First names

Kalevi קלווי

In Hebrew letters the first name Kalevi is written קלווי — male given name. Counted across every skip (2–76,212), the Torah holds 25,581 sequences of Kalevi, the shortest at skip 5 (Leviticus 9:5); chance alone would give about 26,289.

Found in the Torah · every skip
25,581
Chance alone · every skip
26,289
P (≥ found) · every skip
1.00
Shortest skip
5
Longest skip found
75,804

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: 3,272 found · chance alone about 3,336 (probability of 3,272 or more by chance alone: 0.87).

In the Torah

25,581 sequences of קלווי across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 26,289 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which קלווי appears in the Torah is 5 — at Leviticus 9:5, reading forward.

The longest skip at which קלווי was found in the Torah is 75,804 — at Deuteronomy 33:21, 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 7,158
  • Exodus 5,019
  • Leviticus 4,194
  • Numbers 5,534
  • Deuteronomy 3,676

Examples across the range

5 of the 25,581 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 skipLeviticus 9:5ויקרא ט:הskip 5, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ק ל ו ו יLeviticus 9:5

      … מֹשֶׁה אֶל־פְּנֵי אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וַֽיִּקְרְבוּ כָּל־הָעֵדָה וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה …

      And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting; and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.

    קלווי at skip 5, forward from Leviticus 9:5משהאלפניאהלמועדוירבוכהעדהיעמדלפניקוקויאמרמשהזההדברקלווי
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 153,162 of the TorahOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →

  2. a short skipNumbers 23:30במדבר כג:לskip 9, forward
    1. ק ל וNumbers 23:30

      וַיַּעַשׂ בָּלָק כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַר בִּלְעָם וַיַּעַל פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ

      And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

    Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
    1. ו יNumbers 24:1

      וַיַּרְא בִּלְעָם כִּי טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה לְבָרֵךְ אֶת …

      And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

    קלווי at skip 9, forward from Numbers 23:30כןליבזהשבעהפריםושבעהאיליםויעשבלכאשראמרבעםויעלפראילבמזבחיראבלעםכטובבעינייקוקלברךאתישראלולאהלךכפקלווי
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 229,003 of the TorahOpen at skip 9 in the laboratory →

  3. a mid-range skipExodus 34:29שמות לד:כטskip 102, backward
    1. קExodus 34:29

      … הָהָר וּמֹשֶׁה לֹֽא־יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו בְּדַבְּרוֹ אִתּֽוֹ

      And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses’hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face sent forth abeams while He talked with him.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לExodus 34:28

      … אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לַיְלָה לֶחֶם לֹא אָכַל וּמַיִם לֹא שָׁתָה וַיִּכְתֹּב …

      And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten words.

    2. וExodus 34:26

      רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי אַדְמָתְךָ תָּבִיא בֵּית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּֽוֹ

      The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk.’

    3. וExodus 34:24

      … אַרְצְךָ בַּעֲלֹֽתְךָ לֵרָאוֹת אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָֽה

      For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders; neither shall any man covet thy land, when thou goest up to appear before the LORD thy God three times in the year.

    4. יExodus 34:23

      שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה יֵרָאֶה כָּל־זְכוּרְךָ אֶת־פְּנֵי הָֽאָדֹן יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

      Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

    קלווי at skip 102, backward from Exodus 34:29מבנתיולבניךוזנובנתיואתךלמועדחדשהאביבכיבחדשבניךתפדהולאיראופניריקהשנהשלשפעמםבשנהיראהכאותאתפנייקקאלהיךשלשפלגדיבחלבאמויאמריקוקאעיםלילהלחםאאכלומיםלאמשהלאידעכירןעורפניובהרןוכלהנשאיםבעדהוידברמסוהובבאמשהלפנייקוקלדשהוהשיבמשהאתהמסוהעלפנקלווי
    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 up the middle column.

    letter 130,658 of the TorahOpen at skip 102 in the laboratory →

  4. a mid-range skipGenesis 41:21בראשית מא:כאskip 1,000, forward
    1. קGenesis 41:21

      וַתָּבֹאנָה אֶל־קִרְבֶּנָה וְלֹא נוֹדַע כִּי־בָאוּ אֶל־קִרְבֶּנָה וּמַרְאֵיהֶן רַע כַּאֲשֶׁר בַּתְּחִלָּה וָאִיקָֽץ

      And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favoured as at the beginning. So I awoke.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לGenesis 41:41

      וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף רְאֵה נָתַתִּי אֹֽתְךָ עַל כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

      And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.’

