Hachaliah חכליה
Hachaliah (חכליה) is a person named in the Tanakh. Hachaliah appears 13,164 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), in line with the 14,498 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 13,164
- Chance alone · every skip
- 14,498
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 6
- Longest skip found
- 75,182
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,739 found · chance alone about 1,840 (probability of 1,739 or more by chance alone: 0.99).
In the Torah
13,164 sequences of חכליה across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 14,498 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 6 — at Exodus 1:22, reading backward.
The longest skip at which חכליה was found in the Torah is 75,182 — at Deuteronomy 32:14, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 3,205
- Exodus 2,685
- Leviticus 2,115
- Numbers 2,941
- Deuteronomy 2,218
Examples across the range
5 of the 13,164 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- ח כ ל י הExodus 1:22
וַיְצַו פַּרְעֹה לְכָל־עַמּוֹ לֵאמֹר כָּל־הַבֵּן הַיִּלּוֹד הַיְאֹרָה תַּשְׁלִיכֻהוּ וְכָל־הַבַּת תְּחַיּֽוּן
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying: ‘Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.’
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 79,023 of the TorahOpen at skip 6 in the laboratory →
- ח כ ל י הExodus 1:22
- ח ך לGenesis 18:26
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אִם־אֶמְצָא בִסְדֹם חֲמִשִּׁים צַדִּיקִם בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר וְנָשָׂאתִי לְכָל־הַמָּקוֹם בַּעֲבוּרָֽם
And the LORD said: ‘If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sake.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- י הGenesis 18:27
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 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,725 of the TorahOpen at skip 13 in the laboratory →
- ח ך לGenesis 18:26
- חLeviticus 6:18
… בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר תִּשָּׁחֵט הָעֹלָה תִּשָּׁחֵט הַֽחַטָּאת לִפְנֵי יְהוָה קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים הִֽוא …
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying: This is the law of the sin-offering: in the place where the burnt-offering is killed shall the sin-offering be killed before the LORD; it is most holy.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- כLeviticus 6:20
… עַל־הַבֶּגֶד אֲשֶׁר יִזֶּה עָלֶיהָ תְּכַבֵּס בְּמָקוֹם קָדֹֽשׁ
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy; and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place.
- לLeviticus 6:23
וְכָל־חַטָּאת אֲשֶׁר יוּבָא מִדָּמָהּ אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לְכַפֵּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ לֹא תֵאָכֵל בָּאֵשׁ תִּשָּׂרֵֽף
And no sin-offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire.
- יLeviticus 7:3
וְאֵת כָּל־חֶלְבּוֹ יַקְרִיב מִמֶּנּוּ אֵת הָֽאַלְיָה וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב הַֽמְכַסֶּה אֶת־הַקֶּֽרֶב
And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof: the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards,
- הLeviticus 7:5
וְהִקְטִיר אֹתָם הַכֹּהֵן הַמִּזְבֵּחָה אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָה אָשָׁם הֽוּא
And the priest shall make them smoke upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD; it is a guilt-offering.
skip 109, width 109 — one row is 109 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 148,732 of the TorahOpen at skip 109 in the laboratory →
- חLeviticus 6:18
- חNumbers 25:3
וַיִּצָּמֶד יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבַעַל פְּעוֹר וַיִּֽחַר־אַף יְהוָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And Israel joined himself unto the Baal of Peor; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- כNumbers 24:6
כִּנְחָלִים נִטָּיוּ כְּגַנֹּת עֲלֵי נָהָר כַּאֲהָלִים נָטַע יְהוָה כַּאֲרָזִים עֲלֵי־מָֽיִם
As valleys stretched out, As gardens by the river-side; As aloes planted of the LORD, As cedars beside the waters;
- לNumbers 23:14
וַיִּקָּחֵהוּ שְׂדֵה צֹפִים אֶל־רֹאשׁ הַפִּסְגָּה וַיִּבֶן שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת וַיַּעַל פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
- יNumbers 22:35
… וְאֶפֶס אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־אֲדַבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ אֹתוֹ תְדַבֵּר וַיֵּלֶךְ בִּלְעָם עִם …
And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam: ‘Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak.’ So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
- הNumbers 22:19
וְעַתָּה שְׁבוּ נָא בָזֶה גַּם־אַתֶּם הַלָּיְלָה וְאֵדְעָה מַה־יֹּסֵף יְהוָה דַּבֵּר עִמִּֽי
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will speak unto me more.’
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 230,292 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- חNumbers 25:3
- חDeuteronomy 32:14
חֶמְאַת בָּקָר וַחֲלֵב צֹאן עִם־חֵלֶב כָּרִים וְאֵילִים …
Curd of kine, and milk of sheep, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, With the kidney-fat of wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest foaming wine.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- כNumbers 22:11
… לְכָה קָֽבָה־לִּי אֹתוֹ אוּלַי אוּכַל לְהִלָּחֶם בּוֹ וְגֵרַשְׁתִּֽיו
Behold the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of the earth; now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.’
- לLeviticus 7:36
אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה לָתֵת לָהֶם בְּיוֹם מָשְׁחוֹ אֹתָם מֵאֵת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתָֽם
which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that they were anointed. It is a due for ever throughout their generations.
