Heled חלד
Heled (חלד) is a person named in the Tanakh. Heled appears 115,723 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 115,386 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 115,723
- Chance alone
- 115,386
- P (≥ found)
- 0.16
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, חלד appears 115,723 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 115,386, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which חלד appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 8:5, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), חלד is found 1,764,933 times; chance alone would give about 1,788,433.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 115,386 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 28,410
- Exodus 23,230
- Leviticus 16,417
- Numbers 32,269
- Deuteronomy 15,397
The shortest skips
וְהַמַּיִם הָיוּ הָלוֹךְ וְחָסוֹר עַד הַחֹדֶשׁ הָֽעֲשִׂירִי בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ נִרְאוּ רָאשֵׁי הֶֽהָרִֽים
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,377Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְהִי בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ חָֽרְבוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ וַיָּסַר נֹחַ אֶת־מִכְסֵה הַתֵּבָה וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה חָֽרְבוּ פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dried.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 9,772Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־נָא יִחַר לַֽאדֹנָי וַאֲדַבֵּרָה אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם שְׁלֹשִׁים וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֶֽעֱשֶׂה אִם־אֶמְצָא שָׁם שְׁלֹשִֽׁים
And he said: ‘Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not do it, if I find thirty there.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 21,956Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־נָא יִחַר לַֽאדֹנָי וַאֲדַבְּרָה אַךְ־הַפַּעַם אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם עֲשָׂרָה וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אַשְׁחִית בַּעֲבוּר הָעֲשָׂרָֽה
And he said: ‘Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 22,086Open in the laboratory →
וְאָֽמַרְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ לְיַעֲקֹב מִנְחָה הִוא שְׁלוּחָה לַֽאדֹנִי לְעֵשָׂו וְהִנֵּה גַם־הוּא אַחֲרֵֽינוּ
then thou shalt say: They are thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord, even unto Esau; and, behold, he also is behind us.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,468Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, חלד appears 550,288 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 548,126 chance alone would give; the probability of 550,288 or more by chance alone is 0.0018.
- Genesis 28,410
- Exodus 23,230
- Leviticus 16,417
- Numbers 32,269
- Deuteronomy 16,112
- Joshua 16,026
- Judges 14,647
- Samuel 57,152
- Kings 40,837
- Isaiah 28,783
- Jeremiah 29,843
- Ezekiel 33,536
- The Twelve 19,303
- Psalms 46,221
- Proverbs 17,424
- Job 19,635
- Song of Songs 2,450
- Ruth 1,854
- Lamentations 3,510
- Ecclesiastes 7,265
- Esther 6,656
- Daniel 21,436
- Ezra–Nehemiah 18,891
- Chronicles 48,381
Outside the Torah
חָלִילָה לָּנוּ מִמֶּנּוּ לִמְרֹד בַּֽיהוָה וְלָשׁוּב הַיּוֹם מֵאַחֲרֵי יְהוָה לִבְנוֹת מִזְבֵּחַ לְעֹלָה לְמִנְחָה וּלְזָבַח מִלְּבַד מִזְבַּח יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי מִשְׁכָּנֽוֹ
Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn away this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of the LORD our God that is before His tabernacle.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 340,640Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַשׂ לוֹ אֵהוּד חֶרֶב וְלָהּ שְׁנֵי פֵיוֹת גֹּמֶד אָרְכָּהּ וַיַּחְגֹּר אוֹתָהּ מִתַּחַת לְמַדָּיו עַל יֶרֶךְ יְמִינֽוֹ
And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 349,181Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּצְאוּ כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַתִּקָּהֵל הָעֵדָה כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד לְמִדָּן וְעַד־בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְאֶרֶץ הַגִּלְעָד אֶל־יְהוָה הַמִּצְפָּֽה
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD at Mizpah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 379,118Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חלד — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חלד, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 42.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Psalms 49:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Heled in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, חלד appears 115,723 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 115,386, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Heled in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:5 — the shortest of 115,723 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 115,386.
What is the gematria of Heled in Hebrew?
Heled is spelled חלד — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 42.
How many times is Heled found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, חלד appears 550,288 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 548,126 chance alone would give; the probability of 550,288 or more by chance alone is 0.0018.
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