First names

Waleed וליד

In Hebrew letters the first name Waleed is written וליד — given name. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 50,074 sequences of Waleed, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 10:24); chance alone would give about 50,305.

Found in the Torah
50,074
Chance alone
50,305
P (≥ found)
0.85
Shortest skip
2

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

In the Torah

50,074 sequences of וליד at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 50,305 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which וליד appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 10:24, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), וליד is found 504,981 times; chance alone would give about 524,172.

  • Genesis 14,772
  • Exodus 9,839
  • Leviticus 6,217
  • Numbers 11,070
  • Deuteronomy 8,176

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 10:24בראשית י:כדskip 2, forward

    וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד יָלַד אֶת־שָׁלַח וְשֶׁלַח יָלַד אֶת־עֵֽבֶר

    And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.

    וליד at skip 2, forward from Genesis 10:24דאתשלחשחלאתעברולוליד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 12,401Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 14:18בראשית יד:יחskip 2, forward

    וּמַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ שָׁלֵם הוֹצִיא לֶחֶם וָיָיִן וְהוּא כֹהֵן לְאֵל עֶלְיֽוֹן

    And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was priest of God the Most High.

    וליד at skip 2, forward from Genesis 14:18מקהמלךמכצקמלךשלםוליד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 17,004Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 18:27בראשית יח:כזskip 2, forward

    וַיַּעַן אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמַר הִנֵּה־נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל־אֲדֹנָי וְאָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵֽפֶר

    And Abraham answered and said: ‘Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

    וליד at skip 2, forward from Genesis 18:27הנהנאהאתלבראלאדנוליד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 21,783Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 18:31בראשית יח:לאskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּֽה־נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל־אֲדֹנָי אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם עֶשְׂרִים וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אַשְׁחִית בַּעֲבוּר הָֽעֶשְׂרִֽים

    And he said: ‘Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord. Peradventure there shall be twenty found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.’

    וליד at skip 2, forward from Genesis 18:31הנהנאהאתלבראלאדנוליד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 22,021Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 43:7בראשית מג:זskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמְרוּ שָׁאוֹל שָֽׁאַל־הָאִישׁ לָנוּ וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֵּנוּ לֵאמֹר הַעוֹד אֲבִיכֶם חַי הֲיֵשׁ לָכֶם אָח וַנַגֶּד־לוֹ עַל־פִּי הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה הֲיָדוֹעַ נֵדַע כִּי יֹאמַר הוֹרִידוּ אֶת־אֲחִיכֶֽם

    And they said: ‘The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying: Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words; could we in any wise know that he would say: Bring your brother down?’

    וליד at skip 2, forward from Genesis 43:7חונגדלעפהבריםהאלוליד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 65,358Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, וליד appears 302,280 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.2% more than the 295,853 chance alone would give; the probability of 302,280 or more by chance alone is 2.7 × 10⁻³².

  • Genesis 14,772
  • Exodus 9,839
  • Leviticus 6,217
  • Numbers 11,070
  • Deuteronomy 8,813
  • Joshua 8,288
  • Judges 9,592
  • Samuel 38,604
  • Kings 23,143
  • Isaiah 16,589
  • Jeremiah 20,553
  • Ezekiel 16,567
  • The Twelve 13,491
  • Psalms 26,236
  • Proverbs 6,359
  • Job 9,340
  • Song of Songs 1,084
  • Ruth 1,239
  • Lamentations 1,610
  • Ecclesiastes 2,495
  • Esther 4,067
  • Daniel 9,901
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 10,754
  • Chronicles 31,657

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Samuel 11:9שמואל ב יא:טskip 2, forward

    וַיִּשְׁכַּב אוּרִיָּה פֶּתַח בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵת כָּל־עַבְדֵי אֲדֹנָיו וְלֹא יָרַד אֶל־בֵּיתֽוֹ

    But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

    וליד at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 11:9דיאדניואראלביתוווליד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 449,977Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Samuel 11:10שמואל ב יא:יskip 2, forward

    וַיַּגִּדוּ לְדָוִד לֵאמֹר לֹֽא־יָרַד אוּרִיָּה אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־אוּרִיָּה הֲלוֹא מִדֶּרֶךְ אַתָּה בָא מַדּוּעַ לֹֽא־יָרַדְתָּ אֶל־בֵּיתֶֽךָ

    And when they had told David, saying: ‘Uriah went not down unto his house’, David said unto Uriah: ‘Art thou not come from a journey? wherefore didst thou not go down unto thy house?’

    וליד at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 11:10תהבאמדעארתאלביתךוליד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 450,049Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Kings 2:7מלכים ב ב:זskip 2, forward

    וַחֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים הָֽלְכוּ וַיַּעַמְדוּ מִנֶּגֶד מֵרָחוֹק וּשְׁנֵיהֶם עָמְדוּ עַל־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן

    And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off; and they two stood by the Jordan.

    וליד at skip 2, forward from 2 Kings 2:7יהםעמדעהרןויקחאלוליד
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 529,675Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

וליד — the name in Hebrew letters: given name. Searched as וליד, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 50.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Waleed in the Torah codes?

50,074 sequences of וליד at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 50,305 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Waleed in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 10:24 — the shortest of 50,074 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 50,305.

What is the gematria of Waleed in Hebrew?

Waleed is spelled וליד — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 50.

How many times is Waleed found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, וליד appears 302,280 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.2% more than the 295,853 chance alone would give; the probability of 302,280 or more by chance alone is 2.7 × 10⁻³².

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