Kalev (Caleb · כלב)
Kalev (Caleb · כלב) is a person named in the Tanakh. Kalev (Caleb) appears 6,877,965 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), in line with the 6,920,411 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 6,877,965
- Chance alone · every skip
- 6,920,411
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,340
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 451,316 found · chance alone about 446,491 (probability of 451,316 or more by chance alone: 2.8 × 10⁻¹³).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), כלב appears 6,877,965 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 6,920,411, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 17:22, reading forward.
The longest skip at which כלב was found in the Torah is 152,340 — at Deuteronomy 34:12, reading backward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 6,920,411 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,540,340
- Exodus 1,298,619
- Leviticus 1,046,185
- Numbers 1,105,745
- Deuteronomy 1,887,076
Examples across the range
5 of the 6,877,965 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
- כ ל בGenesis 17:22
וַיְכַל לְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ וַיַּעַל אֱלֹהִים מֵעַל אַבְרָהָֽם
And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,208 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- כ ל בGenesis 17:22
Letter by letter
- ך ל בGenesis 19:17
… אֹתָם הַחוּצָה וַיֹּאמֶר הִמָּלֵט עַל־נַפְשֶׁךָ אַל־תַּבִּיט אַחֲרֶיךָ וְאַֽל־תַּעֲמֹד בְּכָל־הַכִּכָּר …
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said: ‘Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,216 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ך ל בGenesis 19:17
- כExodus 6:14
… רָאשֵׁי בֵית־אֲבֹתָם בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵן בְּכֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל חֲנוֹךְ וּפַלּוּא חֶצְרוֹן וְכַרְמִי …
These are the heads of their fathers’houses: the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לExodus 6:16
וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵֽי־לֵוִי לְתֹלְדֹתָם גֵּרְשׁוֹן …
And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years.
- בExodus 6:18
וּבְנֵי קְהָת עַמְרָם וְיִצְהָר וְחֶבְרוֹן וְעֻזִּיאֵל וּשְׁנֵי חַיֵּי קְהָת שָׁלֹשׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָֽה
And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years.
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 85,532 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- כExodus 6:14
- כLeviticus 5:18
… מִן־הַצֹּאן בְּעֶרְכְּךָ לְאָשָׁם אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו הַכֹּהֵן עַל שִׁגְגָתוֹ …
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy valuation, for a guilt-offering, unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the error which he committed, though he knew it not, and he shall be forgiven.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לLeviticus 6:11
כָּל־זָכָר בִּבְנֵי אַהֲרֹן יֹֽאכֲלֶנָּה חָק …
Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as a due for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of the LORD made by fire; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
- בLeviticus 7:10
וְכָל־מִנְחָה בְלוּלָֽה־בַשֶּׁמֶן וַחֲרֵבָה לְכָל־בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן תִּהְיֶה אִישׁ כְּאָחִֽיו
And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 147,383 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- כLeviticus 5:18
- כDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לLeviticus 8:29
… יְהוָה מֵאֵיל הַמִּלֻּאִים לְמֹשֶׁה הָיָה לְמָנָה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה …
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the LORD; it was Moses’portion of the ram of consecration; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- בGenesis 1:4
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 152,340, width 152,340 — one row is 152,340 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,806 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,340 in the laboratory →
- כDeuteronomy 34:12
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–598,520), כלב appears 114,123,150 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 114,178,431, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1,894,726 found · chance alone about 1,899,334 (probability of 1,894,726 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 6,685,306
- Exodus 5,601,012
- Leviticus 4,386,213
- Numbers 4,634,917
- Deuteronomy 7,731,217
- Joshua 3,303,182
- Judges 2,987,803
- Samuel 8,635,542
- Kings 9,783,864
- Isaiah 6,928,763
- Jeremiah 8,734,819
- Ezekiel 7,322,711
- The Twelve 5,443,762
- Psalms 8,637,206
- Proverbs 2,930,825
- Job 3,079,740
- Song of Songs 583,616
- Ruth 468,537
- Lamentations 576,073
- Ecclesiastes 1,235,431
- Esther 1,436,163
- Daniel 2,314,688
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,833,202
- Chronicles 7,848,558
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- כ ל בJoshua 22:5
… וְלִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתָיו וּלְדָבְקָה־בוֹ וּלְעָבְדוֹ בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶם וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁכֶֽם
Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and to cleave unto Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 338,782 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- כ ל בJoshua 22:5
- ךJudges 3:19
… הַגִּלְגָּל וַיֹּאמֶר דְּבַר־סֵתֶר לִי אֵלֶיךָ הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר הָס וַיֵּֽצְאוּ מֵֽעָלָיו …
But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said: ‘I have a secret errand unto thee, O king.’ And he said: ‘Keep silence.’ And all that stood by him went out from him.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לJudges 3:20
… דְּבַר־אֱלֹהִים לִי אֵלֶיךָ וַיָּקָם מֵעַל הַכִּסֵּֽא
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in his cool upper chamber. And Ehud said: ‘I have a message from God unto thee.’ And he arose out of his seat.
- בJudges 3:22
… הַלַּהַב כִּי לֹא שָׁלַף הַחֶרֶב מִבִּטְנוֹ וַיֵּצֵא הַֽפַּרְשְׁדֹֽנָה
And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his belly; and it came out behind.
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 349,323 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ךJudges 3:19
- כ2 Chronicles 36:22
… יִרְמְיָהוּ הֵעִיר יְהוָה אֶת־רוּחַ כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־קוֹל בְּכָל …
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לIsaiah 25:2
כִּי שַׂמְתָּ מֵעִיר לַגָּל קִרְיָה בְצוּרָה לְמַפֵּלָה אַרְמוֹן זָרִים מֵעִיר לְעוֹלָם לֹא יִבָּנֶֽה
For Thou hast made of a city a heap, Of a fortified city a ruin; A castle of strangers to be no city, It shall never be built. .
- בGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 598,427, width 598,427 — one row is 598,427 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,896 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,427 in the laboratory →
- כ2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
כלב — the Tanakh's own spelling: Caleb. Searched as כלב, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 52.
As a plain word it stands 38 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 11:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Caleb.
Questions
Is Kalev (Caleb) in the Bible code?
Across every skip (2–152,424), כלב appears 6,877,965 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 6,920,411, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Kalev (Caleb) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 17:22 — the shortest of 6,877,965 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 6,920,411.
How is Kalev (Caleb) spelled in Hebrew?
Kalev is spelled כלב — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 52.
Is Kalev (Caleb) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–598,520), כלב appears 114,123,150 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 114,178,431, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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