Biblical names

Raguel (Reuel · רעואל)

Raguel (Reuel · רעואל) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Raguel (Reuel) is found 4,151 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 5 (Genesis 23:16) — about what chance alone gives (about 4,069).

Found in the Torah
4,151
Chance alone
4,069
P (≥ found)
0.10
Shortest skip
5

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

4,151 sequences of רעואל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 4,069 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which רעואל appears in the Torah is 5 — the first at Genesis 23:16, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), רעואל is found 31,866 times; chance alone would give about 32,066.

  • Genesis 1,248
  • Exodus 836
  • Leviticus 574
  • Numbers 818
  • Deuteronomy 675

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 23:16בראשית כג:טזskip 5, forward

    וַיִּשְׁמַע אַבְרָהָם אֶל־עֶפְרוֹן וַיִּשְׁקֹל אַבְרָהָם לְעֶפְרֹן אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּאָזְנֵי בְנֵי־חֵת אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שֶׁקֶל כֶּסֶף עֹבֵר לַסֹּחֵֽר

    And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

    רעואל at skip 5, forward from Genesis 23:16אואתמתךקברוישמעאבהםאלפרוןישקלברהםעפרןאתהכסףאשרדברברעואל
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 29,065Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 14:9במדבר יד:טskip 5, forward

    אַךְ בַּֽיהוָה אַל־תִּמְרֹדוּ וְאַתֶּם אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ אֶת־עַם הָאָרֶץ כִּי לַחְמֵנוּ הֵם סָר צִלָּם מֵעֲלֵיהֶם וַֽיהוָה אִתָּנוּ אַל־תִּירָאֻֽם

    Only rebel not against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us; their defence is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us; fear them not.’

    רעואל at skip 5, forward from Numbers 14:9תעםהארץכילחמנוהםסצלםמליהםיקוקתנואתיראםויאמרוכלהעדהרעואל
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 211,410Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 41:56בראשית מא:נוskip 9, backward

    וְהָרָעָב הָיָה עַל כָּל־פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ וַיִּפְתַּח יוֹסֵף אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בָּהֶם וַיִּשְׁבֹּר לְמִצְרַיִם וַיֶּחֱזַק הָֽרָעָב בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

    And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.

    רעואל at skip 9, backward from Genesis 41:56אלפרעהללחםויאמרפרעהלכלמצריםלכואיוסףאשרימרלכםתעשוהרעבהיהלכלפניהאץויפתחיוסףאתכלאשרבהםוישברלמצריםרעואל
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 62,903Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 17:15דברים יז:טוskip 10, forward

    שׂוֹם תָּשִׂים עָלֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בּוֹ מִקֶּרֶב אַחֶיךָ תָּשִׂים עָלֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ לֹא תוּכַל לָתֵת עָלֶיךָ אִישׁ נָכְרִי אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־אָחִיךָ הֽוּא

    thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose; one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.

    רעואל at skip 10, forward from Deuteronomy 17:15שוםתשיםעליךמלךאשריבחריקוקאלהיךבומקבאחיךתשיםליךמלךלאתכללתתעליךישנכריאשראאחיךהוארקלאירבהלוסוסיםולאישיבאתהעםרעואל
    skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 278,754Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 27:22במדבר כז:כבskip 13, backward

    וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֹתוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיַּֽעֲמִדֵהוּ לִפְנֵי אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְלִפְנֵי כָּל־הָעֵדָֽה

    And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation.

    רעואל at skip 13, backward from Numbers 27:22פנייקוקעלפיויצאוועלפיויבאוהואוכלבניישראלאתווכהעדהויעשמשהכשרצוהיקוקאתויקחאתיהושעוימדהולפניאלעזהכהןולפניכלהעדהויסמךאתידיועליוויצוהוכאשרדבריקרעואל
    skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 235,154Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 16,140 sequences of רעואל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 16,128).

  • Genesis 1,248
  • Exodus 836
  • Leviticus 574
  • Numbers 818
  • Deuteronomy 738
  • Joshua 650
  • Judges 634
  • Samuel 1,559
  • Kings 1,457
  • Isaiah 910
  • Jeremiah 1,141
  • Ezekiel 845
  • The Twelve 703
  • Psalms 827
  • Proverbs 306
  • Job 418
  • Song of Songs 58
  • Ruth 59
  • Lamentations 67
  • Ecclesiastes 127
  • Esther 159
  • Daniel 318
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 432
  • Chronicles 1,256

Outside the Torah

  1. Jeremiah 19:9ירמיהו יט:טskip 2, forward

    וְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּים אֶת־בְּשַׂר בְּנֵיהֶם וְאֵת בְּשַׂר בְּנֹתֵיהֶם וְאִישׁ בְּשַׂר־רֵעֵהוּ יֹאכֵלוּ בְּמָצוֹר וּבְמָצוֹק אֲשֶׁר יָצִיקוּ לָהֶם אֹיְבֵיהֶם וּמְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשָֽׁם

    and I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall straiten them.

    רעואל at skip 2, forward from Jeremiah 19:9ואישבשרהיכובמצורורעואל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 669,613Open in the laboratory →

  2. Daniel 2:15דניאל ב:טוskip 2, backward

    עָנֵה וְאָמַר לְאַרְיוֹךְ שַׁלִּיטָא דִֽי־מַלְכָּא עַל־מָה דָתָא מְהַחְצְפָה מִן־קֳדָם מַלְכָּא אֱדַיִן מִלְּתָא הוֹדַע אַרְיוֹךְ לְדָנִיֵּֽאל

    he answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain: ‘Wherefore is the decree so peremptory from the king?’ Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

    רעואל at skip 2, backward from Daniel 2:15אאדיןמתהדאיוךלדנירעואל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,037,263Open in the laboratory →

  3. Daniel 2:18דניאל ב:יחskip 2, backward

    וְרַחֲמִין לְמִבְעֵא מִן־קֳדָם אֱלָהּ שְׁמַיָּא עַל־רָזָה דְּנָה דִּי לָא יְהֹֽבְדוּן דָּנִיֵּאל וְחַבְרוֹהִי עִם־שְׁאָר חַכִּימֵי בָבֶֽל

    that they might ask mercy of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

    רעואל at skip 2, backward from Daniel 2:18ברוהימתהדוחמיןלמברעואל
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,037,368Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

רעואל — the Tanakh's own spelling: Reuel. Searched as רעואל, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 307.

As a plain word it stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Reuel.

Questions

Does Raguel (Reuel) appear in the Torah codes?

4,151 sequences of רעואל at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 4,069 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Raguel (Reuel) in the Torah?

Skip 5, reading forward from Genesis 23:16 — the shortest of 4,151 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,069.

What is the gematria of Raguel (Reuel) in Hebrew?

Raguel is spelled רעואל — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 307.

How many times is Raguel (Reuel) found in the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 16,140 sequences of רעואל at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 16,128).

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