First names

Hulda חולדה

In Hebrew letters the first name Hulda is written חולדה — female given name. Hulda appears 7,983 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), in line with the 8,242 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah · every skip
7,983
Chance alone · every skip
8,242
P (≥ found) · every skip
1.00
Shortest skip
18
Longest skip found
75,268

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,015 found · chance alone about 1,046 (probability of 1,015 or more by chance alone: 0.83).

In the Torah

Across every skip (2–76,212), חולדה appears 7,983 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 8,242, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which חולדה appears in the Torah is 18 — at Genesis 24:26, reading forward.

The longest skip at which חולדה was found in the Torah is 75,268 — at Deuteronomy 33:24, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

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

  • Genesis 2,096
  • Exodus 1,703
  • Leviticus 1,145
  • Numbers 1,900
  • Deuteronomy 1,139

Examples across the range

5 of the 7,983 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 24:26בראשית כד:כוskip 18, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. חGenesis 24:26

      וַיִּקֹּד הָאִישׁ וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לַֽיהוָֽה

      And the man bowed his head, and prostrated himself before the LORD.

    2. ו ל ד הGenesis 24:27

      וַיֹּאמֶר בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲדֹנִי אַבְרָהָם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־עָזַב חַסְדּוֹ וַאֲמִתּוֹ מֵעִם אֲדֹנִי אָנֹכִי בַּדֶּרֶךְ נָחַנִי יְהוָה בֵּית אֲחֵי אֲדֹנִֽי

      And he said: ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master; as for me, the LORD hath led me in the way to the house of my master’s brethren.’

    חולדה at skip 18, forward from Genesis 24:26האשרילדהלנחורותאמראליוגםתבןגםמספוארבעמנוגםמקוםללוןויקדהאישוישתוליקוקויאמרברוךיקקאלהיאדניאברהםאשראעזבחסדוואמתומעםאניאנכיבדרךנחנייקוביתאחיאדניותרץהנערותגדלביתאמהכדבריםהאלהולרבקהאחושמולבןוירץלבןאלחולדק
    skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 30,682 of the TorahOpen at skip 18 in the laboratory →

  2. a short skipNumbers 3:23במדבר ג:כגskip 23, backward
    1. חNumbers 3:23

      מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּי אַחֲרֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן יַחֲנוּ יָֽמָּה

      The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward;

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. ו ל דNumbers 3:22

      פְּקֻדֵיהֶם בְּמִסְפַּר כָּל־זָכָר מִבֶּן־חֹדֶשׁ וָמָעְלָה פְּקֻדֵיהֶם שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאֽוֹת

      Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

    2. הNumbers 3:21

      לְגֵרְשׁוֹן מִשְׁפַּחַת הַלִּבְנִי וּמִשְׁפַּחַת הַשִּׁמְעִי אֵלֶּה הֵם מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּֽי

      Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

    חולדה at skip 23, backward from Numbers 3:23חברוןועזיאלובנימררילמחתםמחליומושיאלההםמשפחלוילביתאבתםלגרשוןמשפחלבניומשפחתשמעיאלההםמחתהגרשניפקיהםבמספרכלרמבןחדשומעהפקדיהםשבעלפיםוחמשמאתמשפחתהגרשאחריהמשכןינוימהונשיאתאבלגרשניאליסףבןלאלומרתבניגרשוןבאהלמועדהמשוהאהלמכסהוומסךפתחאהלמחולדה
    skip 23, width 23 — one row is 23 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 191,266 of the TorahOpen at skip 23 in the laboratory →

  3. a mid-range skipExodus 33:2שמות לג:בskip 100, forward
    1. חExodus 33:2

      וְשָׁלַחְתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ מַלְאָךְ וְגֵֽרַשְׁתִּי אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַֽחִתִּי וְהַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי

      and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. וExodus 33:4

      וַיִּשְׁמַע הָעָם אֶת־הַדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה וַיִּתְאַבָּלוּ וְלֹא־שָׁתוּ אִישׁ עֶדְיוֹ עָלָֽיו

      And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man did put on him his ornaments.

    2. לExodus 33:6

      וַיִּֽתְנַצְּלוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־עֶדְיָם מֵהַר חוֹרֵֽב

      And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.

    3. דExodus 33:7

      … מְבַקֵּשׁ יְהוָה יֵצֵא אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד אֲשֶׁר מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה

      Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought the LORD went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp.

    4. הExodus 33:9

      וְהָיָה כְּבֹא מֹשֶׁה הָאֹהֱלָה יֵרֵד עַמּוּד הֶֽעָנָן וְעָמַד פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל וְדִבֶּר עִם־מֹשֶֽׁה

      And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent; and [the LORD] spoke with Moses.

