Biblical names

Lahmam לחמס

Lahmam (לחמס) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Lahmas. Lahmam appears 2,562 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 4.4% more than chance alone would give (about 2,455; probability 0.02).

Found in the Torah
2,562
Chance alone
2,455
P (≥ found)
0.02
Shortest skip
3

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

At skips 2–5,000, לחמס appears 2,562 times in the Torah — 4.4% more than the 2,455 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,562 or more by chance alone is 0.02.

The shortest skip at which לחמס appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Leviticus 4:7, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), לחמס is found 26,779 times; chance alone would give about 25,579.

  • Genesis 463
  • Exodus 554
  • Leviticus 347
  • Numbers 877
  • Deuteronomy 321

The shortest skips

  1. Leviticus 4:7ויקרא ד:זskip 3, backward

    וְנָתַן הַכֹּהֵן מִן־הַדָּם עַל־קַרְנוֹת מִזְבַּח קְטֹרֶת הַסַּמִּים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְאֵת כָּל־דַּם הַפָּר יִשְׁפֹּךְ אֶל־יְסוֹד מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה אֲשֶׁר־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד

    And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the remaining blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.

    לחמס at skip 3, backward from Leviticus 4:7הפרישפךאליודזבהעהאשרפתחאהללחמס
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 144,668Open in the laboratory →

  2. Leviticus 4:18ויקרא ד:יחskip 3, backward

    וּמִן־הַדָּם יִתֵּן עַל־קַרְנֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְאֵת כָּל־הַדָּם יִשְׁפֹּךְ אֶל־יְסוֹד מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה אֲשֶׁר־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵֽד

    And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tent of meeting, and all the remaining blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.

    לחמס at skip 3, backward from Leviticus 4:18הדםישפךאליודזבהעהאשרפתחאהללחמס
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 145,291Open in the laboratory →

  3. Leviticus 4:25ויקרא ד:כהskip 3, backward

    וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מִדַּם הַֽחַטָּאת בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ וְנָתַן עַל־קַרְנֹת מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה וְאֶת־דָּמוֹ יִשְׁפֹּךְ אֶל־יְסוֹד מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָֽה

    And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and the remaining blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering.

    לחמס at skip 3, backward from Leviticus 4:25דמוישפךאליודזבהעהואתכלחלבולחמס
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 145,666Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 5:25דברים ה:כהskip 3, backward

    וְעַתָּה לָמָּה נָמוּת כִּי תֹֽאכְלֵנוּ הָאֵשׁ הַגְּדֹלָה הַזֹּאת אִם־יֹסְפִים אֲנַחְנוּ לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ עוֹד וָמָֽתְנוּ

    Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.

    לחמס at skip 3, backward from Deuteronomy 5:25דלההזאתאםיפיאננושמעאתקוליקלחםס
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 260,726Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 16:9דברים טז:טskip 6, forward

    שִׁבְעָה שָׁבֻעֹת תִּסְפָּר־לָךְ מֵהָחֵל חֶרְמֵשׁ בַּקָּמָה תָּחֵל לִסְפֹּר שִׁבְעָה שָׁבֻעֽוֹת

    Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee; from the time the sickle is first put to the standing corn shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.

    לחמס at skip 6, forward from Deuteronomy 16:9עשהמלאכהשבעהשבעתתספרךמהחלרמשבקהתחללפרשבעהשבעותועשיתחגשבעלחמס
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 277,018Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, לחמס appears 10,677 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 10,662, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 463
  • Exodus 554
  • Leviticus 347
  • Numbers 877
  • Deuteronomy 331
  • Joshua 260
  • Judges 292
  • Samuel 484
  • Kings 917
  • Isaiah 718
  • Jeremiah 558
  • Ezekiel 525
  • The Twelve 485
  • Psalms 1,178
  • Proverbs 457
  • Job 389
  • Song of Songs 37
  • Ruth 51
  • Lamentations 67
  • Ecclesiastes 190
  • Esther 155
  • Daniel 279
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 313
  • Chronicles 750

Outside the Torah

  1. Jeremiah 7:28ירמיהו ז:כחskip 2, forward

    וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם זֶה הַגּוֹי אֲשֶׁר לֽוֹא־שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו וְלֹא לָקְחוּ מוּסָר אָֽבְדָה הָֽאֱמוּנָה וְנִכְרְתָה מִפִּיהֶֽם

    Therefore thou shalt say unto them: This is the nation that hath not hearkened To the voice of the LORD their God, Nor received correction; Faithfulness is perished, And is cut off from their mouth.

    לחמס at skip 2, forward from Jeremiah 7:28היוולאקווראבדההאלחמס
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 653,691Open in the laboratory →

  2. Jeremiah 32:33ירמיהו לב:לגskip 2, forward

    וַיִּפְנוּ אֵלַי עֹרֶף וְלֹא פָנִים וְלַמֵּד אֹתָם הַשְׁכֵּם וְלַמֵּד וְאֵינָם שֹׁמְעִים לָקַחַת מוּסָֽר

    And they have turned unto Me the back, and not the face; and though I taught them, teaching them betimes and often, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

    לחמס at skip 2, forward from Jeremiah 32:33םשמעיםקתורוישימולחמס
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 691,854Open in the laboratory →

  3. Zephaniah 3:2צפניה ג:בskip 2, forward

    לֹא שָֽׁמְעָה בְּקוֹל לֹא לָקְחָה מוּסָר בַּֽיהוָה לֹא בָטָחָה אֶל־אֱלֹהֶיהָ לֹא קָרֵֽבָה

    She hearkened not the voice, She received not correction; She trusted not in the LORD, She drew not near to her God.

    לחמס at skip 2, forward from Zephaniah 3:2בקוללאקהורביקוקללחמס
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 839,369Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

לחמס — the Tanakh's own spelling: Lahmas. Searched as לחמס, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 138.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Habakkuk 1:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Lahmam in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, לחמס appears 2,562 times in the Torah — 4.4% more than the 2,455 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,562 or more by chance alone is 0.02.

What is the shortest skip for Lahmam in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading backward from Leviticus 4:7 — the shortest of 2,562 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 2,455.

What is the gematria of Lahmam in Hebrew?

Lahmam is spelled לחמס — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 138.

How many times is Lahmam found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, לחמס appears 10,677 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 10,662, so the count is in line with chance.

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