Lecah לכה
Lecah (לכה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Lecah is found 778,717 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:29) — 1.6% above the 766,369 chance alone would give (probability of 778,717 or more by chance alone: 3.0 × 10⁻⁴⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 778,717
- Chance alone
- 766,369
- P (≥ found)
- 3.0 × 10⁻⁴⁵
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 778,717 sequences of לכה at skips 2–5,000, 1.6% above what chance alone gives (about 766,369); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.0 × 10⁻⁴⁵ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:29, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 11,248,598 sequences of לכה, against about 11,878,381 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 766,369 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 145,878
- Exodus 149,993
- Leviticus 122,588
- Numbers 136,162
- Deuteronomy 224,096
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־כָּל־עֵשֶׂב זֹרֵעַ זֶרַע אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת־כָּל־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ פְרִי־עֵץ זֹרֵעַ זָרַע לָכֶם יִֽהְיֶה לְאָכְלָֽה
And God said: ‘Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed—to you it shall be for food;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,548Open in the laboratory →
וּֽלְכָל־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וּלְכָל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה אֶת־כָּל־יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב לְאָכְלָה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, [I have given] every green herb for food.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,611Open in the laboratory →
מֵהָעוֹף לְמִינֵהוּ וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ מִכֹּל רֶמֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל יָבֹאוּ אֵלֶיךָ לְהַֽחֲיֽוֹת
Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,844Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה קַח־לְךָ מִכָּל־מַֽאֲכָל אֲשֶׁר יֵֽאָכֵל וְאָסַפְתָּ אֵלֶיךָ וְהָיָה לְךָ וְלָהֶם לְאָכְלָֽה
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,881Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה קַח־לְךָ מִכָּל־מַֽאֲכָל אֲשֶׁר יֵֽאָכֵל וְאָסַפְתָּ אֵלֶיךָ וְהָיָה לְךָ וְלָהֶם לְאָכְלָֽה
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 7,894Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, לכה appears 2,964,497 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,969,516, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 145,878
- Exodus 149,993
- Leviticus 122,588
- Numbers 136,162
- Deuteronomy 231,302
- Joshua 92,593
- Judges 76,130
- Samuel 236,847
- Kings 276,671
- Isaiah 153,357
- Jeremiah 260,826
- Ezekiel 178,271
- The Twelve 137,020
- Psalms 186,279
- Proverbs 47,412
- Job 49,893
- Song of Songs 10,045
- Ruth 12,443
- Lamentations 14,079
- Ecclesiastes 36,611
- Esther 41,862
- Daniel 59,776
- Ezra–Nehemiah 72,902
- Chronicles 235,557
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר שַׂר־צְבָא יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שַׁל־נַֽעַלְךָ מֵעַל רַגְלֶךָ כִּי הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹמֵד עָלָיו קֹדֶשׁ הוּא וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כֵּֽן
And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua: ‘Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.’ And Joshua did so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,392Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־הָעָם צִוָּה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹר לֹא תָרִיעוּ וְלֹֽא־תַשְׁמִיעוּ אֶת־קוֹלְכֶם וְלֹא־יֵצֵא מִפִּיכֶם דָּבָר עַד יוֹם אָמְרִי אֲלֵיכֶם הָרִיעוּ וַהֲרִיעֹתֶֽם
And Joshua commanded the people, saying: ‘Ye shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,108Open in the laboratory →
מֵעֲרוֹעֵר אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַחַל אַרְנוֹן וְהָעִיר אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹךְ־הַנַּחַל וְכָל־הַמִּישֹׁר מֵידְבָא עַד־דִּיבֽוֹן
from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the table-land from Medeba unto Dibon;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 325,400Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לכה — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as לכה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 55.
As a plain word it stands 28 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 19:32. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Lecah in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 778,717 sequences of לכה at skips 2–5,000, 1.6% above what chance alone gives (about 766,369); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.0 × 10⁻⁴⁵ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Lecah in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:29 — the shortest of 778,717 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 766,369.
How is Lecah spelled in Hebrew?
Lecah is spelled לכה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 55.
Is Lecah in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, לכה appears 2,964,497 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,969,516, 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 766,369 here) beside the count.