Nachal נחלה
Nachal (נחלה) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — stream, torrent, valley. In the Torah codes, Nachal is found 21,602 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Leviticus 1:13) — 2.1% above the 21,153 chance alone would give (probability of 21,602 or more by chance alone: 0.0011).
- Found in the Torah
- 21,602
- Chance alone
- 21,153
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0011
- 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 21,602 sequences of נחלה at skips 2–5,000, 2.1% above what chance alone gives (about 21,153); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0011 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Leviticus 1:13, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 227,081 sequences of נחלה, against about 220,415 from chance alone.
- Genesis 4,874
- Exodus 4,168
- Leviticus 3,526
- Numbers 6,255
- Deuteronomy 2,779
The shortest skips
וְהַקֶּרֶב וְהַכְּרָעַיִם יִרְחַץ בַּמָּיִם וְהִקְרִיב הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַכֹּל וְהִקְטִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עֹלָה הוּא אִשֵּׁה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָֽה
But the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water; and the priest shall offer the whole, and make it smoke upon the altar; it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 142,308Open in the laboratory →
וְשִׁסַּע אֹתוֹ בִכְנָפָיו לֹא יַבְדִּיל וְהִקְטִיר אֹתוֹ הַכֹּהֵן הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עַל־הָעֵצִים אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָאֵשׁ עֹלָה הוּא אִשֵּׁה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָֽה
And he shall rend it by the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder; and the priest shall make it smoke upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire; it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 142,543Open in the laboratory →
וֶֽהֱבִיאָהּ אֶל־בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֲנִים וְקָמַץ מִשָּׁם מְלֹא קֻמְצוֹ מִסָּלְתָּהּ וּמִשַּׁמְנָהּ עַל כָּל־לְבֹנָתָהּ וְהִקְטִיר הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־אַזְכָּרָתָהּ הַמִּזְבֵּחָה אִשֵּׁה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָֽה
And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests; and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, together with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall make the memorial-part thereof smoke upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 142,696Open in the laboratory →
וְהֵרִים הַכֹּהֵן מִן־הַמִּנְחָה אֶת־אַזְכָּרָתָהּ וְהִקְטִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה אִשֵּׁה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָֽה
And the priest shall take off from the meal-offering the memorial-part thereof, and shall make it smoke upon the altar—an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 142,999Open in the laboratory →
וְהִקְטִירוּ אֹתוֹ בְנֵֽי־אַהֲרֹן הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עַל־הָעֹלָה אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָעֵצִים אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָאֵשׁ אִשֵּׁה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ לַֽיהוָֽה
And Aaron’s sons shall make it smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire; it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 143,660Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
78,084 sequences of נחלה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 79,293 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 4,874
- Exodus 4,168
- Leviticus 3,526
- Numbers 6,255
- Deuteronomy 2,931
- Joshua 3,361
- Judges 2,578
- Samuel 5,395
- Kings 5,669
- Isaiah 3,826
- Jeremiah 4,676
- Ezekiel 4,646
- The Twelve 2,888
- Psalms 5,043
- Proverbs 1,572
- Job 1,917
- Song of Songs 377
- Ruth 241
- Lamentations 632
- Ecclesiastes 812
- Esther 618
- Daniel 2,327
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,054
- Chronicles 6,698
Outside the Torah
וַיֶּעְתַּר מָנוֹחַ אֶל־יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַר בִּי אֲדוֹנָי אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַחְתָּ יָבוֹא־נָא עוֹד אֵלֵינוּ וְיוֹרֵנוּ מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂה לַנַּעַר הַיּוּלָּֽד
Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said: ‘Oh, LORD, I pray Thee, let the man of God whom Thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 368,241Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּקַּח רִצְפָּה בַת־אַיָּה אֶת־הַשַּׂק וַתַּטֵּהוּ לָהּ אֶל־הַצּוּר מִתְּחִלַּת קָצִיר עַד נִתַּךְ־מַיִם עֲלֵיהֶם מִן־הַשָּׁמָיִם וְלֹֽא־נָתְנָה עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם לָנוּחַ עֲלֵיהֶם יוֹמָם וְאֶת־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה לָֽיְלָה
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven; and she suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 471,330Open in the laboratory →
רַחֲצוּ הִזַּכּוּ הָסִירוּ רֹעַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶם מִנֶּגֶד עֵינָי חִדְלוּ הָרֵֽעַ
Wash you, make you clean, Put away the evil of your doings From before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 576,407Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
נחלה — the Tanakh's own spelling: stream, torrent, valley. Searched as נחלה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 93.
As a plain word it stands 46 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 18:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Nachal in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 21,602 sequences of נחלה at skips 2–5,000, 2.1% above what chance alone gives (about 21,153); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0011 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Nachal in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Leviticus 1:13 — the shortest of 21,602 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 21,153.
How is Nachal spelled in Hebrew?
Nachal is spelled נחלה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 93.
Is Nachal in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
78,084 sequences of נחלה at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 79,293 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 21,153 here) beside the count.