Tekhelet תכלת
Tekhelet — in Hebrew תכלת — the blue dye of the tzitzit. Tekhelet appears 29,885 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 4.4% more than chance alone would give (about 28,631; probability 9.4 × 10⁻¹⁴).
- Found in the Torah
- 29,885
- Chance alone
- 28,631
- P (≥ found)
- 9.4 × 10⁻¹⁴
- 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, תכלת appears 29,885 times in the Torah — 4.4% more than the 28,631 chance alone would give; the probability of 29,885 or more by chance alone is 9.4 × 10⁻¹⁴.
The shortest skip at which תכלת appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 30:8, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), תכלת is found 281,924 times; chance alone would give about 298,328.
- Genesis 5,004
- Exodus 6,435
- Leviticus 5,466
- Numbers 4,403
- Deuteronomy 8,577
The shortest skips
וּבְהַעֲלֹת אַהֲרֹן אֶת־הַנֵּרֹת בֵּין הָעֲרְבַּיִם יַקְטִירֶנָּה קְטֹרֶת תָּמִיד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם
And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at dusk, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 123,445Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־זָכָר לֹא תִשְׁכַּב מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה תּוֹעֵבָה הִֽוא
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 169,815Open in the laboratory →
וּלְמַעַן תַּאֲרִיכוּ יָמִים עַל־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם לָתֵת לָהֶם וּלְזַרְעָם אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָֽשׁ
and that ye may prolong your days upon the land, which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 269,108Open in the laboratory →
לְמַעַן יִרְבּוּ יְמֵיכֶם וִימֵי בְנֵיכֶם עַל הָֽאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם לָתֵת לָהֶם כִּימֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, upon the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 269,810Open in the laboratory →
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.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 278,773Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, תכלת appears 99,030 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.1% more than the 96,993 chance alone would give; the probability of 99,030 or more by chance alone is 3.6 × 10⁻¹¹.
- Genesis 5,004
- Exodus 6,435
- Leviticus 5,466
- Numbers 4,403
- Deuteronomy 8,876
- Joshua 2,144
- Judges 2,317
- Samuel 6,660
- Kings 8,262
- Isaiah 4,355
- Jeremiah 7,597
- Ezekiel 8,902
- The Twelve 3,342
- Psalms 6,437
- Proverbs 2,591
- Job 2,335
- Song of Songs 543
- Ruth 698
- Lamentations 553
- Ecclesiastes 1,254
- Esther 1,503
- Daniel 1,658
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,894
- Chronicles 5,801
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר לֵכִי וַיִּשְׁלַח אוֹתָהּ שְׁנֵי חֳדָשִׁים וַתֵּלֶךְ הִיא וְרֵעוֹתֶיהָ וַתֵּבְךְּ עַל־בְּתוּלֶיהָ עַל־הֶהָרִֽים
And he said: ‘Go.’ And he sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 366,697Open in the laboratory →
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶרֶת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָלֶכֶת בִּדְרָכָיו לִשְׁמֹר חֻקֹּתָיו מִצְוֺתָיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו וְעֵדְוֺתָיו כַּכָּתוּב בְּתוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה לְמַעַן תַּשְׂכִּיל אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר תַּֽעֲשֶׂה וְאֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר תִּפְנֶה שָֽׁם
and keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 480,445Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּעַד יְהוָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וּבִיהוּדָה בְּיַד כָּל־נביאו כָל־חֹזֶה לֵאמֹר שֻׁבוּ מִדַּרְכֵיכֶם הָֽרָעִים וְשִׁמְרוּ מִצְוֺתַי חֻקּוֹתַי כְּכָל־הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי אֶת־אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶם וַֽאֲשֶׁר שָׁלַחְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם בְּיַד עֲבָדַי הַנְּבִיאִֽים
yet the LORD forewarned Israel, and Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and of every seer, saying: ‘Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by the hand of My servants the prophets’;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 558,179Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
תכלת — the Tanakh's own spelling: the blue dye of the tzitzit. Searched as תכלת, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 850.
As a plain word it stands 35 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 26:4. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Tekhelet in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, תכלת appears 29,885 times in the Torah — 4.4% more than the 28,631 chance alone would give; the probability of 29,885 or more by chance alone is 9.4 × 10⁻¹⁴.
What is the shortest skip for Tekhelet in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 30:8 — the shortest of 29,885 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 28,631.
What is the gematria of Tekhelet in Hebrew?
Tekhelet is spelled תכלת — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 850.
How many times is Tekhelet found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, תכלת appears 99,030 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.1% more than the 96,993 chance alone would give; the probability of 99,030 or more by chance alone is 3.6 × 10⁻¹¹.
Search it yourself
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