Hul חול
Hul (חול) is a person named in the Tanakh. Hul appears 496,945 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 501,007 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 496,945
- Chance alone
- 501,007
- 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
The Torah holds 496,945 sequences of חול at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 501,007).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 13:8, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 7,657,113 sequences of חול, against about 7,765,392 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 501,007 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 132,346
- Exodus 98,766
- Leviticus 77,539
- Numbers 117,360
- Deuteronomy 70,934
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֶל־לוֹט אַל־נָא תְהִי מְרִיבָה בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶיךָ וּבֵין רֹעַי וּבֵין רֹעֶיךָ כִּֽי־אֲנָשִׁים אַחִים אֲנָֽחְנוּ
And Abram said unto Lot: ‘Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,530Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם אַבְרָהָם בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּֽקַּֽח־לֶחֶם וְחֵמַת מַיִם וַיִּתֵּן אֶל־הָגָר שָׂם עַל־שִׁכְמָהּ וְאֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֶהָ וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתֵּתַע בְּמִדְבַּר בְּאֵר שָֽׁבַע
And Abraham arose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and strayed in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 25,977Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּכְלוּ הַמַּיִם מִן־הַחֵמֶת וַתַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד תַּחַת אַחַד הַשִּׂיחִֽם
And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 26,033Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשָׁב אַבְרָהָם אֶל־נְעָרָיו וַיָּקֻמוּ וַיֵּלְכוּ יַחְדָּו אֶל־בְּאֵר שָׁבַע וַיֵּשֶׁב אַבְרָהָם בִּבְאֵר שָֽׁבַע
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer- sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,094Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ בַבֹּקֶר וַיִּשָּׁבְעוּ אִישׁ לְאָחִיו וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם יִצְחָק וַיֵּלְכוּ מֵאִתּוֹ בְּשָׁלֽוֹם
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 36,034Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
2,181,963 sequences of חול at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,194,551 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 132,346
- Exodus 98,766
- Leviticus 77,539
- Numbers 117,360
- Deuteronomy 73,987
- Joshua 76,918
- Judges 73,314
- Samuel 192,666
- Kings 175,781
- Isaiah 127,751
- Jeremiah 120,612
- Ezekiel 126,921
- The Twelve 86,306
- Psalms 161,385
- Proverbs 62,676
- Job 77,302
- Song of Songs 9,428
- Ruth 6,345
- Lamentations 13,490
- Ecclesiastes 24,848
- Esther 17,457
- Daniel 45,884
- Ezra–Nehemiah 68,238
- Chronicles 214,643
Outside the Torah
וַֽיַּעֲנוּ אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹר כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־צִוִּיתָנוּ נַֽעֲשֶׂה וְאֶֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁלָחֵנוּ נֵלֵֽךְ
And they answered Joshua, saying: ‘All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,901Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ־בִּן־נוּן מִֽן־הַשִּׁטִּים שְׁנַֽיִם־אֲנָשִׁים מְרַגְּלִים חֶרֶשׁ לֵאמֹר לְכוּ רְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת־יְרִיחוֹ וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית־אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה וּשְׁמָהּ רָחָב וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־שָֽׁמָּה
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: ‘Go view the land, and Jericho.’ And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,080Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר כְּדִבְרֵיכֶם כֶּן־הוּא וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵם וַיֵּלֵכוּ וַתִּקְשֹׁר אֶת־תִּקְוַת הַשָּׁנִי בַּחַלּֽוֹן
And she said: ‘According unto your words, so be it.’ And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,388Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
חול — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as חול, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 44.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 33:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Hul in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 496,945 sequences of חול at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 501,007).
What is the shortest skip for Hul in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 13:8 — the shortest of 496,945 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 501,007.
How is Hul spelled in Hebrew?
Hul is spelled חול — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 44.
Is Hul in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
2,181,963 sequences of חול at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,194,551 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 501,007 here) beside the count.