Joktheel יקתאל
Joktheel (יקתאל) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Joktheel appears 14,099 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–76,212), 2.9% more than chance alone would give (about 13,697; probability 0.00032).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 14,099
- Chance alone · every skip
- 13,697
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.00032
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 75,731
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: 1,698 found · chance alone about 1,738 (probability of 1,698 or more by chance alone: 0.83).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–76,212), יקתאל appears 14,099 times in the Torah — 2.9% more than the 13,697 chance alone would give; the probability of 14,099 or more by chance alone is 0.00032.
The shortest skip at which יקתאל appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 29:10, reading forward.
The longest skip at which יקתאל was found in the Torah is 75,731 — at Deuteronomy 34:2, 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 3,982
- Exodus 3,115
- Leviticus 1,888
- Numbers 3,052
- Deuteronomy 2,062
Examples across the range
5 of the 14,099 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.
Letter by letter
- י ק ת א לGenesis 29:10
… אֶת־הָאֶבֶן מֵעַל פִּי הַבְּאֵר וַיַּשְׁקְ אֶת־צֹאן לָבָן אֲחִי אִמּֽוֹ …
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 40,335 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- י ק ת א לGenesis 29:10
- י ק תGenesis 38:22
וַיָּשָׁב אֶל־יְהוּדָה וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא מְצָאתִיהָ וְגַם אַנְשֵׁי הַמָּקוֹם אָֽמְרוּ לֹא־הָיְתָה בָזֶה קְדֵשָֽׁה
And he returned to Judah, and said: ‘I have not found her; and also the men of the place said: There hath been no harlot here.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- א לGenesis 38:23
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה תִּֽקַּֽח־לָהּ פֶּן נִהְיֶה לָבוּז הִנֵּה שָׁלַחְתִּי הַגְּדִי הַזֶּה וְאַתָּה לֹא מְצָאתָֽהּ
And Judah said: ‘Let her take it, lest we be put to shame; behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.’
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 57,070 of the TorahOpen at skip 11 in the laboratory →
- י ק תGenesis 38:22
- יLeviticus 23:21
וּקְרָאתֶם בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה מִֽקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם …
And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no manner of servile work; it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- קLeviticus 23:22
… תְכַלֶּה פְּאַת שָֽׂדְךָ בְּקֻצְרֶךָ וְלֶקֶט קְצִירְךָ לֹא תְלַקֵּט לֶֽעָנִי וְלַגֵּר תַּעֲזֹב …
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest; thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
- תLeviticus 23:24
… הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם שַׁבָּתוֹן זִכְרוֹן תְּרוּעָה מִקְרָא־קֹֽדֶשׁ
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of horns, a holy convocation.
- אLeviticus 23:27
… לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּה יוֹם הַכִּפֻּרִים הוּא מִֽקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם וְעִנִּיתֶם …
Howbeit on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; there shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- לLeviticus 23:28
… הוּא לְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 177,249 of the TorahOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
- יLeviticus 23:21
- יExodus 37:9
… הַכְּרֻבִים פֹּרְשֵׂי כְנָפַיִם לְמַעְלָה סֹֽכְכִים בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם עַל־הַכַּפֹּרֶת וּפְנֵיהֶם אִישׁ אֶל …
And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, screening the ark-cover with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the ark-cover were the faces of the cherubim.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- קExodus 36:26
וְאַרְבָּעִים אַדְנֵיהֶם כָּסֶף שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד
and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- תExodus 36:7
וְהַמְּלָאכָה הָיְתָה דַיָּם לְכָל־הַמְּלָאכָה לַעֲשׂוֹת אֹתָהּ וְהוֹתֵֽר
For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
- אExodus 35:24
… עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים לְכָל־מְלֶאכֶת הָעֲבֹדָה הֵבִֽיאוּ
Every one that did set apart an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD’S offering; and every man, with whom was found acacia-wood for any work of the service, brought it.
- לExodus 35:3
לֹא־תְבַעֲרוּ אֵשׁ בְּכֹל מֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶם בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.’
skip 1,006, width 1,006 — one row is 1,006 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 135,149 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,006 in the laboratory →
- יExodus 37:9
- יDeuteronomy 34:2
וְאֵת כָּל־נַפְתָּלִי וְאֶת־אֶרֶץ אֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה וְאֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה עַד הַיָּם הָאַחֲרֽוֹן
and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the hinder sea;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- קNumbers 23:21
לֹֽא־הִבִּיט אָוֶן בְּיַעֲקֹב וְלֹא־רָאָה עָמָל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וּתְרוּעַת מֶלֶךְ בּֽוֹ
None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob, Neither hath one seen perverseness in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the shouting for the King is among them.
- תLeviticus 8:35
… יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת־מִשְׁמֶרֶת יְהוָה וְלֹא תָמוּתוּ כִּי …
And at the door of the tent of meeting shall ye abide day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not; for so I am commanded.
