Leah לאה
Every bare לאה is in Genesis. The letters also sit inside מלאה, full, which is why a plain text search has to be careful.
- Found in the Torah
- 26,294,126
- Chance alone: 26,857,369
- Skips 2 to 152,424
- Found in the Tanakh
- 362,642,242
- Chance alone: 359,841,448
- Skips 2 to 598,520
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She stands behind more of Israel than any other matriarch, as mother of six of the tribes, and Jacob says in Genesis 49:31 that he buried her in the family tomb. Yet her name is confined to Genesis, 28 bare times, with a single echo in Ruth 4:11. Her eyes were רכות in Genesis 29:17, and translators still argue about whether that means soft, tender or weak. JPS says weak. A careless search for her in plain text will find far too much, since the letters לאה make up the end of מלאה, full, and of הלאה, onward.
- As a whole word
- 28
- First, with any prefix
- Genesis 6:13
The measurement
ל, א and ה are three of the commonest letters in the Torah, so a name that stands 28 times as a word has 26,294,126 sequences, one of the largest counts on this site. Rarity in the text has no effect on it.
| At every skip | Torah | Tanakh |
|---|---|---|
| Found | 26,294,126 | 362,642,242 |
| Chance alone | 26,857,369 | 359,841,448 |
| P (≥ found) | 1.00 | below 10⁻³⁰⁰ |
| Shortest skip | 2 | 2 |
| Longest skip | 152,412 | 598,515 |
Counted forward and backward on the written text, with final letters treated as ordinary ones. At the laboratory's opening setting, skips 2 to 5,000, the Torah gives 1,727,629 against 1,732,782 by chance. How these figures are made.
The sequences, letter by letter
Each letter is shown in the verse it happens to stand in, nothing more. Tap one to read it in the Tanakh, with the rest of the sequence marked.
In the Torah
Shortest skip 2, forward from Genesis 1:27
וַיִּבְרָ֨א אֱ־לֹהִ֤ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם֙ בְּצַלְמ֔וֹ בְּצֶ֥לֶם אֱ־לֹהִ֖ים בָּרָ֣א אֹת֑וֹ זָכָ֥ר וּנְקֵבָ֖ה בָּרָ֥א אֹתָֽם׃
And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
Shortest skip 2, forward from Genesis 3:1
… עָשָׂ֖ה יְקוָ֣ק אֱ־לֹהִ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל־הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה אַ֚ף כִּֽי־אָמַ֣ר אֱ־לֹהִ֔ים לֹ֣א …
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: ‘Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’
Short skip 50, forward from Genesis 1:14
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱ־לֹהִ֗ים יְהִ֤י מְאֹרֹת֙ בִּרְקִ֣יעַ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם לְהַבְדִּ֕יל בֵּ֥ין הַיּ֖וֹם וּבֵ֣ין הַלָּ֑יְלָה וְהָי֤וּ לְאֹתֹת֙ וּלְמ֣וֹעֲדִ֔ים וּלְיָמִ֖ים וְשָׁנִֽים׃
And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
וְהָי֤וּ לִמְאוֹרֹת֙ בִּרְקִ֣יעַ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם לְהָאִ֖יר עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃
and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so.
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ אֱ־לֹהִ֔ים אֶת־שְׁנֵ֥י הַמְּאֹרֹ֖ת הַגְּדֹלִ֑ים אֶת־הַמָּא֤וֹר הַגָּדֹל֙ לְמֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת הַיּ֔וֹם וְאֶת־הַמָּא֤וֹר הַקָּטֹן֙ לְמֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת הַלַּ֔יְלָה וְאֵ֖ת הַכּוֹכָבִֽים׃
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
Middle skip 500, forward from Genesis 1:27
וַיִּבְרָ֨א אֱ־לֹהִ֤ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם֙ בְּצַלְמ֔וֹ בְּצֶ֥לֶם אֱ־לֹהִ֖ים בָּרָ֣א אֹת֑וֹ זָכָ֥ר וּנְקֵבָ֖ה בָּרָ֥א אֹתָֽם׃
And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
אֵ֣לֶּה תוֹלְד֧וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ בְּהִבָּֽרְאָ֑ם בְּי֗וֹם עֲשׂ֛וֹת יְקוָ֥ק אֱ־לֹהִ֖ים אֶ֥רֶץ וְשָׁמָֽיִם׃
These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
וַיִּקַּ֛ח יְקוָ֥ק אֱ־לֹהִ֖ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ בְגַן־עֵ֔דֶן לְעָבְדָ֖הּ וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Wide skip 5,000, forward from Genesis 1:22
וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ אֹתָ֛ם אֱ־לֹהִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר פְּר֣וּ וּרְב֗וּ וּמִלְא֤וּ אֶת־הַמַּ֨יִם֙ בַּיַּמִּ֔ים וְהָע֖וֹף יִ֥רֶב בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
And God blessed them, saying: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.’
