Leonard Cohen לאונרד כהן
Leonard Cohen (לאונרד כהן): Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016). לאונרד (from Leonard Cohen) appears 124 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 117 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah (לאונרד)
- 124
- Chance alone
- 117
- P (≥ found)
- 0.27
- Shortest skip
- 7
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for לאונרד, and כהן has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
124 sequences of לאונרד at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 117 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 7 — the first at Exodus 14:2, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 778 sequences of לאונרד, against about 743 from chance alone.
- Genesis 40
- Exodus 18
- Leviticus 13
- Numbers 36
- Deuteronomy 17
The shortest skips
דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיָשֻׁבוּ וְיַחֲנוּ לִפְנֵי פִּי הַחִירֹת בֵּין מִגְדֹּל וּבֵין הַיָּם לִפְנֵי בַּעַל צְפֹן נִכְחוֹ תַחֲנוּ עַל־הַיָּֽם
’Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon, over against it shall ye encamp by the sea.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 98,063Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם כִּי אָמַרְתִּי רַק אֵין־יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִים בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה וַהֲרָגוּנִי עַל־דְּבַר אִשְׁתִּֽי
And Abraham said: ‘Because I thought: Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
skip 85, width 85 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 24,990Open in the laboratory →
וְאָמְרוּ אֶל־יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת שָֽׁמְעוּ כִּֽי־אַתָּה יְהוָה בְּקֶרֶב הָעָם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר־עַיִן בְּעַיִן נִרְאָה אַתָּה יְהוָה וַעֲנָֽנְךָ עֹמֵד עֲלֵהֶם וּבְעַמֻּד עָנָן אַתָּה הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם יוֹמָם וּבְעַמּוּד אֵשׁ לָֽיְלָה
they will say to the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that Thou LORD art in the midst of this people; inasmuch as Thou LORD art seen face to face, and Thy cloud standeth over them, and Thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night;
skip 90, width 90 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 211,758Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּרְדְּפוּ מִצְרַיִם אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיַּשִּׂיגוּ אוֹתָם חֹנִים עַל־הַיָּם כָּל־סוּס רֶכֶב פַּרְעֹה וּפָרָשָׁיו וְחֵילוֹ עַל־פִּי הַֽחִירֹת לִפְנֵי בַּעַל צְפֹֽן
And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
skip 92, width 92 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 98,503Open in the laboratory →
וַחֲמֹרִים אֶחָד וְשִׁשִּׁים אָֽלֶף
and threescore and one thousand asses,
skip 114, width 114 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 241,064Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
566 sequences of לאונרד at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 535 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 40
- Exodus 18
- Leviticus 13
- Numbers 36
- Deuteronomy 20
- Joshua 23
- Judges 15
- Samuel 63
- Kings 37
- Isaiah 29
- Jeremiah 42
- Ezekiel 30
- The Twelve 21
- Psalms 32
- Proverbs 15
- Job 22
- Song of Songs 2
- Ruth 1
- Lamentations 4
- Ecclesiastes 5
- Esther 9
- Daniel 32
- Ezra–Nehemiah 17
- Chronicles 40
Outside the Torah
זְאֵב וְטָלֶה יִרְעוּ כְאֶחָד וְאַרְיֵה כַּבָּקָר יֹֽאכַל־תֶּבֶן וְנָחָשׁ עָפָר לַחְמוֹ לֹֽא־יָרֵעוּ וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁחִיתוּ בְּכָל־הַר קָדְשִׁי אָמַר יְהוָֽה
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, And the lion shall eat straw like the ox; And dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, Saith the LORD.
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 640,938Open in the laboratory →
לַיְלָה עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָי וְעֹרְקַי לֹא יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן
In the night my bones are pierced, and fall from me, And my sinews take no rest.
skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 985,092Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ וַיֹּאמֶר לְאֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה מִי הוּא זֶה וְאֵֽי־זֶה הוּא אֲשֶׁר־מְלָאוֹ לִבּוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּֽן
Then spoke the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen: ‘Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?’
skip 21, width 21 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,030,728Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לאונרד כהן — the name in Hebrew letters: Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016). Searched as לאונרד, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 291.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- כהן — the name in Hebrew letters found 495,580 in the Torah (chance 501,888)
Questions
Is Leonard Cohen in the Torah codes?
124 sequences of לאונרד at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 117 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Leonard Cohen in the Torah?
Skip 7, reading forward from Exodus 14:2 — the shortest of 124 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 117.
How is Leonard Cohen spelled in Hebrew?
Leonard Cohen is spelled לאונרד כהן — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 291; one other spelling is counted on this page.
Is Leonard Cohen in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
566 sequences of לאונרד at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 535 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 117 here) beside the count.