Concepts

Hallelujah הללויה

Hallelujah — in Hebrew הללויה — praise the Lord. In the Torah codes, Hallelujah is found 1,256 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 24:22) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,285).

Found in the Torah
1,256
Chance alone
1,285
P (≥ found)
0.79
Shortest skip
3

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

In the Torah

1,256 sequences of הללויה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,285 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which הללויה appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Genesis 24:22, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), הללויה is found 7,773 times; chance alone would give about 8,170.

  • Genesis 264
  • Exodus 266
  • Leviticus 193
  • Numbers 285
  • Deuteronomy 248

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 24:22בראשית כד:כבskip 3, forward

    וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ הַגְּמַלִּים לִשְׁתּוֹת וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֹ וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל־יָדֶיהָ עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מִשְׁקָלָֽם

    And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

    הללויה at skip 3, forward from Genesis 24:22יהיכאשרכלוגמיםשתתוקחאישנזםזהבבהללויה
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 30,493Open in the laboratory →

  2. Exodus 3:10שמות ג:יskip 11, backward

    וְעַתָּה לְכָה וְאֶֽשְׁלָחֲךָ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה וְהוֹצֵא אֶת־עַמִּי בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָֽיִם

    Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth My people the children of Israel out of Egypt.’

    הללויה at skip 11, backward from Exodus 3:10הכנעניוהחתיוהאמריוהפרזיוהחויוהיבוסיועתהנהצעקתבנישראלבאהאליגםראיתיאתהחץאשרמצריםחציםאתםועתלכהואשלחךאלפרעהוהוצאאתעמיבניישראלממצריהללויה
    skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 80,922Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 12:17שמות יב:יזskip 26, backward

    וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת־הַמַּצּוֹת כִּי בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה הוֹצֵאתִי אֶת־צִבְאוֹתֵיכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם חֻקַּת עוֹלָֽם

    And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever.

    הללויה at skip 26, backward from Exodus 12:17אתוחגליקוקלדרתיכםחקתעגהושבעתימיםמצותתאכלואהראשוןתשביתושארמבתיכםכלחמץונכרתהנפשההואמייוםהראשןעדוםהשבעיובישוןמקראקדשביוםהשביעידשיהיהלכםכמלאכהלאיעשךאשריאכללכנפשהואלבדוכםושמרתםאתמצותכיבעצםזההוצאתיאתצבאותיכםמארםושמרתםאתהיוםהזהלדרתיעולםבראשןבארבעהעשריוםהללויה
    skip 26, width 26 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 94,941Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 29:19דברים כט:יטskip 30, backward

    לֹא־יֹאבֶה יְהוָה סְלֹחַֽ לוֹ כִּי אָז יֶעְשַׁן אַף־יְהוָה וְקִנְאָתוֹ בָּאִישׁ הַהוּא וְרָבְצָה בּוֹ כָּל־הָאָלָה הַכְּתוּבָה בַּסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה וּמָחָה יְהוָה אֶת־שְׁמוֹ מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם

    the LORD will not be willing to pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy shall be kindled against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven;

    הללויה at skip 30, backward from Deuteronomy 29:19רנובקרבהגויםאשרעברתםוציהםואתגלליהםעץואבןכסמהםפןישבכםאישאואשהאומאשרלבבופנהיוםמעםיקוקתלעבדאתאלההגויםההםפןרהראשולענההיהבשמעואתזאתוהתברךבבבולאמרשלובשררותלביאךלמעןספותההלאיאבהיקוסלחלוכיאזיוקנאתובאישההואורבצהבוובהבספרהזהומחהיקוקאתשיםוהבדילויקוקלרעהמכלשקללויה
    skip 30, width 30 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 296,449Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 4:16בראשית ד:טזskip 31, backward

    וַיֵּצֵא קַיִן מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־נוֹד קִדְמַת־עֵֽדֶן

