First names

Harel הראל

In Hebrew letters the first name Harel is written הראל — given name. Harel appears 1,025,097 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 1,064,535 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah · every skip
1,025,097
Chance alone · every skip
1,064,535
P (≥ found) · every skip
1.00
Shortest skip
2
Longest skip found
101,555

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 101,971 found · chance alone about 102,164 (probability of 101,971 or more by chance alone: 0.73).

In the Torah

1,025,097 sequences of הראל across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 1,064,535 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which הראל appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 28:5, reading forward.

The longest skip at which הראל was found in the Torah is 101,555 — at Genesis 1:5, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 248,154
  • Exodus 226,756
  • Leviticus 160,075
  • Numbers 198,778
  • Deuteronomy 191,334

Examples across the range

5 of the 1,025,097 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.

  1. shortest skipGenesis 28:5בראשית כח:הskip 2, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ה ר א לGenesis 28:5

      וַיִּשְׁלַח יִצְחָק אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹב וַיֵּלֶךְ פַּדֶּנָֽה אֲרָם אֶל־לָבָן בֶּן־בְּתוּאֵל הָֽאֲרַמִּי אֲחִי רִבְקָה …

      And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

    הראל at skip 2, forward from Genesis 28:5ילךפדנאםלבןבןבתוהראל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 38,833 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  2. also at the shortest skipLeviticus 7:19ויקרא ז:יטskip 2, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ה ר א לLeviticus 7:19

      וְהַבָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר־יִגַּע בְּכָל־טָמֵא לֹא יֵֽאָכֵל בָּאֵשׁ יִשָּׂרֵף וְהַבָּשָׂר כָּל־טָהוֹר יֹאכַל בָּשָֽׂר

      And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean may eat thereof.

    הראל at skip 2, forward from Leviticus 7:19בשרכלטויכבשרוהנפהראל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 149,879 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  3. a mid-range skipExodus 25:18שמות כה:יחskip 100, forward
    1. הExodus 25:18

      וְעָשִׂיתָ שְׁנַיִם כְּרֻבִים זָהָב מִקְשָׁה תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם מִשְּׁנֵי קְצוֹת הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת

      And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the ark-cover.

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. רExodus 25:20

      וְהָיוּ הַכְּרֻבִים פֹּרְשֵׂי כְנָפַיִם לְמַעְלָה סֹכְכִים בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם עַל …

      And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, screening the ark-cover with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the ark-cover shall the faces of the cherubim be.

    2. אExodus 25:21

      וְנָתַתָּ אֶת־הַכַּפֹּרֶת עַל־הָאָרֹן מִלְמָעְלָה וְאֶל־הָאָרֹן תִּתֵּן אֶת־הָעֵדֻת אֲשֶׁר אֶתֵּן אֵלֶֽיךָ

      And thou shalt put the ark-cover above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

    3. לExodus 25:23

      וְעָשִׂיתָ שֻׁלְחָן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים אַמָּתַיִם אָרְכּוֹ וְאַמָּה רָחְבּוֹ וְאַמָּה וָחֵצִי קֹמָתֽוֹ

      And thou shalt make a table of acacia-wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

    הראל at skip 100, forward from Exodus 25:18חבוואמהוחציקמתווצפיתאיטבעתעלצלעוהאחתושתיטבבטבעתהארןיהיוהבדיםלאישניםכרביםזבמקשהתעשהאהיוהכרביםפשיכנפיםלמעואלהארןתתןתהעדתאשראתשראלועשיתשחןעצישטיםאעשיתזרזהבלמסגרתוסביבויםלשאתאתהשלחןועשיתאתהטהורתעשהאתםונתתעלהשלחהראל
    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 114,087 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →

  4. a mid-range skipLeviticus 8:26ויקרא ח:כוskip 1,000, forward
    1. הLeviticus 8:26

      וּמִסַּל הַמַּצּוֹת אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לָקַח חַלַּת …

      And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and upon the right thigh.

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. רLeviticus 9:7

      וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן קְרַב אֶל …

      And Moses said unto Aaron: ‘Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for the people; and present the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.’

    2. אLeviticus 10:1

      … אֵשׁ זָרָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא צִוָּה אֹתָֽם

      And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.

    3. לLeviticus 10:17

      … לָכֶם לָשֵׂאת אֶת־עֲוֺן הָעֵדָה לְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיהֶם לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה

      ’Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and He hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?

    הראל at skip 1,000, forward from Leviticus 8:26שיםהואכחטאתכאשםתורהאחמהכלנפשאשרתאכלכלדםונכתציץהזהבנזרהקדשכאשרצוקהימיןומסלמצותאשרלפנודיקוקויאממשהאלאהרןקרהאשרלאצוהתםותצאאשמלתאתעוןהעדהכפרעליהםלפכלשרץהעוףההלךעלארבעאשיאכלכלהולךעלגחוןוכלהובשרוועמקאיןמראהמןהעורהראל
    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 down the middle column.

    letter 152,235 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →

  5. the longest skip foundGenesis 1:5בראשית א:הskip 101,555, forward
    1. הGenesis 1:5

      וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד

      And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. רExodus 16:9

      וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן אֱמֹר אֶֽל־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל …

      And Moses said unto Aaron: ‘Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel: Come near before the LORD; for He hath heard your murmurings.’

    2. אNumbers 8:19

      וָאֶתְּנָה אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם נְתֻנִים לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו …

      And I have given the Levites— they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel…

    3. לDeuteronomy 34:12

      וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

      and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.

