת־רֵיחַ בְּגָדָיו וַֽיְבָרֲכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר רְאֵה רֵיחַ בְּנִי כְּרֵיחַ שָׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר בֵּרֲכוֹ יְהוָֽה
And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said: See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed.
skip 526, width 526 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 37,419Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה מִשֶּׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וּמִן־הַדָּם אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַיַּז עַֽל־אַהֲרֹן עַל־בְּגָדָיו וְעַל־בָּנָיו וְעַל־בִּגְדֵי בָנָיו אִתּוֹ וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן אֶת־בְּגָדָיו וְאֶת־בָּנָיו וְאֶת־בִּגְדֵי בָנָיו אִתּֽוֹ
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’garments with him.
skip 625, width 625 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 152,545Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 223 sequences of גדליהו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 211).
- Genesis 12
- Exodus 3
- Leviticus 6
- Numbers 9
- Deuteronomy 4
- Joshua 19
- Judges 7
- Samuel 24
- Kings 16
- Isaiah 17
- Jeremiah 14
- Ezekiel 16
- The Twelve 8
- Psalms 19
- Proverbs 6
- Job 7
- Song of Songs 1
- Ruth 1
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Esther 3
- Daniel 6
- Ezra–Nehemiah 6
- Chronicles 18
Outside the Torah
וַתֵּלֶד אֵֽשֶׁת־גִּלְעָד לוֹ בָּנִים וַיִּגְדְּלוּ בְֽנֵי־הָאִשָּׁה וַיְגָרְשׁוּ אֶת־יִפְתָּח וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ לֹֽא־תִנְחַל בְּבֵית־אָבִינוּ כִּי בֶּן־אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת אָֽתָּה
And Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said unto him: ‘Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of another woman.’
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 364,346Open in the laboratory →
הִרְאַנִי יְהוָה וְהִנֵּה שְׁנֵי דּוּדָאֵי תְאֵנִים מוּעָדִים לִפְנֵי הֵיכַל יְהוָה אַחֲרֵי הַגְלוֹת נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל אֶת־יְכָנְיָהוּ בֶן־יְהוֹיָקִים מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה וְאֶת־שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה וְאֶת־הֶחָרָשׁ וְאֶת־הַמַּסְגֵּר מִירוּשָׁלִַם וַיְבִאֵם בָּבֶֽל
The LORD showed me, and behold two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD; after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
skip 42, width 42 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 676,312Open in the laboratory →
אֶת־חֶלְקָת וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ וְאֶת־רְחֹב וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ עָרִים אַרְבַּֽע
Helkath with the open land about it, and Rehob with the open land about it; four cities.
skip 52, width 52 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 337,673Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
גדליהו — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as גדליהו, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 58.
As a plain word it stands 25 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 25:22. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Gedaliah appear in the Torah codes?
33 sequences of גדליהו at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 31.5 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Gedaliah in the Torah?
Skip 154, reading forward from Genesis 31:26 — the shortest of 33 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 31.5.
How is Gedaliah spelled in Hebrew?
Gedaliah is spelled גדליהו — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 58.
Is Gedaliah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 223 sequences of גדליהו at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 211).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 31.5 here) beside the count.