Ophel עפל
Ophel (עפל) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Ophel appears 2,021,086 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), 5.7% more than chance alone would give (about 1,912,367; probability below 10⁻³⁰⁰).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 2,021,086
- Chance alone · every skip
- 1,912,367
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- below 10⁻³⁰⁰
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,390
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 123,432 found · chance alone about 123,382 (probability of 123,432 or more by chance alone: 0.44).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), עפל appears 2,021,086 times in the Torah — 5.7% more than the 1,912,367 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,021,086 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
The shortest skip at which עפל appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 8:19, reading forward.
The longest skip at which עפל was found in the Torah is 152,390 — at Genesis 1:2, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.
A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,912,367 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 489,357
- Exodus 484,426
- Leviticus 284,216
- Numbers 426,609
- Deuteronomy 336,478
Examples across the range
5 of the 2,021,086 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
- ע ף לGenesis 8:19
כָּל־הַֽחַיָּה כָּל־הָרֶמֶשׂ וְכָל־הָעוֹף כֹּל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶם יָצְאוּ מִן־הַתֵּבָֽה
every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families; went forth out of the ark.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,033 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ע ף לGenesis 8:19
Letter by letter
- ע ף לLeviticus 1:14
וְאִם מִן־הָעוֹף עֹלָה קָרְבָּנוֹ לַֽיהוָה וְהִקְרִיב מִן־הַתֹּרִים …
And if his offering to the LORD be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 142,323 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ע ף לLeviticus 1:14
- עLeviticus 10:6
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן וּלְאֶלְעָזָר וּלְאִֽיתָמָר בָּנָיו רָֽאשֵׁיכֶם אַל־תִּפְרָעוּ …
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons: ‘Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes, that ye die not, and that He be not wroth with all the congregation; but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel…
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- פLeviticus 10:7
וּמִפֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לֹא תֵֽצְאוּ פֶּן …
And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, lest ye die; for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.’ And they did according to the word of Moses.
- לLeviticus 10:9
… תֵּשְׁתְּ אַתָּה וּבָנֶיךָ אִתָּךְ בְּבֹאֲכֶם אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְלֹא תָמֻתוּ חֻקַּת …
’Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
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 154,475 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- עLeviticus 10:6
- עExodus 8:3
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן הַֽחֲרְטֻמִּים בְּלָטֵיהֶם וַיַּעֲלוּ אֶת־הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִים עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- פExodus 8:20
… כֵּן וַיָּבֹא עָרֹב כָּבֵד בֵּיתָה פַרְעֹה וּבֵית עֲבָדָיו וּבְכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם …
And the LORD did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’houses; and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by reason of the swarms of flies.
- לExodus 9:10
וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־פִּיחַ הַכִּבְשָׁן וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ לִפְנֵי פַרְעֹה וַיִּזְרֹק אֹתוֹ מֹשֶׁה הַשָּׁמָיְמָה …
And they took soot of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it up heavenward; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast.
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 down the middle column. letter 88,108 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- עExodus 8:3
- עGenesis 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 2 letters
- פLeviticus 8:29
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הֶחָזֶה וַיְנִיפֵהוּ תְנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה מֵאֵיל הַמִּלֻּאִים לְמֹשֶׁה …
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the LORD; it was Moses’portion of the ram of consecration; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- לDeuteronomy 34:12
וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
skip 152,390, width 152,390 — one row is 152,390 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 49 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,390 in the laboratory →
- עGenesis 1:2
Across the Tanakh
29,792,876 sequences of עפל across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 30,219,330 that chance alone would produce.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 502,441 found · chance alone about 502,692 (probability of 502,441 or more by chance alone: 0.64).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,846,308
- Exodus 1,702,245
- Leviticus 1,005,850
- Numbers 1,480,254
- Deuteronomy 1,217,934
- Joshua 1,031,375
- Judges 933,877
- Samuel 2,081,481
- Kings 2,225,684
- Isaiah 1,698,394
- Jeremiah 1,978,530
- Ezekiel 1,779,635
- The Twelve 1,452,878
- Psalms 2,178,704
- Proverbs 780,495
- Job 996,962
- Song of Songs 127,197
- Ruth 138,503
- Lamentations 153,303
- Ecclesiastes 323,212
- Esther 280,110
- Daniel 631,860
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,083,583
- Chronicles 2,664,502
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ע ף לJudges 15:8
וַיַּךְ אוֹתָם שׁוֹק עַל־יָרֵךְ מַכָּה גְדוֹלָה וַיֵּרֶד וַיֵּשֶׁב בִּסְעִיף סֶלַע עֵיטָֽם
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 371,110 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ע ף לJudges 15:8
- עJoshua 1:1
… עֶבֶד יְהוָה וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן מְשָׁרֵת מֹשֶׁה לֵאמֹֽר …
Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- ףJoshua 1:3
כָּל־מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר תִּדְרֹךְ כַּֽף־רַגְלְכֶם בּוֹ לָכֶם נְתַתִּיו כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶל־מֹשֶֽׁה
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke unto Moses.
- לJoshua 1:4
… הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל מְבוֹא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶה גְּבוּלְכֶֽם
From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
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 304,887 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- עJoshua 1:1
- ע2 Chronicles 36:16
… עַד 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 2 letters
- פIsaiah 24:22
וְאֻסְּפוּ אֲסֵפָה אַסִּיר עַל־בּוֹר וְסֻגְּרוּ עַל־מַסְגֵּר וּמֵרֹב יָמִים יִפָּקֵֽדוּ
And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, And shall be shut up in the prison, And after many days shall they be punished.
- לGenesis 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.
skip 598,216, width 598,216 — one row is 598,216 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,495 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,216 in the laboratory →
- ע2 Chronicles 36:16
The spelling
עפל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עפל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 180.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 32:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ophel in the Bible code?
Across every skip (2–152,424), עפל appears 2,021,086 times in the Torah — 5.7% more than the 1,912,367 chance alone would give; the probability of 2,021,086 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
What is the shortest skip for Ophel in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:19 — the shortest of 2,021,086 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 1,912,367.
What is the gematria of Ophel in Hebrew?
Ophel is spelled עפל — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 180.
How many times is Ophel found in the whole Tanakh?
29,792,876 sequences of עפל across every skip (2–598,520) in the whole Tanakh, close to the 30,219,330 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 1,912,367 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.