Nils נילס
In Hebrew letters the first name Nils is written נילס — male given name. In the Torah codes, Nils is found 60,937 times across every skip (2–101,616), the shortest at skip 3 (Genesis 8:21) — about what chance alone gives (about 63,213).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 60,937
- Chance alone · every skip
- 63,213
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 3
- Longest skip found
- 101,041
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 6,185 found · chance alone about 6,067 (probability of 6,185 or more by chance alone: 0.07).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 60,937 sequences of נילס across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 63,213).
The shortest skip at which נילס appears in the Torah is 3 — at Genesis 8:21, reading forward.
The longest skip at which נילס was found in the Torah is 101,041 — at Genesis 1:2, reading forward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 17,830
- Exodus 11,034
- Leviticus 7,718
- Numbers 14,565
- Deuteronomy 9,790
Examples across the range
5 of the 60,937 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- נ י ל סGenesis 8:21
… כִּי יֵצֶר לֵב הָאָדָם רַע מִנְּעֻרָיו וְלֹֽא־אֹסִף עוֹד לְהַכּוֹת אֶת־כָּל־חַי …
And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: ‘I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,198 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- נ י ל סGenesis 8:21
- ןGenesis 35:23
בְּנֵי לֵאָה בְּכוֹר יַעֲקֹב רְאוּבֵן וְשִׁמְעוֹן וְלֵוִי וִֽיהוּדָה וְיִשָּׂשכָר וּזְבוּלֻֽן
the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- י ל סGenesis 35:24
בְּנֵי רָחֵל יוֹסֵף וּבִנְיָמִֽן
the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 51,976 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- ןGenesis 35:23
- נNumbers 9:7
… אֲנַחְנוּ טְמֵאִים לְנֶפֶשׁ אָדָם לָמָּה נִגָּרַע לְבִלְתִּי הַקְרִב אֶת־קָרְבַּן יְהוָה …
And those men said unto him: ‘We are unclean by the dead body of a man; wherefore are we to be kept back, so as not to bring the offering of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel?’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יNumbers 9:10
דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּי …
’Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD;
- לNumbers 9:11
בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם יַעֲשׂוּ אֹתוֹ עַל־מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ
in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;
- סNumbers 9:13
… וּבְדֶרֶךְ לֹא־הָיָה וְחָדַל לַעֲשׂוֹת הַפֶּסַח וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מֵֽעַמֶּיהָ כִּי …
But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people; because he brought not the offering of the LORD in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 204,169 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- נNumbers 9:7
- נDeuteronomy 7:19
הַמַּסֹּת הַגְּדֹלֹת אֲשֶׁר־רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ וְהָאֹתֹת וְהַמֹּֽפְתִים וְהַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וְהַזְּרֹעַ …
the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out; so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יDeuteronomy 7:2
וּנְתָנָם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ וְהִכִּיתָם הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִים אֹתָם לֹא־תִכְרֹת לָהֶם בְּרִית וְלֹא תְחָנֵּֽם
and when the LORD thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them;
- לDeuteronomy 6:10
וְהָיָה כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ לְאַבְרָהָם …
And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land which He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee—great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,
- סDeuteronomy 5:25
… תֹֽאכְלֵנוּ הָאֵשׁ הַגְּדֹלָה הַזֹּאת אִם־יֹסְפִים אֲנַחְנוּ לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה …
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.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 263,717 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- נDeuteronomy 7:19
- נGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יExodus 15:27
וַיָּבֹאוּ אֵילִמָה וְשָׁם שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה עֵינֹת מַיִם וְשִׁבְעִים תְּמָרִים וַיַּחֲנוּ־שָׁם עַל־הַמָּֽיִם
And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.