    And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

    הללויה at skip 31, backward from Genesis 4:16האדמהועתהארוראתהמןהאדתפיהלקחתאתדמיאחיךמידךדמהלאתסףתתכחהלךנעונדתמרקיןאליקוגדולעונימניהיוםמעלפנהאדמהומפניינעונדבארץהיהכלמצאיילויקוקלכןכהרגקיןשבעתקוקלקיןאותבלתיהכותאתאקיןמלפנייוקוישבבארץוידעקיןאתאשתוותהרותלדבנהעירויקראשםהעירכשםבדלחנוךאתעירדועירדילדאקללויק
    skip 31, width 31 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 4,914Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, הללויה appears 5,863 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 5,831, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 264
  • Exodus 266
  • Leviticus 193
  • Numbers 285
  • Deuteronomy 276
  • Joshua 244
  • Judges 216
  • Samuel 569
  • Kings 553
  • Isaiah 263
  • Jeremiah 531
  • Ezekiel 305
  • The Twelve 290
  • Psalms 338
  • Proverbs 65
  • Job 67
  • Song of Songs 10
  • Ruth 28
  • Lamentations 22
  • Ecclesiastes 64
  • Esther 57
  • Daniel 88
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 192
  • Chronicles 677

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Chronicles 18:34דברי הימים ב יח:לדskip 3, backward

    וַתַּעַל הַמִּלְחָמָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וּמֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיָה מַעֲמִיד בַּמֶּרְכָּבָה נֹכַח אֲרָם עַד־הָעָרֶב וַיָּמָת לְעֵת בּוֹא הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ

    And the battle increased that day; howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Arameans until the even; and about the time of the going down of the sun he died.

    הללויה at skip 3, backward from 2 Chronicles 18:34ימןהמחנהכיחלתיתעהמחמביוםההואומהללויה
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,166,533Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Chronicles 24:12דברי הימים ב כד:יבskip 6, forward

    וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ הַמֶּלֶךְ וִֽיהוֹיָדָע אֶל־עוֹשֵׂה מְלֶאכֶת עֲבוֹדַת בֵּית־יְהוָה וַיִּֽהְיוּ שֹׂכְרִים חֹצְבִים וְחָרָשִׁים לְחַדֵּשׁ בֵּית יְהוָה וְגַם לְחָרָשֵׁי בַרְזֶל וּנְחֹשֶׁת לְחַזֵּק אֶת־בֵּית יְהוָֽה

    And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of the LORD.

    הללויה at skip 6, forward from 2 Chronicles 24:12פוכסףלרבויתנהוהמלךויוידעאעושהמאכתעבדתביתקוקוייושכריםחצביםוחרשיםלחדהללויה
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,174,309Open in the laboratory →

  3. Joshua 18:8יהושע יח:חskip 7, forward

    וַיָּקֻמוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים וַיֵּלֵכוּ וַיְצַו יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־הַהֹלְכִים לִכְתֹּב אֶת־הָאָרֶץ לֵאמֹר לְכוּ וְהִתְהַלְּכוּ בָאָרֶץ וְכִתְבוּ אוֹתָהּ וְשׁוּבוּ אֵלַי וּפֹה אַשְׁלִיךְ לָכֶם גּוֹרָל לִפְנֵי יְהוָה בְּשִׁלֹֽה

    And the men arose, and went; and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying: ‘Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come back to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh.’

    הללויה at skip 7, forward from Joshua 18:8מרלכווהתהלכובארץוכתבואותושובואיופהאשיךלכםגרללפניקוקבשלוילכוהאנשיםויעברובארץויכהללויה
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 332,321Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

הללויה — a Hebrew word: praise the Lord. Searched as הללויה, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 86.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Hallelujah appear in the Torah codes?

1,256 sequences of הללויה at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,285 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Hallelujah in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 24:22 — the shortest of 1,256 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,285.

What is the gematria of Hallelujah in Hebrew?

Hallelujah is spelled הללויה — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 86.

How many times is Hallelujah found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, הללויה appears 5,863 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 5,831, so the count is in line with chance.

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