Soldier חייל
Soldier is written חייל in Hebrew. Counted across every skip (2–101,616), the Torah holds 527,123 sequences of Soldier, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 32:27); chance alone would give about 553,829.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 527,123
- Chance alone · every skip
- 553,829
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 101,508
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: 52,689 found · chance alone about 53,151 (probability of 52,689 or more by chance alone: 0.98).
In the Torah
527,123 sequences of חייל across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 553,829 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which חייל appears in the Torah is 2 — at Genesis 32:27, reading forward.
The longest skip at which חייל was found in the Torah is 101,508 — at Deuteronomy 34:11, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 152,850
- Exodus 110,481
- Leviticus 75,663
- Numbers 116,919
- Deuteronomy 71,210
Examples across the range
5 of the 527,123 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
- ח י י לGenesis 32:27
וַיֹּאמֶר שַׁלְּחֵנִי כִּי עָלָה הַשָּׁחַר וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲךָ כִּי אִם־בֵּרַכְתָּֽנִי
And he said: ‘Let me go, for the day breaketh.’ And he said: ‘I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 47,864 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח י י לGenesis 32:27
Letter by letter
- ח י י לGenesis 47:24
וְהָיָה בַּתְּבוּאֹת וּנְתַתֶּם חֲמִישִׁית לְפַרְעֹה וְאַרְבַּע הַיָּדֹת יִהְיֶה לָכֶם לְזֶרַע …
And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 73,399 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח י י לGenesis 47:24
- חExodus 20:24
מִזְבַּח אֲדָמָה תַּעֲשֶׂה־לִּי וְזָבַחְתָּ עָלָיו אֶת־עֹלֹתֶיךָ וְאֶת־שְׁלָמֶיךָ …
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be mentioned I will come unto thee and bless thee.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יExodus 20:25
וְאִם־מִזְבַּח אֲבָנִים תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּי לֹֽא־תִבְנֶה אֶתְהֶן גָּזִית כִּי חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עָלֶיהָ וַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ
And if thou make Me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.
- יExodus 21:2
כִּי תִקְנֶה עֶבֶד עִבְרִי שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד וּבַשְּׁבִעִת יֵצֵא לַֽחָפְשִׁי חִנָּֽם
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
- לExodus 21:4
… לוֹ בָנִים אוֹ בָנוֹת הָאִשָּׁה וִילָדֶיהָ תִּהְיֶה לַֽאדֹנֶיהָ וְהוּא יֵצֵא בְגַפּֽוֹ …
If his master give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
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 107,974 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- חExodus 20:24
- חLeviticus 21:4
לֹא יִטַּמָּא בַּעַל בְּעַמָּיו לְהֵחַלּֽוֹ
He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יLeviticus 22:2
… קָדְשִׁי אֲשֶׁר הֵם מַקְדִּשִׁים לִי אֲנִי יְהוָֽה
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto Me, and that they profane not My holy name: I am the LORD.
- יLeviticus 22:21
… יִֽהְיֶה לְרָצוֹן כָּל־מוּם לֹא יִהְיֶה־בּֽוֹ
And whosoever bringeth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD in fulfilment of a vow clearly uttered, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
- לLeviticus 23:10
… וַהֲבֵאתֶם אֶת־עֹמֶר רֵאשִׁית קְצִירְכֶם אֶל־הַכֹּהֵֽן
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye are come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest.
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 173,636 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- חLeviticus 21:4
- חDeuteronomy 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 3 letters
- יNumbers 8:17
… הַכֹּתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֹתָם לִֽי
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.
- יExodus 16:9
… אֱמֹר אֶֽל־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל קִרְבוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה כִּי שָׁמַע …
And Moses said unto Aaron: ‘Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel: Come near before the LORD; for He hath heard your murmurings.’
