Kotel כותל
Kotel — in Hebrew כותל — the Western Wall in Jerusalem. In the Torah codes, Kotel is found 48,587 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 9:9) — about what chance alone gives (about 48,701).
- Found in the Torah
- 48,587
- Chance alone
- 48,701
- P (≥ found)
- 0.70
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
48,587 sequences of כותל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 48,701 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 9:9, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 507,398 sequences of כותל, against about 507,457 from chance alone.
- Genesis 10,549
- Exodus 9,322
- Leviticus 8,143
- Numbers 7,241
- Deuteronomy 13,332
The shortest skips
וַאֲנִי הִנְנִי מֵקִים אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אִתְּכֶם וְאֶֽת־זַרְעֲכֶם אַֽחֲרֵיכֶֽם
’As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,659Open in the laboratory →
וַיֵּשְׁתְּ מִן־הַיַּיִן וַיִּשְׁכָּר וַיִּתְגַּל בְּתוֹךְ אָהֳלֹֽה
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,226Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיַּהֲפֹךְ אֶת־הֶעָרִים הָאֵל וְאֵת כָּל־הַכִּכָּר וְאֵת כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הֶעָרִים וְצֶמַח הָאֲדָמָֽה
and He overthrow those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,616Open in the laboratory →
וַתַּהַר עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־שָׁמַע יְהוָה כִּֽי־שְׂנוּאָה אָנֹכִי וַיִּתֶּן־לִי גַּם־אֶת־זֶה וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ שִׁמְעֽוֹן
And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: ‘Because the LORD hath heard that I am hated, He hath therefore given me this son also.’ And she called his name Simeon.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 41,355Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּצֵּל אֱלֹהִים אֶת־מִקְנֵה אֲבִיכֶם וַיִּתֶּן־לִֽי
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 44,035Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, כותל appears 196,625 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 198,887, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 10,549
- Exodus 9,322
- Leviticus 8,143
- Numbers 7,241
- Deuteronomy 13,938
- Joshua 5,193
- Judges 5,329
- Samuel 16,668
- Kings 16,582
- Isaiah 10,662
- Jeremiah 15,095
- Ezekiel 14,370
- The Twelve 8,322
- Psalms 14,322
- Proverbs 4,922
- Job 5,341
- Song of Songs 1,120
- Ruth 827
- Lamentations 1,096
- Ecclesiastes 2,063
- Esther 2,713
- Daniel 3,641
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,413
- Chronicles 14,753
Outside the Torah
זָכוֹר אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶתְכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה לֵאמֹר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מֵנִיחַ לָכֶם וְנָתַן לָכֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּֽאת
’Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, you, saying: The LORD your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,633Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּלְכְּדוּהָ וַיַּכּֽוּהָ־לְפִי־חֶרֶב וְאֶת־מַלְכָּהּ וְאֶת־כָּל־עָרֶיהָ וְאֶת־כָּל־הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ לֹֽא־הִשְׁאִיר שָׂרִיד כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה לְעֶגְלוֹן וַיַּחֲרֵם אוֹתָהּ וְאֶת־כָּל־הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־בָּֽהּ
And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 321,920Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ וְאֶת־מַלְכָּהּ וְאֶת־כָּל־עָרֶיהָ וַיַּכּוּם לְפִי־חֶרֶב וַֽיַּחֲרִימוּ אֶת־כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ לֹא הִשְׁאִיר שָׂרִיד כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְחֶבְרוֹן כֵּן־עָשָׂה לִדְבִרָה וּלְמַלְכָּהּ וְכַאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְלִבְנָה וּלְמַלְכָּֽהּ
And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining; as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 322,038Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
כותל — a Hebrew word: the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Searched as כותל, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 456.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Kotel in the Bible code?
48,587 sequences of כותל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 48,701 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Kotel in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 9:9 — the shortest of 48,587 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 48,701.
How is Kotel spelled in Hebrew?
Kotel is spelled כותל — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 456.
Is Kotel in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, כותל appears 196,625 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 198,887, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 48,701 here) beside the count.