Biblical names

Halhul חלחול

Halhul (חלחול) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 785 sequences of Halhul, the shortest at skip 3 (Leviticus 17:9); chance alone would give about 822.

Found in the Torah
785
Chance alone
822
P (≥ found)
0.91
Shortest skip
3

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

In the Torah

The Torah holds 785 sequences of חלחול at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 822).

The shortest skip at which חלחול appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Leviticus 17:9, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), חלחול is found 6,578 times; chance alone would give about 6,478.

  • Genesis 187
  • Exodus 159
  • Leviticus 143
  • Numbers 204
  • Deuteronomy 92

The shortest skips

  1. Leviticus 17:9ויקרא יז:טskip 3, backward

    וְאֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לֹא יְבִיאֶנּוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת אֹתוֹ לַיהוָה וְנִכְרַת הָאִישׁ הַהוּא מֵעַמָּֽיו

    and bringeth it not unto the door of the tent of meeting, to sacrifice it unto the LORD, even that man shall be cut off from his people.

    חלחול at skip 3, backward from Leviticus 17:9כםאשריעלהעהאזבואפתאהלמועדלאיחלחול
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 168,514Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 26:42במדבר כו:מבskip 4, forward

    אֵלֶּה בְנֵי־דָן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְשׁוּחָם מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשּׁוּחָמִי אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת דָּן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם

    These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.

    חלחול at skip 4, forward from Numbers 26:42להמשפחתדןלמשפתםכמשפתהשחמיפקדיהםארבעהוששחלחול
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 232,937Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 27:11במדבר כז:יאskip 15, backward

    וְאִם־אֵין אַחִים לְאָבִיו וּנְתַתֶּם אֶת־נַחֲלָתוֹ לִשְׁאֵרוֹ הַקָּרֹב אֵלָיו מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ וְיָרַשׁ אֹתָהּ וְֽהָיְתָה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְחֻקַּת מִשְׁפָּט כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה

    And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. And it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.’

    חלחול at skip 15, backward from Numbers 27:11ראלתדברלאמראישכיימותובןאיןלווהעברתםאתנחלתולבתוואםאיןובתונתתםאתנחלתלאחיוואםאיןלואיםונתתםאתנחלתואחיאביוואםאיןאיםלאביוונתתםאתנחלתולשארוהקרבאליוממשפחתווירשאתהוהיתהלחלחול
    skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 234,509Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 3:7בראשית ג:זskip 17, backward

    וַתִּפָּקַחְנָה עֵינֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּדְעוּ כִּי עֵֽירֻמִּם הֵם וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה וַיַּעֲשׂוּ לָהֶם חֲגֹרֹֽת

    And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles.

    חלחול at skip 17, backward from Genesis 3:7םממנוונפקחועיניכםוהייתםכאלהיםידעיטובורעותראהאשהכיטובהעץלמאכוכיתאוההואלעיניםנחמדהעץלהשכילותקמפריוותאכלותתןגםאישהעמהויאכלותפקנהעינישניהםוידעוכיעירמםהםויתפרועלהתאנהויעשולהםחגרתוישמעואתקחלחול
    skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 3,235Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 5:10בראשית ה:יskip 17, backward

    וַֽיְחִי אֱנוֹשׁ אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־קֵינָן חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

    And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

    חלחול at skip 17, backward from Genesis 5:10חישתאחריהולידואתאנוששבעשניםושמנהמאותשנהויולדבניםובנותויהיוכימישתשתיםעשרהשנהתשעמאותשנהוימתוייאנושתשעיםשנהויודאתקינןויחיאנושאריהולידואתקינןחמשעשרהשנהושמנהמאותשנהויולדבניםובנותויהיוכלימחלחול
    skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 5,806Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, חלחול appears 3,717 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,717, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 187
  • Exodus 159
  • Leviticus 143
  • Numbers 204
  • Deuteronomy 100
  • Joshua 159
  • Judges 133
  • Samuel 344
  • Kings 290
  • Isaiah 198
  • Jeremiah 164
  • Ezekiel 196
  • The Twelve 124
  • Psalms 320
  • Proverbs 140
  • Job 165
  • Song of Songs 15
  • Ruth 8
  • Lamentations 31
  • Ecclesiastes 54
  • Esther 32
  • Daniel 85
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 110
  • Chronicles 356

Outside the Torah

  1. Jeremiah 21:7ירמיהו כא:זskip 4, backward

    וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן נְאֻם־יְהוָה אֶתֵּן אֶת־צִדְקִיָּהוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה וְאֶת־עֲבָדָיו וְאֶת־הָעָם וְאֶת־הַנִּשְׁאָרִים בָּעִיר הַזֹּאת מִן־הַדֶּבֶר מִן־הַחֶרֶב וּמִן־הָרָעָב בְּיַד נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל וּבְיַד אֹֽיְבֵיהֶם וּבְיַד מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשָׁם וְהִכָּם לְפִי־חֶרֶב לֹֽא־יָחוּס עֲלֵיהֶם וְלֹא יַחְמֹל וְלֹא יְרַחֵֽם

    And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life; and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have compassion.

    חלחול at skip 4, backward from Jeremiah 21:7לפיחרבלאיחוסעיהםלאימלואירםואלהעםהזהתאמרחלחול
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 671,784Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Kings 18:16מלכים א יח:טזskip 7, backward

    וַיֵּלֶךְ עֹבַדְיָהוּ לִקְרַאת אַחְאָב וַיַּגֶּד־לוֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ אַחְאָב לִקְרַאת אֵלִיָּֽהוּ

    So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

    חלחול at skip 7, backward from 1 Kings 18:16דתילפניוכיהיוםאראהאליוויךעבדיהלקראתאאבויגדווילךאאבלקראתאליהוויהיכראותאחאחלחול
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 516,482Open in the laboratory →

  3. Jeremiah 44:17ירמיהו מד:יזskip 8, forward

    כִּי עָשֹׂה נַעֲשֶׂה אֶֽת־כָּל־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־יָצָא מִפִּינוּ לְקַטֵּר לִמְלֶכֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהַסֵּֽיךְ־לָהּ נְסָכִים כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂינוּ אֲנַחְנוּ וַאֲבֹתֵינוּ מְלָכֵינוּ וְשָׂרֵינוּ בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה וּבְחֻצוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם וַנִּֽשְׂבַּֽע־לֶחֶם וַנִּֽהְיֶה טוֹבִים וְרָעָה לֹא רָאִֽינוּ

    But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to offer unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.

    חלחול at skip 8, forward from Jeremiah 44:17תינומלכינוושרינובערייהודהובצותירושםונשבעלםונהיהטביםורעהאראינוומןאזחדלנולקטרלמלכתהשמחלחול
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 711,065Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

חלחול — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חלחול, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 82.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 15:58. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Halhul in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 785 sequences of חלחול at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 822).

What is the shortest skip for Halhul in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading backward from Leviticus 17:9 — the shortest of 785 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 822.

What is the gematria of Halhul in Hebrew?

Halhul is spelled חלחול — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 82.

How many times is Halhul found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, חלחול appears 3,717 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 3,717, so the count is in line with chance.

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