Golden calf עגל הזהב
Golden calf — in Hebrew עגל הזהב — the golden calf. In the Torah codes, עגל (from Golden calf) is found 53,721 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 50:17) — about what chance alone gives (about 54,155).
- Found in the Torah (עגל)
- 53,721
- Chance alone
- 54,155
- P (≥ found)
- 0.97
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for עגל, and הזהב has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
53,721 sequences of עגל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 54,155 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which עגל appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 50:17, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), עגל is found 833,449 times; chance alone would give about 839,372.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 54,155 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 13,988
- Exodus 10,215
- Leviticus 9,208
- Numbers 10,636
- Deuteronomy 9,674
The shortest skips
כֹּֽה־תֹאמְרוּ לְיוֹסֵף אָנָּא שָׂא נָא פֶּשַׁע אַחֶיךָ וְחַטָּאתָם כִּי־רָעָה גְמָלוּךָ וְעַתָּה שָׂא נָא לְפֶשַׁע עַבְדֵי אֱלֹהֵי אָבִיךָ וַיֵּבְךְּ יוֹסֵף בְּדַבְּרָם אֵלָֽיו
So shall ye say unto Joseph: Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father.’ And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 77,565Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּפְנוּ וַֽיַּעֲלוּ דֶּרֶךְ הַבָּשָׁן וַיֵּצֵא עוֹג מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁן לִקְרָאתָם הוּא וְכָל־עַמּוֹ לַמִּלְחָמָה אֶדְרֶֽעִי
And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 225,079Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם מֹשֶׁה לִבְנֵי־גָד וְלִבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן וְלַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה בֶן־יוֹסֵף אֶת־מַמְלֶכֶת סִיחֹן מֶלֶךְ הָֽאֱמֹרִי וְאֶת־מַמְלֶכֶת עוֹג מֶלֶךְ הַבָּשָׁן הָאָרֶץ לְעָרֶיהָ בִּגְבֻלֹת עָרֵי הָאָרֶץ סָבִֽיב
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with their borders, even the cities of the land round about.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 243,790Open in the laboratory →
אַחֲרֵי הַכֹּתוֹ אֵת סִיחֹן מֶלֶךְ הָֽאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר יוֹשֵׁב בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן וְאֵת עוֹג מֶלֶךְ הַבָּשָׁן אֲשֶׁר־יוֹשֵׁב בְּעַשְׁתָּרֹת בְּאֶדְרֶֽעִי
after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 250,160Open in the laboratory →
וַנֵּפֶן וַנַּעַל דֶּרֶךְ הַבָּשָׁן וַיֵּצֵא עוֹג מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁן לִקְרָאתֵנוּ הוּא וְכָל־עַמּוֹ לַמִּלְחָמָה אֶדְרֶֽעִי
Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Edrei.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 254,563Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, עגל appears 278,374 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 277,135 chance alone would give; the probability of 278,374 or more by chance alone is 0.0094.
- Genesis 13,988
- Exodus 10,215
- Leviticus 9,208
- Numbers 10,636
- Deuteronomy 10,145
- Joshua 16,065
- Judges 10,974
- Samuel 26,209
- Kings 16,735
- Isaiah 19,478
- Jeremiah 17,012
- Ezekiel 15,759
- The Twelve 16,371
- Psalms 21,174
- Proverbs 6,829
- Job 10,340
- Song of Songs 1,460
- Ruth 1,911
- Lamentations 2,078
- Ecclesiastes 3,827
- Esther 2,885
- Daniel 7,393
- Ezra–Nehemiah 8,050
- Chronicles 19,632
Outside the Torah
וְאֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לִשְׁנֵי מַלְכֵי הָאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן לְסִיחוֹן מֶלֶךְ חֶשְׁבּוֹן וּלְעוֹג מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁן אֲשֶׁר בְּעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת
and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 318,242Open in the laboratory →
וּגְבוּל עוֹג מֶלֶךְ הַבָּשָׁן מִיֶּתֶר הָרְפָאִים הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּעַשְׁתָּרוֹת וּבְאֶדְרֶֽעִי
and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 324,145Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי גְבוּלָם מִמַּחֲנַיִם כָּֽל־הַבָּשָׁן כָּֽל־מַמְלְכוּת עוֹג מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁן וְכָל־חַוֺּת יָאִיר אֲשֶׁר בַּבָּשָׁן שִׁשִּׁים עִֽיר
And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 326,430Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עגל הזהב — the Tanakh's own spelling: the golden calf. Searched as עגל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 103.
As a plain word it stands 16 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 32:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- הזהב — the Tanakh's own spelling found 9,803 in the Torah (chance 9,733)
Questions
Is Golden calf in the Bible code?
53,721 sequences of עגל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 54,155 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Golden calf in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 50:17 — the shortest of 53,721 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 54,155.
What is the gematria of Golden calf in Hebrew?
Golden calf is spelled עגל הזהב — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 103; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Golden calf found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, עגל appears 278,374 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 277,135 chance alone would give; the probability of 278,374 or more by chance alone is 0.0094.
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