Palal פלל
Palal (פלל) is a person named in the Tanakh. Palal appears 3,635,021 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), in line with the 3,666,646 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 3,635,021
- Chance alone · every skip
- 3,666,646
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,386
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: 237,948 found · chance alone about 236,564 (probability of 237,948 or more by chance alone: 0.0022).
In the Torah
3,635,021 sequences of פלל across every skip (2–152,424) in the Torah, close to the 3,666,646 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which פלל appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 45:1, reading forward.
The longest skip at which פלל was found in the Torah is 152,386 — at Deuteronomy 34:11, reading backward; 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 3,666,646 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 883,333
- Exodus 736,964
- Leviticus 527,275
- Numbers 938,265
- Deuteronomy 549,184
Examples across the range
5 of the 3,635,021 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
- פ ל לGenesis 45:1
וְלֹֽא־יָכֹל יוֹסֵף לְהִתְאַפֵּק לְכֹל הַנִּצָּבִים עָלָיו וַיִּקְרָא הוֹצִיאוּ כָל …
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried: ‘Cause every man to go out from me.’ And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 68,760 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- פ ל לGenesis 45:1
- ףExodus 11:6
וְהָֽיְתָה צְעָקָה גְדֹלָה בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם אֲשֶׁר כָּמֹהוּ לֹא נִהְיָתָה וְכָמֹהוּ לֹא תֹסִֽף
And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath been none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- ל לExodus 11:7
וּלְכֹל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יֶֽחֱרַץ־כֶּלֶב …
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 93,692 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ףExodus 11:6
- פExodus 5:10
… אֶל־הָעָם לֵאמֹר כֹּה אָמַר פַּרְעֹה אֵינֶנִּי נֹתֵן לָכֶם תֶּֽבֶן
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying: ‘Thus saith Pharaoh: I will not give you straw.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לExodus 5:13
וְהַנֹּגְשִׂים אָצִים לֵאמֹר כַּלּוּ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם דְּבַר־יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר בִּהְיוֹת הַתֶּֽבֶן
And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: ‘Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.’
- לExodus 5:14
… לֹא כִלִּיתֶם חָקְכֶם לִלְבֹּן כִּתְמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם גַּם־תְּמוֹל גַּם־הַיּֽוֹם
And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, saying: ‘Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your appointed task in making brick both yesterday and today as heretofore?’
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 84,106 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- פExodus 5:10
- פLeviticus 13:55
… הֻכַּבֵּס אֶת־הַנֶּגַע וְהִנֵּה לֹֽא־הָפַךְ הַנֶּגַע אֶת־עֵינוֹ וְהַנֶּגַע לֹֽא …
And the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its colour, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is a fret, whether the bareness be within or without.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לLeviticus 14:12
… לֹג הַשָּׁמֶן וְהֵנִיף אֹתָם תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And the priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for a guilt-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD.
- לLeviticus 14:29
… אֲשֶׁר עַל־כַּף הַכֹּהֵן יִתֵּן עַל־רֹאשׁ הַמִּטַּהֵר לְכַפֵּר עָלָיו לִפְנֵי …
And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
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 160,944 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- פLeviticus 13:55
- פDeuteronomy 34:11
לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לLeviticus 8:28
… הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עַל־הָעֹלָה מִלֻּאִים הֵם לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ אִשֶּׁה הוּא לַיהוָֽה
And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- לGenesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 152,386, width 152,386 — one row is 152,386 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,783 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,386 in the laboratory →
- פDeuteronomy 34:11
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–598,520), פלל appears 59,497,840 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 59,548,487, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 987,531 found · chance alone about 990,577 (probability of 987,531 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 3,926,178
- Exodus 3,254,363
- Leviticus 2,262,801
- Numbers 4,017,686
- Deuteronomy 2,306,647
- Joshua 1,783,099
- Judges 1,949,529
- Samuel 4,031,308
- Kings 3,698,252
- Isaiah 3,836,955
- Jeremiah 3,467,049
- Ezekiel 4,069,972
- The Twelve 2,800,395
- Psalms 4,797,443
- Proverbs 2,116,218
- Job 2,391,190
- Song of Songs 374,469
- Ruth 127,530
- Lamentations 402,165
- Ecclesiastes 398,507
- Esther 512,304
- Daniel 1,159,721
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,476,896
- Chronicles 4,337,163
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- פ ל לJoshua 19:32
לִבְנֵי נַפְתָּלִי יָצָא הַגּוֹרָל הַשִּׁשִּׁי לִבְנֵי נַפְתָּלִי לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם
The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 334,678 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- פ ל לJoshua 19:32
- פ1 Samuel 6:7
… וַעֲשׂוּ עֲגָלָה חֲדָשָׁה אֶחָת וּשְׁתֵּי פָרוֹת עָלוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה עֲלֵיהֶם …
Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- ל1 Samuel 6:8
… וּנְתַתֶּם אֹתוֹ אֶל־הָעֲגָלָה וְאֵת כְּלֵי הַזָּהָב אֲשֶׁר הֲשֵׁבֹתֶם לוֹ אָשָׁם …
And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return Him for a guilt-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
- ל1 Samuel 6:9
… אֶת־הָרָעָה הַגְּדוֹלָה הַזֹּאת וְאִם־לֹא וְיָדַעְנוּ כִּי לֹא יָדוֹ נָגְעָה …
And see, if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then He hath done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it is not His hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.’
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 391,280 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- פ1 Samuel 6:7
- פ2 Chronicles 36:22
… מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר־יְהוָה בְּפִי יִרְמְיָהוּ הֵעִיר יְהוָה אֶת־רוּחַ …
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- לIsaiah 25:2
כִּי שַׂמְתָּ מֵעִיר לַגָּל קִרְיָה בְצוּרָה לְמַפֵּלָה אַרְמוֹן זָרִים מֵעִיר לְעוֹלָם לֹא יִבָּנֶֽה
For Thou hast made of a city a heap, Of a fortified city a ruin; A castle of strangers to be no city, It shall never be built. .
- 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 598,406, width 598,406 — one row is 598,406 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,875 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,406 in the laboratory →
- פ2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
פלל — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as פלל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 140.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 3:25. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Palal in the Torah codes?
3,635,021 sequences of פלל across every skip (2–152,424) in the Torah, close to the 3,666,646 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Palal in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 45:1 — the shortest of 3,635,021 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 3,666,646.
What is the gematria of Palal in Hebrew?
Palal is spelled פלל — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 140.
How many times is Palal found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–598,520), פלל appears 59,497,840 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 59,548,487, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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