Kohelet קהלת
Kohelet — in Hebrew קהלת — the Book of Ecclesiastes. Kohelet appears 184,209 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), 0.7% more than chance alone would give (about 182,917; probability 0.0013).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 184,209
- Chance alone · every skip
- 182,917
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.0013
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,290
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 17,922 found · chance alone about 17,555 (probability of 17,922 or more by chance alone: 0.0029).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–101,616), קהלת appears 184,209 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 182,917 chance alone would give; the probability of 184,209 or more by chance alone is 0.0013.
The shortest skip at which קהלת appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 37:7, reading forward.
The longest skip at which קהלת was found in the Torah is 101,290 — at Genesis 1:5, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 45,837
- Exodus 38,830
- Leviticus 33,236
- Numbers 40,325
- Deuteronomy 25,981
Examples across the range
5 of the 184,209 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
- ק ה ל תGenesis 37:7
… מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶה וְהִנֵּה קָמָה אֲלֻמָּתִי וְגַם־נִצָּבָה וְהִנֵּה תְסֻבֶּינָה אֲלֻמֹּתֵיכֶם …
for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and bowed down to my sheaf.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 54,386 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק ה ל תGenesis 37:7
Letter by letter
- ק ה ל תGenesis 24:19
וַתְּכַל לְהַשְׁקֹתוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר גַּם לִגְמַלֶּיךָ אֶשְׁאָב עַד אִם־כִּלּוּ לִשְׁתֹּֽת
And when she had done giving him drink, she said: ‘I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 30,364 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק ה ל תGenesis 24:19
- קNumbers 8:8
וְלָֽקְחוּ פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר וּמִנְחָתוֹ סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשָּׁמֶן וּפַר־שֵׁנִי בֶן־בָּקָר תִּקַּח לְחַטָּֽאת
Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הNumbers 8:10
וְהִקְרַבְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְסָמְכוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־הַלְוִיִּֽם
And thou shalt present the Levites before the LORD; and the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.
- לNumbers 8:12
וְהַלְוִיִּם יִסְמְכוּ אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל רֹאשׁ …
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks; and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.
- תNumbers 8:13
וְהַֽעֲמַדְתָּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם לִפְנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְלִפְנֵי בָנָיו וְהֵנַפְתָּ אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לַֽיהוָֽה
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto the LORD.
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 202,731 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- קNumbers 8:8
- קLeviticus 10:3
… הוּא אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה לֵאמֹר בִּקְרֹבַי אֶקָּדֵשׁ וְעַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָעָם …
Then Moses said unto Aaron: ‘This is it that the LORD spoke, saying: Through them that are nigh unto Me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ And Aaron held his peace.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הLeviticus 10:19
וַיְדַבֵּר אַהֲרֹן אֶל־מֹשֶׁה הֵן הַיּוֹם הִקְרִיבוּ …
And Aaron spoke unto Moses: ‘Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before the LORD, and there have befallen me such things as these; and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of the LORD?
- לLeviticus 11:22
… תֹּאכֵלוּ אֶת־הָֽאַרְבֶּה לְמִינוֹ וְאֶת־הַסָּלְעָם לְמִינֵהוּ וְאֶת־הַחַרְגֹּל לְמִינֵהוּ וְאֶת …
even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kinds, and the bald locust after its kinds, and the cricket after its kinds, and the grasshopper after its kinds.
- תLeviticus 11:43
אַל־תְּשַׁקְּצוּ אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם בְּכָל־הַשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ וְלֹא תִֽטַּמְּאוּ בָּהֶם וְנִטְמֵתֶם בָּֽם
Ye shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarmeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
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 154,307 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- קLeviticus 10:3
- קGenesis 1:5
וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד
And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הExodus 16:5
וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי וְהֵכִינוּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יָבִיאוּ וְהָיָה מִשְׁנֶה עַל אֲשֶֽׁר־יִלְקְטוּ יוֹם יֽוֹם
And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.’
