Hevel (Abel · הבל)
Hevel (Abel · הבל) is a person named in the Tanakh. Hevel (Abel) appears 1,042,182 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,046,649 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 1,042,182
- Chance alone
- 1,046,649
- 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
At skips 2–5,000, הבל appears 1,042,182 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,046,649, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which הבל appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:26, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), הבל is found 16,088,426 times; chance alone would give about 16,222,605.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,046,649 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 225,151
- Exodus 205,514
- Leviticus 170,385
- Numbers 235,189
- Deuteronomy 205,943
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים נַֽעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ וְיִרְדּוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל־הָאָרֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָֽרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And God said: ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,305Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲנִי הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אֶת־הַמַּבּוּל מַיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ לְשַׁחֵת כָּל־בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ רוּחַ חַיִּים מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָרֶץ יִגְוָֽע
And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall perish.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,634Open in the laboratory →
וּמִכָּל־הָחַי מִֽכָּל־בָּשָׂר שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל תָּבִיא אֶל־הַתֵּבָה לְהַחֲיֹת אִתָּךְ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה יִֽהְיֽוּ
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,767Open in the laboratory →
וְנֹחַ בֶּן־שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וְהַמַּבּוּל הָיָה מַיִם עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,213Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹא נֹחַ וּבָנָיו וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנָיו אִתּוֹ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה מִפְּנֵי מֵי הַמַּבּֽוּל
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, before the waters of the flood.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 8,269Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 4,070,183 sequences of הבל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,079,800).
- Genesis 225,151
- Exodus 205,514
- Leviticus 170,385
- Numbers 235,189
- Deuteronomy 212,018
- Joshua 149,822
- Judges 127,462
- Samuel 330,988
- Kings 383,960
- Isaiah 180,433
- Jeremiah 342,156
- Ezekiel 241,641
- The Twelve 188,871
- Psalms 201,394
- Proverbs 59,369
- Job 59,165
- Song of Songs 13,311
- Ruth 16,358
- Lamentations 17,579
- Ecclesiastes 41,919
- Esther 46,088
- Daniel 71,043
- Ezra–Nehemiah 143,746
- Chronicles 406,621
Outside the Torah
מֵהַמִּדְבָּר וְהַלְּבָנוֹן הַזֶּה וְֽעַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדוֹל נְהַר־פְּרָת כֹּל אֶרֶץ הַֽחִתִּים וְעַד־הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל מְבוֹא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶה גְּבוּלְכֶֽם
From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,083Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בעלות הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה מִתּוֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן נִתְּקוּ כַּפּוֹת רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶל הֶחָרָבָה וַיָּשֻׁבוּ מֵֽי־הַיַּרְדֵּן לִמְקוֹמָם וַיֵּלְכוּ כִתְמוֹל־שִׁלְשׁוֹם עַל־כָּל־גְּדוֹתָֽיו
And it came to pass, as the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the midst of the Jordan, as soon as the soles of the priests’feet were drawn up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,886Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ כָּֽל־הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן בָּהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבְכֹל חוֹף הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל אֶל־מוּל הַלְּבָנוֹן הַֽחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי
And it came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and on all the shore of the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 317,678Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
הבל — the Tanakh's own spelling: Abel. Searched as הבל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 37.
As a plain word it stands 55 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Abel.
Questions
Does Hevel (Abel) appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, הבל appears 1,042,182 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,046,649, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Hevel (Abel) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:26 — the shortest of 1,042,182 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,046,649.
What is the gematria of Hevel (Abel) in Hebrew?
Hevel is spelled הבל — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 37.
How many times is Hevel (Abel) found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 4,070,183 sequences of הבל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,079,800).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,046,649 here) beside the count.