    חולדה at skip 100, forward from Exodus 33:2אםתשאחטאתםואםאיןמחנינכיילךלפניךוביוםפקדיופםאשרהעליתמארץמצריםאלהחתיוהפרזיהויוהיבוסיאאשתואישעדיעליוויאמריעשהלךויתנצובניישראלאצאאלאהלמועאשרמחוץלמחהלהירדעמודענןועמדפתחהפניםאלפניםכאשרידבראיאתהעםהזהואתהלאהודעתניאדעךלמעןאמצאחןבעיניךוחולדה
    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 127,865 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →

  4. a mid-range skipNumbers 26:25במדבר כו:כהskip 1,003, forward
    1. חNumbers 26:25

      אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת יִשָּׂשכָר לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם אַרְבָּעָה וְשִׁשִּׁים אֶלֶף וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאֽוֹת

      These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. וNumbers 26:47

      אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי־אָשֵׁר לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם שְׁלֹשָׁה וַחֲמִשִּׁים אֶלֶף וְאַרְבַּע מֵאֽוֹת

      These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

    2. לNumbers 27:2

      וַֽתַּעֲמֹדְנָה לִפְנֵי מֹשֶׁה וְלִפְנֵי אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְלִפְנֵי הַנְּשִׂיאִם וְכָל־הָעֵדָה פֶּתַח אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵד לֵאמֹֽר

      And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying:

    3. דNumbers 27:22

      … יְהוָה אֹתוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיַּֽעֲמִדֵהוּ לִפְנֵי אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְלִפְנֵי כָּל …

      And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation.

    4. הNumbers 28:20

      וּמִנְחָתָם סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשָּׁמֶן שְׁלֹשָׁה עֶשְׂרֹנִים לַפָּר וּשְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים לָאַיִל תַּעֲשֽׂוּ

      and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; three tenth parts shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth parts for the ram;

    חולדה at skip 1,003, forward from Numbers 26:25יוויראאתישראלשכןלשבטיואלוציםמידכתיםוענואשורשאואתראשכלעדתבניישראמרניאלהמשפתיששכרלפקדאלףוארבעמאתבנינפתלילניהנשיאםוכהעדהפתחאהלתיהושעויעמהולפניאלעזולהבשמןשלשעשרניםלפרותהכפריםועלתהתמידומנחתבשיםבנישנהארבעהעשרתמיםשמעוכלמוצאשפתיהלנדריחולדה
    skip 1,003, width 1,003 — one row is 1,003 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 232,134 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,003 in the laboratory →

  5. the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 33:24דברים לג:כדskip 75,268, backward
    1. חDeuteronomy 33:24

      וּלְאָשֵׁר אָמַר בָּרוּךְ מִבָּנִים אָשֵׁר יְהִי רְצוּי אֶחָיו וְטֹבֵל בַּשֶּׁמֶן רַגְלֽוֹ

      And of Asher he said: Blessed be Asher above sons; Let him be the favoured of his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. וNumbers 23:23

      כִּי לֹא־נַחַשׁ בְּיַעֲקֹב וְלֹא־קֶסֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כָּעֵת יֵאָמֵר לְיַעֲקֹב וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל מַה־פָּעַל אֵֽל

      For there is no enchantment with Jacob, Neither is there any divination with Israel; Now is it said of Jacob and of Israel: ‘What hath God wrought! ’

    2. לLeviticus 9:9

      … קַרְנוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְאֶת־הַדָּם יָצַק אֶל־יְסוֹד הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ

      And the sons of Aaron presented the blood unto him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar.

    3. דExodus 1:4

      דָּן וְנַפְתָּלִי גָּד וְאָשֵֽׁר

      Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

    4. הGenesis 2:25

      וַיִּֽהְיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם עֲרוּמִּים הָֽאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְלֹא יִתְבֹּשָֽׁשׁוּ

      And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

    חולדה at skip 75,268, backward from Deuteronomy 33:24חדויהיושניםערומיםהאדבולןובנימןןונפתליגדוואתהדםיצקאיסודהמזבחותיאמרליעקבלישראלמהפעשריהירצויאיווטבלבשמןחולדה
    skip 75,268, width 75,268 — one row is 75,268 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 303,953 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,268 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–299,260), חולדה appears 151,410 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 151,940, so the count is in line with chance.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 4,809 found · chance alone about 5,034 (probability of 4,809 or more by chance alone: 1.00).

