Biblical names

Nergal נרגל

Nergal (נרגל) is a name in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 4,028 sequences of Nergal, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 15:18); chance alone would give about 4,009.

Found in the Torah
4,028
Chance alone
4,009
P (≥ found)
0.39
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 4,028 sequences of נרגל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,009).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 15:18, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 40,382 sequences of נרגל, against about 41,775 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 1,122
  • Exodus 642
  • Leviticus 639
  • Numbers 930
  • Deuteronomy 695

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 15:18בראשית טו:יחskip 2, forward

    בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כָּרַת יְהוָה אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּרִית לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ נָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת מִנְּהַר מִצְרַיִם עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת

    In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: ‘Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;

    נרגל at skip 2, forward from Genesis 15:18ריםעדהההדנהרפרתאנרגל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 18,186Open in the laboratory →

  2. Deuteronomy 1:7דברים א:זskip 2, forward

    פְּנוּ וּסְעוּ לָכֶם וּבֹאוּ הַר הָֽאֱמֹרִי וְאֶל־כָּל־שְׁכֵנָיו בָּעֲרָבָה בָהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבַנֶּגֶב וּבְחוֹף הַיָּם אֶרֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַלְּבָנוֹן עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת

    turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore; the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

    נרגל at skip 2, forward from Deuteronomy 1:7נוןעדהההדנהרפרתרנרגל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 250,349Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 1:13במדבר א:יגskip 3, forward

    לְאָשֵׁר פַּגְעִיאֵל בֶּן־עָכְרָֽן

    Of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran.

    נרגל at skip 3, forward from Numbers 1:13אשרפגעיאלבעכןלדאיסףבןדעואלןרגל
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 186,824Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 34:11במדבר לד:יאskip 3, forward

    וְיָרַד הַגְּבֻל מִשְּׁפָם הָרִבְלָה מִקֶּדֶם לָעָיִן וְיָרַד הַגְּבוּל וּמָחָה עַל־כֶּתֶף יָם־כִּנֶּרֶת קֵֽדְמָה

    and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall strike upon the slope of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

    נרגל at skip 3, forward from Numbers 34:11בלהמקדםלעיוידהבוומחהעלכתףיןרגל
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 246,625Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 27:16דברים כז:טזskip 4, forward

    אָרוּר מַקְלֶה אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ וְאָמַר כָּל־הָעָם אָמֵֽן

    Cursed be he that dishonoureth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

    נרגל at skip 4, forward from Deuteronomy 27:16מוואמרכלהעםאמארומסיגבורעהוואמרכלהעםאןרגל
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 291,177Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 19,349 sequences of נרגל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 19,333).

  • Genesis 1,122
  • Exodus 642
  • Leviticus 639
  • Numbers 930
  • Deuteronomy 759
  • Joshua 1,316
  • Judges 747
  • Samuel 1,571
  • Kings 1,008
  • Isaiah 1,272
  • Jeremiah 1,215
  • Ezekiel 1,149
  • The Twelve 1,034
  • Psalms 1,454
  • Proverbs 441
  • Job 611
  • Song of Songs 136
  • Ruth 119
  • Lamentations 164
  • Ecclesiastes 168
  • Esther 231
  • Daniel 708
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 662
  • Chronicles 1,251

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 14:2יהושע יד:בskip 2, backward

    בְּגוֹרַל נַחֲלָתָם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה לְתִשְׁעַת הַמַּטּוֹת וַחֲצִי הַמַּטֶּֽה

    by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.—

    נרגל at skip 2, backward from Joshua 14:2ניישראבולחלתםכאשנרגל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 326,714Open in the laboratory →

  2. Job 9:24איוב ט:כדskip 2, backward

    אֶרֶץ נִתְּנָה בְֽיַד־רָשָׁע פְּנֵֽי־שֹׁפְטֶיהָ יְכַסֶּה אִם־לֹא אֵפוֹא מִי־הֽוּא

    The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof; If it be not He, who then is it?

    נרגל at skip 2, backward from Job 9:24תנקיםיעאץתנהבידרנרגל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 970,951Open in the laboratory →

  3. Daniel 3:24דניאל ג:כדskip 2, backward

    אֱדַיִן נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מַלְכָּא תְּוַהּ וְקָם בְּהִתְבְּהָלָה עָנֵה וְאָמַר לְהַדָּֽבְרוֹהִי הֲלָא גֻבְרִין תְּלָתָא רְמֵינָא לְגוֹא־נוּרָא מְכַפְּתִין עָנַיִן וְאָמְרִין לְמַלְכָּא יַצִּיבָא מַלְכָּֽא

    Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was alarmed, and rose up in haste; he spoke and said unto his ministers: ‘Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?’ They answered and said unto the king: ‘True, O king.’

    נרגל at skip 2, backward from Daniel 3:24ברוהיהאביתלתארמיןרגל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,041,495Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

נרגל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as נרגל, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 283.

As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Kings 17:30. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Nergal in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 4,028 sequences of נרגל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,009).

What is the shortest skip for Nergal in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 15:18 — the shortest of 4,028 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,009.

How is Nergal spelled in Hebrew?

Nergal is spelled נרגל — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 283.

Is Nergal in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 19,349 sequences of נרגל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 19,333).

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The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 4,009 here) beside the count.

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