    הראל at skip 101,555, forward from Genesis 1:5ךקראלילהוייערבויהיבקשהאלאהרןאמאלכלעדתבניבבניישראלותנהאתהלויםהמשהלעיניכישראלהראל
    skip 101,555, width 101,555 — one row is 101,555 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 180 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,555 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–399,013), הראל appears 13,761,589 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.9% more than the 13,640,394 chance alone would give; the probability of 13,761,589 or more by chance alone is 8.9 × 10⁻²³⁶.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 341,927 found · chance alone about 339,644 (probability of 341,927 or more by chance alone: 4.6 × 10⁻⁵).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

  • Genesis 917,127
  • Exodus 871,193
  • Leviticus 656,527
  • Numbers 800,326
  • Deuteronomy 744,306
  • Joshua 542,544
  • Judges 434,567
  • Samuel 1,022,958
  • Kings 1,177,455
  • Isaiah 697,514
  • Jeremiah 1,102,576
  • Ezekiel 864,172
  • The Twelve 700,477
  • Psalms 695,453
  • Proverbs 187,064
  • Job 215,831
  • Song of Songs 46,776
  • Ruth 55,805
  • Lamentations 51,941
  • Ecclesiastes 125,214
  • Esther 142,139
  • Daniel 208,334
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 415,282
  • Chronicles 1,086,008

Outside the Torah

  1. shortest skip outside the Torah1 Samuel 30:16שמואל א ל:טזskip 2, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ה ר א ל1 Samuel 30:16

      … וְהִנֵּה נְטֻשִׁים עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ אֹכְלִים וְשֹׁתִים וְחֹגְגִים בְּכֹל הַשָּׁלָל הַגָּדוֹל …

      And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and feasting, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

    הראל at skip 2, forward from 1 Samuel 30:16לפניכלאץכיםושתיםהראל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 433,213 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skip2 Kings 2:14מלכים ב ב:ידskip 100, forward
    1. ה2 Kings 2:14

      … אֵלִיָּהוּ אַף־הוּא וַיַּכֶּה אֶת־הַמַּיִם וַיֵּֽחָצוּ הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה וַֽיַּעֲבֹר אֱלִישָֽׁע …

      And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said: ‘Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?’ and when he also had smitten the waters, they were divided hither and thither; and Elisha went over.

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. ר2 Kings 2:15

      … אֱלִישָׁע וַיָּבֹאוּ לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ־לוֹ אָֽרְצָה

      And when the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho some way off saw him, they said: ‘The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.’ And they came to meet him, and bowed down to the ground before him.

    2. א2 Kings 2:16

      … וַיַּשְׁלִכֵהוּ בְּאַחַד הֶהָרִים אוֹ בְּאַחַת הגיאות וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא תִשְׁלָֽחוּ

      And they said unto him: ‘Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master; lest peradventure the spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.’ And he said: ‘Ye shall not send.’

    3. ל2 Kings 2:18

      וַיָּשֻׁבוּ אֵלָיו וְהוּא יֹשֵׁב בִּירִיחוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם הֲלֽוֹא־אָמַרְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם אַל־תֵּלֵֽכוּ

      And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them: ‘Did I not say unto you: Go not?’

    הראל at skip 100, forward from 2 Kings 2:14ליויאמרהקשיתלשאולאםתרהםויעלאליהובסערההשמיםתאדרתאליהואשרנפלהמעליףהואויכהאתמיםויחצוהנוישתחוולואצהויאמרואלםאובאחתהגיותויאמרלאתריחוויאמראהםהלואאמרתויאמרקחוליצלחיתחדשהושדמותומשכלתוירפוהמיםעדרולועלהקרחעלהקרחויפןאהראל
    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 530,128 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →

  3. longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:23דברי הימים ב לו:כגskip 398,969, backward
    1. ה2 Chronicles 36:23

      … כָּל־מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי …

      ’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’

    Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
    1. רEzekiel 46:19

      וַיְבִיאֵנִי בַמָּבוֹא אֲשֶׁר עַל־כֶּתֶף הַשַּׁעַר אֶל־הַלִּשְׁכוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים …

      Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north; and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward.

    2. א1 Samuel 11:10

      וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ מָחָר נֵצֵא אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לָּנוּ כְּכָל־הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם

      And the men of Jabesh said: ‘To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.’

    3. לGenesis 1:2

      וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם

      Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.

    הראל at skip 398,969, backward from 2 Chronicles 36:23יתהוםורוחאהיםמרחפתעלייבישמחרנצאליכםועשיתשרעלכתףהשעאלהלשכותהקרץנתןלייקואלהיהשמיםוקראל
    skip 398,969, width 398,969 — one row is 398,969 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 1,196,970 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,969 in the laboratory →

The spelling

הראל — the name in Hebrew letters: given name. Searched as הראל, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 236.

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

Questions

Is Harel in the Bible code?

1,025,097 sequences of הראל across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 1,064,535 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Harel in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 28:5 — the shortest of 1,025,097 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 1,064,535.

What is the gematria of Harel in Hebrew?

Harel is spelled הראל — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 236.

How many times is Harel found in the whole Tanakh?

Across every skip (2–399,013), הראל appears 13,761,589 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.9% more than the 13,640,394 chance alone would give; the probability of 13,761,589 or more by chance alone is 8.9 × 10⁻²³⁶.

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