    2. וGenesis 42:2

      … שָׁמָּה וְשִׁבְרוּ־לָנוּ מִשָּׁם וְנִחְיֶה וְלֹא נָמֽוּת

      And he said: ‘Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt. Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.’

    3. וGenesis 42:22

      … אֲלֵיכֶם לֵאמֹר אַל־תֶּחֶטְאוּ בַיֶּלֶד וְלֹא שְׁמַעְתֶּם וְגַם־דָּמוֹ הִנֵּה נִדְרָֽשׁ …

      And Reuben answered them, saying: ‘Spoke I not unto you, saying: Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.’

    4. יGenesis 43:2

      … לֶאֱכֹל אֶת־הַשֶּׁבֶר אֲשֶׁר הֵבִיאוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם אֲבִיהֶם שֻׁבוּ שִׁבְרוּ …

      And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said unto them: ‘Go again, buy us a little food.’

    קלווי at skip 1,000, forward from Genesis 41:21ההרעההגדלההזאתוחטאתיללךמצריםאשראסוריםבביתהעפרותיפותמראהובריאתבשאתותבאנהאלרבנהולאנודנתתיאתךעלכארץמצריםוינומשםונחיהלאנמותוירדלתחטאובילדלאשמעתםוגםרהביאוממצרםויאמראליהאנחנומובאיםלהתגללעלינישבפיאמתחתוואתגביעיגבמתויותרהואלבדולאמוואבקלווי
    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 61,086 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →

  5. the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 33:21דברים לג:כאskip 75,804, backward
    1. קDeuteronomy 33:21

      וַיַּרְא רֵאשִׁית לוֹ כִּי־שָׁם חֶלְקַת מְחֹקֵק סָפוּן וַיֵּתֵא רָאשֵׁי עָם …

      And he chose a first part for himself, For there a portion of a ruler was reserved; And there came the heads of the people, He executed the righteousness of the LORD, And His ordinances with Israel. .

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לNumbers 23:8

      מָה אֶקֹּב לֹא קַבֹּה אֵל וּמָה אֶזְעֹם לֹא זָעַם יְהוָֽה

      How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I execrate, whom the LORD hath not execrated?

    2. וLeviticus 8:25

      … עַל־הַקֶּרֶב וְאֵת יֹתֶרֶת הַכָּבֵד וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶֽת־חֶלְבְּהֶן וְאֵת …

      And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh.

    3. וGenesis 49:29

      … אֲלֵהֶם אֲנִי נֶאֱסָף אֶל־עַמִּי קִבְרוּ אֹתִי אֶל־אֲבֹתָי אֶל־הַמְּעָרָה …

      And be charged them, and said unto them: ‘I am to be gathered unto my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

    4. יGenesis 1:13

      וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שְׁלִישִֽׁי

      And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

    קלווי at skip 75,804, backward from Deuteronomy 33:21ויהיערבויהבקריוםשלישסףאלעמיקבראתיאלאבתיאאתיתרתהכבדאתשתיהכליתהאלומהאזעםאזעםיקוקכייתלוכישםחלתמחקקספוןוקלווי
    skip 75,804, width 75,804 — one row is 75,804 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 303,809 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,804 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–299,260), קלווי appears 488,290 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.6% more than the 485,172 chance alone would give; the probability of 488,290 or more by chance alone is 3.9 × 10⁻⁶.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 16,078 found · chance alone about 16,074 (probability of 16,078 or more by chance alone: 0.49).

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

  • Genesis 36,954
  • Exodus 27,425
  • Leviticus 24,132
  • Numbers 31,054
  • Deuteronomy 20,249
  • Joshua 13,701
  • Judges 15,024
  • Samuel 33,275
  • Kings 36,771
  • Isaiah 34,599
  • Jeremiah 32,913
  • Ezekiel 26,845
  • The Twelve 23,929
  • Psalms 32,400
  • Proverbs 14,304
  • Job 14,460
  • Song of Songs 1,784
  • Ruth 2,371
  • Lamentations 2,347
  • Ecclesiastes 3,917
  • Esther 3,178
  • Daniel 11,603
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 12,135
  • Chronicles 32,920

Outside the Torah

  1. shortest skip outside the TorahJob 3:9איוב ג:טskip 2, forward

    Letter by letter

    1. ק ל ו ו יJob 3:9

      יֶחְשְׁכוּ כּוֹכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֹ יְקַו־לְאוֹר וָאַיִן וְאַל־יִרְאֶה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר

      Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning;

    קלווי at skip 2, forward from Job 3:9ינשפויואראןואליראקלווי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 966,353 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →

  2. a mid-range skipJoshua 6:9יהושע ו:טskip 100, backward
    1. קJoshua 6:9

      וְהֶחָלוּץ הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים תקעו הַשּֽׁוֹפָרוֹת וְהַֽמְאַסֵּף הֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֵי הָאָרוֹן הָלוֹךְ וְתָקוֹעַ בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת

      And the armed men went before the priests that blew the horns, and the rearward went after the ark, [the priests] blowing with the horns continually.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לJoshua 6:8

      … הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאִים שִׁבְעָה שׁוֹפְרוֹת הַיּֽוֹבְלִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה עָבְרוּ וְתָקְעוּ בַּשּֽׁוֹפָרוֹת וַֽאֲרוֹן …

      And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven rams’horns before the LORD passed on, and blew with the horns; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

    2. וJoshua 6:6

      … שִׁבְעָה שֽׁוֹפְרוֹת יוֹבְלִים לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָֽה

      And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them: ‘Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven rams’horns before the ark of the LORD.’

    3. וJoshua 6:5

      … גְדוֹלָה וְנָפְלָה חוֹמַת הָעִיר תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְעָלוּ הָעָם אִישׁ נֶגְדּֽוֹ

      And it shall be, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the horn, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.’

    4. יJoshua 6:4

      … הָאָרוֹן וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי תָּסֹבּוּ אֶת־הָעִיר שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים וְהַכֹּהֲנִים יִתְקְעוּ בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת …

      And seven priests shall bear seven rams’horns before the ark; and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the horns.

    קלווי at skip 100, backward from Joshua 6:9פניוארצהוישתחוויאמרלושיהושעכןויריחוסגרתומססבתםאתהעירכלאנשיהמלחמעיתסבואתהערשבעפעמיםותהעירתחתיהעלוהעםאישנלפניארוןיקקויאמרואלהרותהיובליםפנייקוקעברארוןהלוךותועבשופרותוםויסבארוןיקוקאתהעירהקשבעהשופרותהיבליםלפניאתויסבואתהעירביוםהשניפקלווי
    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 up the middle column.

    letter 312,033 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →

  3. longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 35:24דברי הימים ב לה:כדskip 298,734, backward
    1. ק2 Chronicles 35:24

      … לוֹ וַיּוֹלִיכֻהוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם וַיָּמָת וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּקִבְרוֹת אֲבֹתָיו וְכָל־יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִַם מִֽתְאַבְּלִים …

      So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

    Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
    1. לPsalms 73:27

      כִּֽי־הִנֵּה רְחֵקֶיךָ יֹאבֵדוּ הִצְמַתָּה כָּל־זוֹנֶה מִמֶּֽךָּ

      For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.

    2. וIsaiah 24:11

      צְוָחָה עַל־הַיַּיִן בַּֽחוּצוֹת עָֽרְבָה כָּל־שִׂמְחָה גָּלָה מְשׂוֹשׂ הָאָֽרֶץ

      There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; All joy is darkened, The mirth of the land is gone.

    3. וDeuteronomy 31:11

      … בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחָר תִּקְרָא אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת נֶגֶד כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאָזְנֵיהֶֽם …

      when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

    4. יGenesis 1:8

      וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָֽרָקִיעַ שָׁמָיִם וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שֵׁנִֽי

      And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

    קלווי at skip 298,734, backward from 2 Chronicles 35:24היבקריוםשנויאמראלהיםחרתקראאתהתרההזאתנגדכלשמחהגלהמששהארץנשארבאבדוהצמתהכזונהממךואנוימתויקברבברותאבתיווקלווי
    skip 298,734, width 298,734 — one row is 298,734 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.

    letter 1,195,281 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,734 in the laboratory →

The spelling

קלווי — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as קלווי, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 152.

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

Questions

Is Kalevi in the Torah codes?

25,581 sequences of קלווי across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 26,289 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Kalevi in the Torah?

Skip 5, reading forward from Leviticus 9:5 — the shortest of 25,581 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 26,289.

What is the gematria of Kalevi in Hebrew?

Kalevi is spelled קלווי — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 152.

How many times is Kalevi found in the whole Tanakh?

Across every skip (2–299,260), קלווי appears 488,290 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.6% more than the 485,172 chance alone would give; the probability of 488,290 or more by chance alone is 3.9 × 10⁻⁶.

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