- לGenesis 1:6
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָֽיִם
And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
skip 101,508, width 101,508 — one row is 101,508 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,762 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,508 in the laboratory →
- חDeuteronomy 34:11
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–399,013), חייל appears 10,954,465 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.7% more than the 10,775,829 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,954,465 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 271,599 found · chance alone about 268,317 (probability of 271,599 or more by chance alone: 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁰).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 647,534
- Exodus 537,772
- Leviticus 395,636
- Numbers 622,333
- Deuteronomy 378,918
- Joshua 358,871
- Judges 327,580
- Samuel 768,024
- Kings 879,941
- Isaiah 645,985
- Jeremiah 617,200
- Ezekiel 735,331
- The Twelve 472,633
- Psalms 840,938
- Proverbs 360,022
- Job 408,582
- Song of Songs 55,233
- Ruth 36,720
- Lamentations 70,970
- Ecclesiastes 138,756
- Esther 89,021
- Daniel 236,270
- Ezra–Nehemiah 367,323
- Chronicles 962,872
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ח י י לJudges 19:8
וַיַּשְׁכֵּם בַּבֹּקֶר בַּיּוֹם הַחֲמִישִׁי לָלֶכֶת וַיֹּאמֶר אֲבִי הַֽנַּעֲרָה סְעָד־נָא …
And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel’s father said: ‘Stay thy heart, I pray thee, and tarry ye until the day declineth’; and they did eat, both of them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 377,459 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ח י י לJudges 19:8
- ח2 Samuel 23:11
… בֶן־אָגֵא הָרָרִי וַיֵּאָסְפוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים לַחַיָּה וַתְּהִי־שָׁם חֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה מְלֵאָה …
And after him was Shammah the son of Age the Ararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- י2 Samuel 23:13
וַיֵּרְדוּ שלשים מֵהַשְּׁלֹשִׁים רֹאשׁ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־קָצִיר …
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
- י2 Samuel 23:15
וַיִּתְאַוֶּה דָוִד וַיֹּאמַר מִי יַשְׁקֵנִי מַיִם מִבֹּאר בֵּֽית־לֶחֶם אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּֽׁעַר
And David longed, and said: ‘Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! ’
- ל2 Samuel 23:16
… בַּשַּׁעַר וַיִּשְׂאוּ וַיָּבִאוּ אֶל־דָּוִד וְלֹא אָבָה לִשְׁתּוֹתָם וַיַּסֵּךְ אֹתָם לַֽיהוָֽה …
And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
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 474,304 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- ח2 Samuel 23:11
- ח2 Chronicles 36:17
… אֶת־מֶלֶךְ כשדיים וַיַּהֲרֹג בַּחוּרֵיהֶם בַּחֶרֶב בְּבֵית מִקְדָּשָׁם וְלֹא חָמַל עַל …
Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
- יEzekiel 46:14
… הַהִין לָרֹס אֶת־הַסֹּלֶת מִנְחָה לַֽיהוָה חֻקּוֹת עוֹלָם תָּמִֽיד
And thou shalt prepare a meal-offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour: a meal-offering unto the LORD continually by a perpetual ordinance.
- י1 Samuel 11:8
וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם בְּבָזֶק וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וְאִישׁ יְהוּדָה שְׁלֹשִׁים אָֽלֶף
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
- 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 398,825, width 398,825 — one row is 398,825 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,538 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,825 in the laboratory →
- ח2 Chronicles 36:17
The spelling
חייל — a Hebrew word. Searched as חייל, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 58.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Soldier in the Torah codes?
527,123 sequences of חייל across every skip (2–101,616) in the Torah, close to the 553,829 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Soldier in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 32:27 — the shortest of 527,123 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 553,829.
What is the gematria of Soldier in Hebrew?
Soldier is spelled חייל — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 58.
How many times is Soldier found in the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–399,013), חייל appears 10,954,465 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.7% more than the 10,775,829 chance alone would give; the probability of 10,954,465 or more by chance alone is below 10⁻³⁰⁰.
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