Praise הלל
Praise — in Hebrew הלל — praise; the psalms of praise said on festivals. Praise appears 1,397,366 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.2% more than chance alone would give (about 1,381,231; probability 4.9 × 10⁻⁴³).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,397,366
- Chance alone
- 1,381,231
- P (≥ found)
- 4.9 × 10⁻⁴³
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, הלל appears 1,397,366 times in the Torah — 1.2% more than the 1,381,231 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,397,366 or more by chance alone is 4.9 × 10⁻⁴³.
The shortest skip at which הלל appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:29, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), הלל is found 21,235,925 times; chance alone would give about 21,408,479.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,381,231 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 278,190
- Exodus 282,955
- Leviticus 223,808
- Numbers 320,833
- Deuteronomy 291,580
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־כָּל־עֵשֶׂב זֹרֵעַ זֶרַע אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת־כָּל־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ פְרִי־עֵץ זֹרֵעַ זָרַע לָכֶם יִֽהְיֶה לְאָכְלָֽה
And God said: ‘Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed—to you it shall be for food;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,552Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי קֵינָן שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל
And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,917Open in the laboratory →
וַיְחִי קֵינָן אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 5,943Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־יָֽרֶד
And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,024Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־יֶרֶד שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת
And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,059Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, הלל appears 5,563,641 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 5,524,020 chance alone would give; the probability of 5,563,641 or more by chance alone is 6.5 × 10⁻⁶⁴.
- Genesis 278,190
- Exodus 282,955
- Leviticus 223,808
- Numbers 320,833
- Deuteronomy 299,315
- Joshua 206,081
- Judges 178,680
- Samuel 521,197
- Kings 518,415
- Isaiah 244,895
- Jeremiah 456,430
- Ezekiel 294,996
- The Twelve 232,765
- Psalms 291,005
- Proverbs 69,234
- Job 86,072
- Song of Songs 17,267
- Ruth 23,127
- Lamentations 24,570
- Ecclesiastes 65,007
- Esther 74,437
- Daniel 116,401
- Ezra–Nehemiah 174,752
- Chronicles 563,209
Outside the Torah
וַיֵּאָמַר לְמֶלֶךְ יְרִיחוֹ לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה אֲנָשִׁים בָּאוּ הֵנָּה הַלַּיְלָה מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַחְפֹּר אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying: ‘Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,149Open in the laboratory →
לְמַעַן תִּֽהְיֶה זֹאת אוֹת בְּקִרְבְּכֶם כִּֽי־יִשְׁאָלוּן בְּנֵיכֶם מָחָר לֵאמֹר מָה הָאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה לָכֶֽם
that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying: What mean ye by these stones?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,177Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲמַרְתֶּם לָהֶם אֲשֶׁר נִכְרְתוּ מֵימֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן מִפְּנֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה בְּעָבְרוֹ בַּיַּרְדֵּן נִכְרְתוּ מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן וְהָיוּ הָאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה לְזִכָּרוֹן לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד־עוֹלָֽם
then ye shall say unto them: Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off; and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 309,258Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
הלל — the Tanakh's own spelling: praise; the psalms of praise said on festivals. Searched as הלל, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 65.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 12:13. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Hillel.
Questions
Does Praise appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, הלל appears 1,397,366 times in the Torah — 1.2% more than the 1,381,231 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,397,366 or more by chance alone is 4.9 × 10⁻⁴³.
What is the shortest skip for Praise in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:29 — the shortest of 1,397,366 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,381,231.
What is the gematria of Praise in Hebrew?
Praise is spelled הלל — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 65.
How many times is Praise found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, הלל appears 5,563,641 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.7% more than the 5,524,020 chance alone would give; the probability of 5,563,641 or more by chance alone is 6.5 × 10⁻⁶⁴.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,381,231 here) beside the count.