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

  • Genesis 8,807
  • Exodus 7,563
  • Leviticus 5,649
  • Numbers 9,115
  • Deuteronomy 5,457
  • Joshua 5,303
  • Judges 4,847
  • Samuel 10,820
  • Kings 12,168
  • Isaiah 8,972
  • Jeremiah 8,564
  • Ezekiel 10,258
  • The Twelve 6,224
  • Psalms 11,190
  • Proverbs 4,956
  • Job 5,395
  • Song of Songs 703
  • Ruth 480
  • Lamentations 977
  • Ecclesiastes 1,808
  • Esther 1,190
  • Daniel 3,034
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 4,933
  • Chronicles 12,997

Outside the Torah

  1. shortest skip outside the Torah2 Samuel 18:9שמואל ב יח:טskip 2, backward

    Letter by letter

    1. ח ו ל ד ה2 Samuel 18:9

      … וַיָּבֹא הַפֶּרֶד תַּחַת שׂוֹבֶךְ הָאֵלָה הַגְּדוֹלָה וַיֶּחֱזַק רֹאשׁוֹ בָאֵלָה וַיֻּתַּן בֵּין הַשָּׁמַיִם …

      And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth, and his head caught hold of the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

    חולדה at skip 2, backward from 2 Samuel 18:9בךהאלהגוהיזקראשובחולדה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 464,225 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skipJeremiah 37:21ירמיהו לז:כאskip 102, forward
    1. חJeremiah 37:21

      … הַלֶּחֶם מִן־הָעִיר וַיֵּשֶׁב יִרְמְיָהוּ בַּחֲצַר הַמַּטָּרָֽה

      Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard, and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. וJeremiah 38:2

      כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּעִיר הַזֹּאת יָמוּת בַּחֶרֶב …

      ’Thus saith the LORD: He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey, and he shall live.

    2. לJeremiah 38:3

      כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הִנָּתֹן תִּנָּתֵן הָעִיר הַזֹּאת בְּיַד חֵיל מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל וּלְכָדָֽהּ

      Thus saith the LORD: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.’

    3. דJeremiah 38:4

      … יְדֵי כָל־הָעָם לְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה כִּי הָאִישׁ הַזֶּה אֵינֶנּוּ …

      Then the princes said unto the king: ‘Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them; for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.’

    4. הJeremiah 38:6

      וַיִּקְחוּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָהוּ וַיַּשְׁלִכוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל־הַבּוֹר מַלְכִּיָּהוּ …

      Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the pit there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

    חולדה at skip 102, forward from Jeremiah 37:21אמרהישדברמאתיקוקויאמריאלביתהכלאואיונביאיכםביתיהונתןהספרולאאמותשישבירמיהובצרהמטרהוישאמרכהאמריקקהישבבעירהידחילמלךבבולכדהויאמרלדבראליהםכבריםהאלהכייקחואתירמיווישלכואתויטוישמעעבדמלךהכושיאישלךלאמראדניהמלךהרעוהאנצוההמלךאתעבדמלךהכושילחולדה
    skip 102, width 102 — one row is 102 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.

    letter 701,054 of the TanakhOpen at skip 102 in the laboratory →

  3. longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:20דברי הימים ב לו:כskip 299,108, backward
    1. ח2 Chronicles 36:20

      וַיֶּגֶל הַשְּׁאֵרִית מִן־הַחֶרֶב אֶל־בָּבֶל וַֽיִּהְיוּ־לוֹ וּלְבָנָיו לַעֲבָדִים עַד־מְלֹךְ מַלְכוּת פָּרָֽס

      And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia;

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. וPsalms 75:10

      וַאֲנִי אַגִּיד לְעֹלָם אֲזַמְּרָה לֵאלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹֽב

      But as for me, I will declare for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

    2. לIsaiah 25:4

      כִּֽי־הָיִיתָ מָעוֹז לַדָּל מָעוֹז לָאֶבְיוֹן בַּצַּר־לוֹ מַחְסֶה …

      For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, A stronghold to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall.

    3. דDeuteronomy 31:15

      וַיֵּרָא יְהוָה בָּאֹהֶל בְּעַמּוּד עָנָן וַיַּעֲמֹד עַמּוּד הֶעָנָן עַל־פֶּתַח הָאֹֽהֶל

      And the LORD appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud; and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.

    4. הGenesis 1:7

      … וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן

      And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.

    חולדה at skip 299,108, backward from 2 Chronicles 36:20מעללרקיעוייכןויקראאלנןויעמדעמוהענןעלפתחהכיהייתמעוזדלמעוזלאביוכלרשעיארץאניאגידלעללהשאריתמןהרבאלבבלויהחולדה
    skip 299,108, width 299,108 — one row is 299,108 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 1,196,735 of the TanakhOpen at skip 299,108 in the laboratory →

The spelling

חולדה — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as חולדה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 53.

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

Questions

Is Hulda in the Torah codes?

Across every skip (2–76,212), חולדה appears 7,983 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 8,242, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Hulda in the Torah?

Skip 18, reading forward from Genesis 24:26 — the shortest of 7,983 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 8,242.

What is the gematria of Hulda in Hebrew?

Hulda is spelled חולדה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 53.

How many times is Hulda found in the whole Tanakh?

Across every skip (2–299,260), חולדה appears 151,410 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 151,940, so the count is in line with chance.

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