First names

Velma ולמה

Velma is a first name, written ולמה in Hebrew (female given name). Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 158,178 sequences of Velma, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 14:3); chance alone would give about 159,574.

Found in the Torah
158,178
Chance alone
159,574
P (≥ found)
1.00
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, ולמה appears 158,178 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 159,574, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 14:3, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 1,673,931 sequences of ולמה, against about 1,662,739 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 34,575
  • Exodus 34,563
  • Leviticus 24,524
  • Numbers 36,068
  • Deuteronomy 28,448

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 14:3בראשית יד:גskip 2, forward

    כָּל־אֵלֶּה חָֽבְרוּ אֶל־עֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים הוּא יָם הַמֶּֽלַח

    All these came as allies unto the vale of Siddim—the same is the Salt Sea.

    ולמה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 14:3אלהחבראעקשדיםהואולמה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 16,173Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 19:24בראשית יט:כדskip 2, forward

    וַֽיהוָה הִמְטִיר עַל־סְדֹם וְעַל־עֲמֹרָה גָּפְרִית וָאֵשׁ מֵאֵת יְהוָה מִן־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם

    Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

    ולמה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 19:24רעלסדםעערגפריתואולמה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 23,565Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 29:6בראשית כט:וskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם הֲשָׁלוֹם לוֹ וַיֹּאמְרוּ שָׁלוֹם וְהִנֵּה רָחֵל בִּתּוֹ בָּאָה עִם־הַצֹּֽאן

    And he said unto them: ‘Is it well with him?’ And they said: ‘It is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.’

    ולמה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 29:6וויאמרשוונהרחלבתולםה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 40,089Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 49:33בראשית מט:לגskip 2, forward

    וַיְכַל יַעֲקֹב לְצַוֺּת אֶת־בָּנָיו וַיֶּאֱסֹף רַגְלָיו אֶל־הַמִּטָּה וַיִּגְוַע וַיֵּאָסֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו

    And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered unto his people.

    ולמה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 49:33סףרגליאהטויגועויולמה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 76,620Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 1:10שמות א:יskip 2, forward

    הָבָה נִֽתְחַכְּמָה לוֹ פֶּן־יִרְבֶּה וְהָיָה כִּֽי־תִקְרֶאנָה מִלְחָמָה וְנוֹסַף גַּם־הוּא עַל־שֹׂנְאֵינוּ וְנִלְחַם־בָּנוּ וְעָלָה מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ

    come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there befalleth us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.’

    ולמה at skip 2, forward from Exodus 1:10לחםבנועהןארץוישיולמה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 78,404Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 664,986 sequences of ולמה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 668,665).

  • Genesis 34,575
  • Exodus 34,563
  • Leviticus 24,524
  • Numbers 36,068
  • Deuteronomy 30,748
  • Joshua 24,438
  • Judges 22,296
  • Samuel 58,529
  • Kings 57,631
  • Isaiah 34,567
  • Jeremiah 55,162
  • Ezekiel 38,023
  • The Twelve 33,753
  • Psalms 35,934
  • Proverbs 8,809
  • Job 11,279
  • Song of Songs 1,741
  • Ruth 2,172
  • Lamentations 3,395
  • Ecclesiastes 6,079
  • Esther 7,564
  • Daniel 11,048
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 21,789
  • Chronicles 70,299

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 8:22יהושע ח:כבskip 2, forward

    וְאֵלֶּה יָצְאוּ מִן־הָעִיר לִקְרָאתָם וַיִּֽהְיוּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בַּתָּוֶךְ אֵלֶּה מִזֶּה וְאֵלֶּה מִזֶּה וַיַּכּוּ אוֹתָם עַד־בִּלְתִּי הִשְׁאִֽיר־לוֹ שָׂרִיד וּפָלִֽיט

    And the other came forth out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side; and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

    ולמה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 8:22אלהמזהאהזויכואותולמה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 316,720Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 10:31יהושע י:לאskip 2, forward

    וַיַּעֲבֹר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמּוֹ מִלִּבְנָה לָכִישָׁה וַיִּחַן עָלֶיהָ וַיִּלָּחֶם בָּֽהּ

    And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.

    ולמה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 10:31חןעליהיחבויתןיקוולםה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 321,599Open in the laboratory →

  3. Joshua 15:1יהושע טו:אskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי הַגּוֹרָל לְמַטֵּה בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם אֶל־גְּבוּל אֱדוֹם מִדְבַּר־צִן נֶגְבָּה מִקְצֵה תֵימָֽן

    And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.

    ולמה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 15:1ויהיהגרלטבנייהודולמה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 327,686Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

ולמה — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as ולמה, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 81.

As a plain word it stands 34 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:6. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Velma appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, ולמה appears 158,178 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 159,574, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Velma in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 14:3 — the shortest of 158,178 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 159,574.

How is Velma spelled in Hebrew?

Velma is spelled ולמה — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 81.

Is Velma in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 664,986 sequences of ולמה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 668,665).

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