- לNumbers 7:86
… עֲשָׂרָה עֲשָׂרָה הַכַּף בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ כָּל־זְהַב הַכַּפּוֹת עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָֽה
twelve golden pans, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the pans a hundred and twenty shekels;
- סDeuteronomy 33:8
וּלְלֵוִי אָמַר תֻּמֶּיךָ וְאוּרֶיךָ לְאִישׁ חֲסִידֶךָ אֲשֶׁר נִסִּיתוֹ בְּמַסָּה תְּרִיבֵהוּ עַל־מֵי מְרִיבָֽה
And of Levi he said: Thy Thummim and Thy Urim be with Thy holy one, Whom Thou didst prove at Massah, With whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
skip 101,041, width 101,041 — one row is 101,041 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 75 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,041 in the laboratory →
- נGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), נילס appears 1,199,945 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 1,191,257 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,199,945 or more by chance alone is 9.3 × 10⁻¹⁶.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 29,783 found · chance alone about 29,662 (probability of 29,783 or more by chance alone: 0.24).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 76,211
- Exodus 53,567
- Leviticus 39,384
- Numbers 71,774
- Deuteronomy 46,719
- Joshua 43,089
- Judges 40,074
- Samuel 85,411
- Kings 81,611
- Isaiah 64,599
- Jeremiah 81,006
- Ezekiel 77,179
- The Twelve 54,050
- Psalms 90,094
- Proverbs 28,544
- Job 36,671
- Song of Songs 7,166
- Ruth 5,014
- Lamentations 8,217
- Ecclesiastes 9,456
- Esther 11,104
- Daniel 37,407
- Ezra–Nehemiah 52,947
- Chronicles 98,651
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- נ י ל סJudges 21:23
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן וַיִּשְׂאוּ נָשִׁים לְמִסְפָּרָם מִן־הַמְּחֹלְלוֹת אֲשֶׁר גָּזָלוּ וַיֵּלְכוּ …
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off; and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 383,443 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- נ י ל סJudges 21:23
- נ1 Samuel 20:12
… אָז אֶשְׁלַח אֵלֶיךָ וְגָלִיתִי אֶת־אָזְנֶֽךָ
And Jonathan said unto David: ‘The LORD, the God of Israel—when I have sounded my father about this time to-morrow, or the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send unto thee, and disclose it unto thee?
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- י1 Samuel 20:11
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֽוֹנָתָן אֶל־דָּוִד לְכָה וְנֵצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה וַיֵּצְאוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם הַשָּׂדֶֽה
And Jonathan said unto David: ‘Come and let us go out into the field.’ And they went out both of them into the field.
- ל1 Samuel 20:9
… כִּי אִם־יָדֹעַ אֵדַע כִּֽי־כָלְתָה הָרָעָה מֵעִם אָבִי לָבוֹא עָלֶיךָ …
And Jonathan said: ‘Far be it from thee; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
- ס1 Samuel 20:8
וְעָשִׂיתָ חֶסֶד עַל־עַבְדֶּךָ כִּי בִּבְרִית יְהוָה …
Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee; but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 416,883 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- נ1 Samuel 20:12
- ן2 Chronicles 36:16
… עֲלוֹת חֲמַת־יְהוָה בְּעַמּוֹ עַד־לְאֵין מַרְפֵּֽא
but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יEzekiel 47:18
… חַוְרָן וּמִבֵּין־דַּמֶּשֶׂק וּמִבֵּין הַגִּלְעָד וּמִבֵּין אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל הַיַּרְדֵּן מִגְּבוּל עַל …
And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, by the Jordan, from the border unto the east sea shall ye measure. This is the east side.
- ל1 Samuel 13:23
וַיֵּצֵא מַצַּב פְּלִשְׁתִּים אֶֽל־מַעֲבַר מִכְמָֽשׂ
And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmas.
- סGenesis 5:1
זֶה סֵפֶר תּוֹלְדֹת אָדָם בְּיוֹם בְּרֹא אֱלֹהִים אָדָם בִּדְמוּת אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה אֹתֽוֹ
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him;
skip 397,025, width 397,025 — one row is 397,025 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,500 of the TanakhOpen at skip 397,025 in the laboratory →
- ן2 Chronicles 36:16
The spelling
נילס — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as נילס, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 150.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Niels.
Questions
Is Nils in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 60,937 sequences of נילס across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 63,213).
What is the shortest skip for Nils in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Genesis 8:21 — the shortest of 60,937 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 63,213.
What is the gematria of Nils in Hebrew?
Nils is spelled נילס — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 150.
How many times is Nils found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), נילס appears 1,199,945 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 1,191,257 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,199,945 or more by chance alone is 9.3 × 10⁻¹⁶.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 63,213 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.