- לNumbers 8:8
וְלָֽקְחוּ פַּר בֶּן־בָּקָר וּמִנְחָתוֹ סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשָּׁמֶן וּפַר־שֵׁנִי בֶן־בָּקָר תִּקַּח לְחַטָּֽאת
Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
- תDeuteronomy 33:27
מְעֹנָה אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם וּמִתַּחַת זְרֹעֹת עוֹלָם וַיְגָרֶשׁ מִפָּנֶיךָ אוֹיֵב וַיֹּאמֶר הַשְׁמֵֽד
The eternal God is a dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said: ‘Destroy.’
skip 101,290, width 101,290 — one row is 101,290 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 171 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,290 in the laboratory →
- קGenesis 1:5
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), קהלת appears 2,163,921 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 2,154,889 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,163,921 or more by chance alone is 3.9 × 10⁻¹⁰.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 53,573 found · chance alone about 53,657 (probability of 53,573 or more by chance alone: 0.64).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 181,015
- Exodus 132,510
- Leviticus 112,393
- Numbers 138,011
- Deuteronomy 88,103
- Joshua 58,704
- Judges 62,895
- Samuel 140,266
- Kings 157,503
- Isaiah 154,897
- Jeremiah 153,466
- Ezekiel 123,868
- The Twelve 107,930
- Psalms 141,977
- Proverbs 64,009
- Job 63,070
- Song of Songs 7,634
- Ruth 10,066
- Lamentations 10,536
- Ecclesiastes 16,671
- Esther 13,123
- Daniel 47,334
- Ezra–Nehemiah 49,135
- Chronicles 128,805
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ק ה ל תJoshua 3:2
וַיְהִי מִקְצֵה שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים וַיַּעַבְרוּ הַשֹּׁטְרִים בְּקֶרֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,678 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק ה ל תJoshua 3:2
- קJudges 12:2
… אֲנִי וְעַמִּי וּבְנֵֽי־עַמּוֹן מְאֹד וָאֶזְעַק אֶתְכֶם וְלֹֽא־הוֹשַׁעְתֶּם אוֹתִי מִיָּדָֽם …
And Jephthah said unto them: ‘I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- הJudges 12:3
… וְלָמָה עֲלִיתֶם אֵלַי הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה לְהִלָּחֶם בִּֽי
And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand; wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?’
- לJudges 12:5
וַיִּלְכֹּד גִּלְעָד אֶֽת־מַעְבְּרוֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן לְאֶפְרָיִם …
And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites; and it was so, that when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said: 'Let me go over,' the men of Gilead said unto him: ‘Art thou an Ephraimite?’ If he said: ‘Nay’;
- תJudges 12:6
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ אֱמָר־נָא שִׁבֹּלֶת וַיֹּאמֶר סִבֹּלֶת וְלֹא יָכִין לְדַבֵּר …
then said they unto him: ‘Say now Shibboleth’; and he said ‘Sibboleth’; for he could not frame to pronounce it right; then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.
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 366,973 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- קJudges 12:2
- ק2 Chronicles 36:22
… רוּחַ כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־קוֹל בְּכָל־מַלְכוּתוֹ וְגַם־בְּמִכְתָּב לֵאמֹֽר …
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 3 letters
- הEzekiel 46:21
וַיּוֹצִיאֵנִי אֶל־הֶֽחָצֵר הַחִיצֹנָה וַיַּעֲבִירֵנִי אֶל־אַרְבַּעַת מִקְצוֹעֵי הֶחָצֵר …
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
- ל1 Samuel 12:1
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנֵּה שָׁמַעְתִּי …
And Samuel said unto all Israel: ‘Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
- תGenesis 1:14
… בֵּין הַיּוֹם וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה וְהָיוּ לְאֹתֹת וּלְמוֹעֲדִים וּלְיָמִים וְשָׁנִֽים
And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
skip 398,750, width 398,750 — one row is 398,750 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,911 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,750 in the laboratory →
- ק2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
קהלת — the Tanakh's own spelling: the Book of Ecclesiastes. Searched as קהלת, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 535.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 33:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Kohelet appear in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–101,616), קהלת appears 184,209 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 182,917 chance alone would give; the probability of 184,209 or more by chance alone is 0.0013.
What is the shortest skip for Kohelet in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 37:7 — the shortest of 184,209 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 182,917.
What is the gematria of Kohelet in Hebrew?
Kohelet is spelled קהלת — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 535.
How many times is Kohelet found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), קהלת appears 2,163,921 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.4% more than the 2,154,889 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,163,921 or more by chance alone is 3.9 × 10⁻¹⁰.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 182,917 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.