Biblical names

Helez חלץ

Helez (חלץ) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 62,206 sequences of Helez, the shortest at skip 2 (Deuteronomy 11:4); chance alone would give about 65,011.

Found in the Torah
62,206
Chance alone
65,011
P (≥ found)
1.00
Shortest skip
2

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

In the Torah

62,206 sequences of חלץ at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 65,011 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which חלץ appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 11:4, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), חלץ is found 993,212 times; chance alone would give about 1,007,647.

A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 65,011 of it, so a large count is expected.

  • Genesis 16,641
  • Exodus 13,981
  • Leviticus 8,417
  • Numbers 12,965
  • Deuteronomy 10,202

The shortest skips

  1. Deuteronomy 11:4דברים יא:דskip 2, forward

    וַאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְחֵיל מִצְרַיִם לְסוּסָיו וּלְרִכְבּוֹ אֲשֶׁר הֵצִיף אֶת־מֵי יַם־סוּף עַל־פְּנֵיהֶם בְּרָדְפָם אַחֲרֵיכֶם וַיְאַבְּדֵם יְהוָה עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה

    and what He did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how He made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;

    חלץ at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 11:4שרעשהלימריםלסוסחלצ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 268,756Open in the laboratory →

  2. Deuteronomy 25:11דברים כה:יאskip 2, forward

    כִּֽי־יִנָּצוּ אֲנָשִׁים יַחְדָּו אִישׁ וְאָחִיו וְקָֽרְבָה אֵשֶׁת הָֽאֶחָד לְהַצִּיל אֶת־אִישָׁהּ מִיַּד מַכֵּהוּ וְשָׁלְחָה יָדָהּ וְהֶחֱזִיקָה בִּמְבֻשָֽׁיו

    When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets;

    חלץ at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 25:11האשתהאדהילאתאישחלצ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 288,608Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 45:7בראשית מה:זskip 2, backward

    וַיִּשְׁלָחֵנִי אֱלֹהִים לִפְנֵיכֶם לָשׂוּם לָכֶם שְׁאֵרִית בָּאָרֶץ וּלְהַחֲיוֹת לָכֶם לִפְלֵיטָה גְּדֹלָֽה

    And God sent me before you to give you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive for a great deliverance.

    חלץ at skip 2, backward from Genesis 45:7ריתבארוהיותלכםלחלץ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 69,127Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 12:20שמות יב:כskip 2, backward

    כָּל־מַחְמֶצֶת לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ בְּכֹל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם תֹּאכְלוּ מַצּֽוֹת

    Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.’

    חלץ at skip 2, backward from Exodus 12:20זרחהארכממצתלאתאחלץ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 95,143Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 30:18שמות ל:יחskip 3, forward

    וְעָשִׂיתָ כִּיּוֹר נְחֹשֶׁת וְכַנּוֹ נְחֹשֶׁת לְרָחְצָה וְנָתַתָּ אֹתוֹ בֵּֽין־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וּבֵין הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְנָתַתָּ שָׁמָּה מָֽיִם

    ’Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash; and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

    חלץ at skip 3, forward from Exodus 30:18רנחשתוכנונשתרחהונתתאתוביחלצ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 123,945Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

249,313 sequences of חלץ at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 253,600 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 16,641
  • Exodus 13,981
  • Leviticus 8,417
  • Numbers 12,965
  • Deuteronomy 10,633
  • Joshua 8,987
  • Judges 5,773
  • Samuel 14,389
  • Kings 16,348
  • Isaiah 20,640
  • Jeremiah 15,565
  • Ezekiel 15,399
  • The Twelve 11,181
  • Psalms 23,714
  • Proverbs 9,755
  • Job 9,973
  • Song of Songs 1,091
  • Ruth 788
  • Lamentations 1,410
  • Ecclesiastes 2,615
  • Esther 1,446
  • Daniel 4,509
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 5,429
  • Chronicles 17,664

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 18:19יהושע יח:יטskip 2, forward

    וְעָבַר הַגְּבוּל אֶל־כֶּתֶף בֵּית־חָגְלָה צָפוֹנָה והיה תצאותיו הַגְּבוּל אֶל־לְשׁוֹן יָם־הַמֶּלַח צָפוֹנָה אֶל־קְצֵה הַיַּרְדֵּן נֶגְבָּה זֶה גְּבוּל נֶֽגֶב

    And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan; this was the south border.

    חלץ at skip 2, forward from Joshua 18:19כתףביתגהפונהוהיחלצ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 333,055Open in the laboratory →

  2. Judges 18:2שופטים יח:בskip 2, forward

    וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ בְנֵי־דָן מִֽמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּם חֲמִשָּׁה אֲנָשִׁים מִקְצוֹתָם אֲנָשִׁים בְּנֵי־חַיִל מִצָּרְעָה וּמֵֽאֶשְׁתָּאֹל לְרַגֵּל אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וּלְחָקְרָהּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵהֶם לְכוּ חִקְרוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וַיָּבֹאוּ הַר־אֶפְרַיִם עַד־בֵּית מִיכָה וַיָּלִינוּ שָֽׁם

    And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them: ‘Go, search the land’; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there.

    חלץ at skip 2, forward from Judges 18:2שיםבניימרעהומאשחלצ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 375,047Open in the laboratory →

  3. Judges 19:29שופטים יט:כטskip 2, forward

    וַיָּבֹא אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הַֽמַּאֲכֶלֶת וַיַּחֲזֵק בְּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ וַֽיְנַתְּחֶהָ לַעֲצָמֶיהָ לִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר נְתָחִים וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֶהָ בְּכֹל גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

    And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.

    חלץ at skip 2, forward from Judges 19:29שווינתהעמיהלשניחלצ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 378,963Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

חלץ — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חלץ, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 128.

As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Leviticus 14:43. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Helez in the Bible code?

62,206 sequences of חלץ at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 65,011 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Helez in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Deuteronomy 11:4 — the shortest of 62,206 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 65,011.

What is the gematria of Helez in Hebrew?

Helez is spelled חלץ — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 128.

How many times is Helez found in the whole Tanakh?

249,313 sequences of חלץ at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 253,600 that chance alone would produce.

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