- יGenesis 49:8
יְהוּדָה אַתָּה יוֹדוּךָ אַחֶיךָ יָדְךָ בְּעֹרֶף אֹיְבֶיךָ יִשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ לְךָ בְּנֵי אָבִֽיךָ
Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise; Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father’s sons shall bow down before thee.
- הGenesis 1:9
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
skip 75,182, width 75,182 — one row is 75,182 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 301,081 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,182 in the laboratory →
- חDeuteronomy 32:14
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 244,556 sequences of חכליה across every skip (2–299,260), 3.2% above what chance alone gives (about 237,011); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.3 × 10⁻⁵⁴ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 7,520 found · chance alone about 7,852 (probability of 7,520 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 15,189
- Exodus 12,697
- Leviticus 9,500
- Numbers 14,399
- Deuteronomy 8,711
- Joshua 8,320
- Judges 7,200
- Samuel 16,382
- Kings 19,592
- Isaiah 14,688
- Jeremiah 13,657
- Ezekiel 16,325
- The Twelve 10,517
- Psalms 18,570
- Proverbs 8,033
- Job 9,390
- Song of Songs 1,186
- Ruth 845
- Lamentations 1,579
- Ecclesiastes 2,978
- Esther 1,968
- Daniel 5,103
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,913
- Chronicles 19,814
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ח כ ל י הJeremiah 8:17
כִּי הִנְנִי מְשַׁלֵּחַ בָּכֶם נְחָשִׁים צִפְעֹנִים אֲשֶׁר אֵין־לָהֶם לָחַשׁ וְנִשְּׁכוּ אֶתְכֶם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה
For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 655,170 of the TanakhOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- ח כ ל י הJeremiah 8:17
- חJudges 5:26
יָדָהּ לַיָּתֵד תִּשְׁלַחְנָה וִֽימִינָהּ לְהַלְמוּת עֲמֵלִים וְהָלְמָה סִֽיסְרָא מָחֲקָה רֹאשׁוֹ וּמָחֲצָה וְחָלְפָה רַקָּתֽוֹ
Her hand she put to the tent-pin, And her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; And with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head, Yea, she pierced and struck through his temples.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- כJudges 5:28
… סִֽיסְרָא בְּעַד הָֽאֶשְׁנָב מַדּוּעַ בֹּשֵׁשׁ רִכְבּוֹ לָבוֹא מַדּוּעַ אֶֽחֱרוּ פַּעֲמֵי מַרְכְּבוֹתָֽיו …
Through the window she looked forth, and peered, The mother of Sisera, through the lattice: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
- לJudges 5:30
… רַחֲמָתַיִם לְרֹאשׁ גֶּבֶר שְׁלַל צְבָעִים לְסִיסְרָא שְׁלַל צְבָעִים רִקְמָה צֶבַע רִקְמָתַיִם …
’Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments of embroidery, Two dyed garments of broidery for the neck of every spoiler?’
- יJudges 6:1
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה וַיִּתְּנֵם יְהוָה בְּיַד־מִדְיָן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִֽים
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
- הJudges 6:2
… אֶת־הַמִּנְהָרוֹת אֲשֶׁר בֶּֽהָרִים וְאֶת־הַמְּעָרוֹת וְאֶת־הַמְּצָדֽוֹת
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 352,870 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- חJudges 5:26
- ח2 Chronicles 35:20
… הַבַּיִת עָלָה נְכוֹ מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם לְהִלָּחֵם בְּכַרְכְּמִישׁ עַל־פְּרָת וַיֵּצֵא לִקְרָאתוֹ …
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- כPsalms 74:6
ועת פִּתּוּחֶיהָ יָּחַד בְּכַשִּׁיל וְכֵֽילַפֹּת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן
And now all the carved work thereof together They strike down with hatchet and hammers.
- לIsaiah 25:6
וְעָשָׂה יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת לְכָל־הָֽעַמִּים בָּהָר הַזֶּה מִשְׁתֵּה שְׁמָנִים …
And in this mountain will the LORD of hosts make unto all peoples A feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
- יDeuteronomy 31:29
… כִּֽי־תַעֲשׂוּ אֶת־הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה לְהַכְעִיסוֹ בְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיכֶֽם
For I know that after my death ye will in any wise deal corruptly, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the end of days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him through the work of your hands.’
- הGenesis 2:14
וְשֵׁם הַנָּהָר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי חִדֶּקֶל הוּא הַֽהֹלֵךְ קִדְמַת אַשּׁוּר וְהַנָּהָר הָֽרְבִיעִי הוּא פְרָֽת
And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
skip 298,163, width 298,163 — one row is 298,163 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,194,954 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,163 in the laboratory →
- ח2 Chronicles 35:20
The spelling
חכליה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חכליה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 73.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 1:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Hachaliah in the Bible code?
13,164 sequences of חכליה across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 14,498 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Hachaliah in the Torah?
Skip 6, reading backward from Exodus 1:22 — the shortest of 13,164 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 14,498.
How is Hachaliah spelled in Hebrew?
Hachaliah is spelled חכליה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 73.
Is Hachaliah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 244,556 sequences of חכליה across every skip (2–299,260), 3.2% above what chance alone gives (about 237,011); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 6.3 × 10⁻⁵⁴ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 14,498 across every skip (2–76,212) here) beside the count.