וַֽיְחִ֣י מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֗ל אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־יֶ֔רֶד שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃
And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
וְהָיְתָ֥ה הַקֶּ֖שֶׁת בֶּֽעָנָ֑ן וּרְאִיתִ֗יהָ לִזְכֹּר֙ בְּרִ֣ית עוֹלָ֔ם בֵּ֣ין אֱ־לֹהִ֔ים וּבֵין֙ כָּל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֔ה בְּכָל־בָּשָׂ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.’
Outside the Torah
Shortest skip 2, forward from Joshua 7:2
… וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר עֲל֖וּ וְרַגְּל֣וּ אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַֽיְרַגְּל֖וּ אֶת־הָעָֽי׃
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spoke unto them, saying: ‘Go up and spy out the land.’ And the men went up and spied out Ai.
Middle skip 500, forward from Judges 1:2
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְקוָ֖ק יְהוּדָ֣ה יַעֲלֶ֑ה הִנֵּ֛ה נָתַ֥תִּי אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃
And LORD said: ‘Judah shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.’
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֗ה אֶל־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ הַיּוֹשֵׁ֣ב בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן וְשֵׁם־חֶבְר֥וֹן לְפָנִ֖ים קִרְיַ֣ת אַרְבַּ֑ע וַיַּכּ֛וּ אֶת־שֵׁשַׁ֥י וְאֶת־אֲחִימַ֖ן וְאֶת־תַּלְמָֽי׃
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron—now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba—and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
וַיְהִ֤י יְקוָק֙ אֶתּ־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיֹּ֖רֶשׁ אֶת־הָהָ֑ר כִּ֣י לֹ֤א לְהוֹרִישׁ֙ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָעֵ֔מֶק כִּי־רֶ֥כֶב בַּרְזֶ֖ל לָהֶֽם׃
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the hill-country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
By skip range, shuffled texts and book
| Skips, Torah | Found | Chance alone |
|---|---|---|
| 2 to 10 | 3,245 | 3,172 |
| 11 to 100 | 31,754 | 31,705 |
| 101 to 1,000 | 315,716 | 316,022 |
| 1,001 to 5,000 | 1,376,914 | 1,381,883 |
| 5,001 to 152,424 | 24,566,497 | 25,124,587 |
Shuffled Torahs
The Torah's own count at skips 2 to 1,000 is 350,715. Each family below rebuilt the text 100 times (seed 5787). What each family keeps.
| Control family | Runs at or above 350,715 | Median run | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letter shuffle | 64/100 | 350,987 | 348,992 to 352,466 |
| Words within each verse | 51/100 | 350,763 | 349,170 to 352,278 |
Where the sequences start
| Torah | Found | Chance alone |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 6,686,224 | 6,877,900 |
| Exodus | 5,234,006 | 5,597,099 |
| Leviticus | 3,698,681 | 3,946,452 |
| Numbers | 5,734,847 | 5,598,332 |
| Deuteronomy | 4,940,368 | 4,837,586 |
| Tanakh | Found | Chance alone |
|---|---|---|
| Torah | 93,759,231 | 91,640,615 |
| Prophets | 170,067,410 | 166,472,686 |
| Writings | 98,815,601 | 101,728,147 |
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