Phichol פיכל
Phichol (פיכל) is a person named in the Tanakh — Phicol. Phichol appears 128,309 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–101,616), in line with the 140,391 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 128,309
- Chance alone · every skip
- 140,391
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,360
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: 13,024 found · chance alone about 13,473 (probability of 13,024 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
128,309 sequences of פיכל across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 140,391 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 30:33, reading backward.
The longest skip at which פיכל was found in the Torah is 101,360 — at Genesis 1:11, 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 34,179
- Exodus 24,991
- Leviticus 16,500
- Numbers 32,175
- Deuteronomy 20,464
Examples across the range
5 of the 128,309 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 י כ לGenesis 30:33
… צִדְקָתִי בְּיוֹם מָחָר כִּֽי־תָבוֹא עַל־שְׂכָרִי לְפָנֶיךָ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־אֵינֶנּוּ נָקֹד וְטָלוּא …
So shall my righteousness witness against me hereafter, when thou shalt come to look over my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and dark among the sheep, that if found with me shall be counted stolen.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 43,003 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- פ י כ לGenesis 30:33
Letter by letter
- פ י כ לNumbers 29:7
… קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם כָּל־מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשֽׂוּ
And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls; ye shall do no manner of work;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 236,956 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- פ י כ לNumbers 29:7
- פNumbers 3:49
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֵת כֶּסֶף הַפִּדְיוֹם מֵאֵת הָעֹדְפִים עַל פְּדוּיֵי הַלְוִיִּֽם
And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יNumbers 3:46
וְאֵת פְּדוּיֵי הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה וְהַשִּׁבְעִים וְהַמָּאתָיִם הָעֹֽדְפִים עַל־הַלְוִיִּם מִבְּכוֹר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And as for the redemption of the two hundred and three score and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, that are over and above the number of the Levites,
- כNumbers 3:45
קַח אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם תַּחַת כָּל־בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת־בֶּהֱמַת …
’Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be Mine, even the LORD’S.
- לNumbers 3:42
וַיִּפְקֹד מֹשֶׁה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֹתוֹ אֶֽת־כָּל־בְּכֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.
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 192,554 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- פNumbers 3:49
- פDeuteronomy 30:7
וְנָתַן יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵת כָּל־הָאָלוֹת הָאֵלֶּה עַל־אֹיְבֶיךָ וְעַל־שֹׂנְאֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר רְדָפֽוּךָ
And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יDeuteronomy 29:19
… וּמָחָה יְהוָה אֶת־שְׁמוֹ מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
the LORD will not be willing to pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy shall be kindled against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven;
- כDeuteronomy 29:3
וְלֹֽא־נָתַן יְהוָה לָכֶם לֵב לָדַעַת וְעֵינַיִם לִרְאוֹת וְאָזְנַיִם לִשְׁמֹעַ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה
but the LORD hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
- לDeuteronomy 28:57
… הַיּוֹצֵת מִבֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ וּבְבָנֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵד כִּֽי־תֹאכְלֵם בְּחֹֽסֶר־כֹּל בַּסָּתֶר …
and against her afterbirth that cometh out from between her feet, and against her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in thy gates.
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 297,529 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- פDeuteronomy 30:7
- פGenesis 1:11
… דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ …
And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יExodus 16:11
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
- כNumbers 8:17
כִּי לִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה …
For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
- לDeuteronomy 34:7
וּמֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה בְּמֹתוֹ לֹֽא־כָהֲתָה עֵינוֹ וְלֹא־נָס לֵחֹֽה
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
skip 101,360, width 101,360 — one row is 101,360 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 481 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,360 in the laboratory →
- פGenesis 1:11
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 2,539,498 sequences of פיכל across every skip (2–399,013), 3.3% above what chance alone gives (about 2,457,946); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 60,629 found · chance alone about 61,203 (probability of 60,629 or more by chance alone: 0.99).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 150,216
- Exodus 125,400
- Leviticus 86,455
- Numbers 157,416
- Deuteronomy 92,826
- Joshua 72,808
- Judges 80,637
- Samuel 172,792
- Kings 161,298
- Isaiah 166,962
- Jeremiah 153,167
- Ezekiel 185,681
- The Twelve 127,639
- Psalms 215,089
- Proverbs 93,174
- Job 105,665
- Song of Songs 16,623
- Ruth 5,639
- Lamentations 17,887
- Ecclesiastes 17,650
- Esther 22,786
- Daniel 51,745
- Ezra–Nehemiah 66,089
- Chronicles 193,854
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- פ י כ ל2 Kings 3:14
… חַי־יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֲשֶׁר עָמַדְתִּי לְפָנָיו כִּי לוּלֵי פְּנֵי יְהוֹשָׁפָט מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה אֲנִי …
And Elisha said: ‘As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 531,684 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- פ י כ ל2 Kings 3:14
- פ1 Samuel 2:25
… וְלֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ לְקוֹל אֲבִיהֶם כִּֽי־חָפֵץ יְהוָה לַהֲמִיתָֽם
If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him?’ But they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- י1 Samuel 2:27
… אָמַר יְהוָה הֲנִגְלֹה נִגְלֵיתִי אֶל־בֵּית אָבִיךָ בִּֽהְיוֹתָם בְּמִצְרַיִם לְבֵית פַּרְעֹֽה …
And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him: ‘Thus saith the LORD: Did I reveal Myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?
- כ1 Samuel 2:28
… לְפָנָי וָֽאֶתְּנָה לְבֵית אָבִיךָ אֶת־כָּל־אִשֵּׁי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to go up unto Mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before Me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
- ל1 Samuel 2:30
לָכֵן נְאֻם־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָמוֹר אָמַרְתִּי בֵּֽיתְךָ וּבֵית …
Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, saith: I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before Me for ever; but now the LORD saith: Be it far from Me: for them that honour Me I will honour, and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.
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 386,540 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- פ1 Samuel 2:25
- פ2 Chronicles 36:23
כֹּה־אָמַר כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס כָּל־מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי …
’Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people—the LORD his God be with him—let him go up.’
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יEzekiel 46:20
… הַמִּנְחָה לְבִלְתִּי הוֹצִיא אֶל־הֶחָצֵר הַחִֽיצוֹנָה לְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת־הָעָֽם
And he said unto me: ‘This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt-offering and the sin-offering, where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they bring them not forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.’
- כ1 Samuel 11:15
וַיֵּלְכוּ כָל־הָעָם הַגִּלְגָּל וַיַּמְלִכוּ שָׁם …
And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
- לGenesis 1:11
… זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ …
And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 398,819, width 398,819 — one row is 398,819 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,947 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,819 in the laboratory →
- פ2 Chronicles 36:23
The spelling
פיכל — the Tanakh's own spelling: Phicol. Searched as פיכל, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 140.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Phichol in the Bible code?
128,309 sequences of פיכל across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 140,391 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Phichol in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 30:33 — the shortest of 128,309 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 140,391.
How is Phichol spelled in Hebrew?
Phichol is spelled פיכל — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 140.
Is Phichol in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 2,539,498 sequences of פיכל across every skip (2–399,013), 3.3% above what chance alone gives (about 2,457,946); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of below 10⁻³⁰⁰ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 140,391 across every skip (2–101,616) here) beside the count.