- אGenesis 50:10
וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־גֹּרֶן הָאָטָד אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־שָׁם …
And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they wailed with a very great and sore wailing; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
- לGenesis 1:28
וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ …
And God blessed them; and God said unto them: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
skip 75,731, width 75,731 — one row is 75,731 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,315 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,731 in the laboratory →
- יDeuteronomy 34:2
Across the Tanakh
171,769 sequences of יקתאל across every skip (2–299,260) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 174,684 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 5,727 found · chance alone about 5,787 (probability of 5,727 or more by chance alone: 0.79).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 13,606
- Exodus 9,342
- Leviticus 5,333
- Numbers 7,891
- Deuteronomy 6,366
- Joshua 4,521
- Judges 5,338
- Samuel 12,533
- Kings 13,799
- Isaiah 9,636
- Jeremiah 12,241
- Ezekiel 10,522
- The Twelve 8,540
- Psalms 13,321
- Proverbs 3,893
- Job 5,367
- Song of Songs 832
- Ruth 709
- Lamentations 1,002
- Ecclesiastes 1,549
- Esther 1,504
- Daniel 3,492
- Ezra–Nehemiah 5,835
- Chronicles 14,597
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- י ק ת א לJudges 9:48
וַיַּעַל אֲבִימֶלֶךְ הַר־צַלְמוֹן הוּא וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֶת־הַקַּרְדֻּמּוֹת בְּיָדוֹ וַיִּכְרֹת שׂוֹכַת …
And Abimelech got him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder; and he said unto the people that were with him: ‘What ye have seen me do, make haste…
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 362,612 of the TanakhOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
- י ק ת א לJudges 9:48
- יEzekiel 25:14
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־נִקְמָתִי בֶּאֱדוֹם בְּיַד עַמִּי …
And I will lay My vengeance upon Edom by the hand of My people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to Mine anger and according to My fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- קEzekiel 25:15
… יְהוִה יַעַן עֲשׂוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים בִּנְקָמָה וַיִּנָּקְמוּ נָקָם בִּשְׁאָט בְּנֶפֶשׁ לְמַשְׁחִית אֵיבַת …
Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with disdain of soul to destroy, for the old hatred;
- תEzekiel 25:17
וְעָשִׂיתִי בָם נְקָמוֹת גְּדֹלוֹת בְּתוֹכְחוֹת חֵמָה וְיָֽדְעוּ כִּֽי־אֲנִי יְהוָה בְּתִתִּי אֶת־נִקְמָתִי בָּֽם
And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay My vengeance upon them.’
- אEzekiel 26:2
בֶּן־אָדָם יַעַן אֲשֶׁר־אָמְרָה צֹּר עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם הֶאָח …
’Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem: Aha, she is broken that was the gate of the peoples; She is turned unto me; I shall be filled with her that is laid waste;
- לEzekiel 26:3
… צֹר וְהַעֲלֵיתִי עָלַיִךְ גּוֹיִם רַבִּים כְּהַעֲלוֹת הַיָּם לְגַלָּֽיו
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, And will cause many nations to come up against thee, As the sea causeth its waves to come up.
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 763,667 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- יEzekiel 25:14
- י2 Chronicles 35:4
וְהָכִונוּ לְבֵית־אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם כְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיכֶם בִּכְתָב דָּוִיד מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבְמִכְתַּב שְׁלֹמֹה בְנֽוֹ
And prepare ye after your fathers’houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- קPsalms 72:10
מַלְכֵי תַרְשִׁישׁ וְאִיִּים מִנְחָה יָשִׁיבוּ מַלְכֵי שְׁבָא וּסְבָא אֶשְׁכָּר יַקְרִֽיבוּ
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- תIsaiah 23:14
הֵילִילוּ אֳנִיּוֹת תַּרְשִׁישׁ כִּי שֻׁדַּד מָעֻזְּכֶֽן
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold is laid waste.
- אDeuteronomy 31:7
וַיִּקְרָא מֹשֶׁה לִֽיהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו לְעֵינֵי …
And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel: ‘Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt go with this people into the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
- לGenesis 1:10
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.
skip 298,357, width 298,357 — one row is 298,357 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,193,832 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,357 in the laboratory →
- י2 Chronicles 35:4
The spelling
יקתאל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as יקתאל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 541.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 14:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Joktheel in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–76,212), יקתאל appears 14,099 times in the Torah — 2.9% more than the 13,697 chance alone would give; the probability of 14,099 or more by chance alone is 0.00032.
What is the shortest skip for Joktheel in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 29:10 — the shortest of 14,099 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 13,697.
What is the gematria of Joktheel in Hebrew?
Joktheel is spelled יקתאל — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 541.
How many times is Joktheel found in the whole Tanakh?
171,769 sequences of יקתאל across every skip (2–299,260) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 174,684 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 13,697 across every skip (2–76,212) here) beside the count.