Biblical names

Ahi אחי

Ahi (אחי) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 639,560 sequences of Ahi, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 10:7); chance alone would give about 649,582.

Found in the Torah
639,560
Chance alone
649,582
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

639,560 sequences of אחי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 649,582 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which אחי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 10:7, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), אחי is found 10,485,860 times; chance alone would give about 10,068,238.

A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 649,582 of it, so a large count is expected.

  • Genesis 202,008
  • Exodus 126,180
  • Leviticus 87,461
  • Numbers 134,901
  • Deuteronomy 89,010

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 10:7בראשית י:זskip 2, forward

    וּבְנֵי כוּשׁ סְבָא וַֽחֲוִילָה וְסַבְתָּה וְרַעְמָה וְסַבְתְּכָא וּבְנֵי רַעְמָה שְׁבָא וּדְדָֽן

    And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.

    אחי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 10:7יכושסבוולהוסבתהאחי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 11,775Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 10:29בראשית י:כטskip 2, forward

    וְאֶת־אוֹפִר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָה וְאֶת־יוֹבָב כָּל־אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי יָקְטָֽן

    and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

    אחי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 10:29תאופרותולהואתיואחי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 12,553Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 12:13בראשית יב:יגskip 2, forward

    אִמְרִי־נָא אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ לְמַעַן יִֽיטַב־לִי בַעֲבוּרֵךְ וְחָיְתָה נַפְשִׁי בִּגְלָלֵֽךְ

    Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.’

    אחי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 12:13ואמרינאתאתלמעןיאחי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 14,788Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 14:14בראשית יד:ידskip 2, forward

    וַיִּשְׁמַע אַבְרָם כִּי נִשְׁבָּה אָחִיו וַיָּרֶק אֶת־חֲנִיכָיו יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת וַיִּרְדֹּף עַד־דָּֽן

    And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

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

    letter 16,791Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 18:10בראשית יח:יskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר שׁוֹב אָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ כָּעֵת חַיָּה וְהִנֵּה־בֵן לְשָׂרָה אִשְׁתֶּךָ וְשָׂרָה שֹׁמַעַת פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל וְהוּא אַחֲרָֽיו

    And He said: ‘I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.’ And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.—

    אחי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 18:10אהלוהוארוואברהםאחי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 20,980Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

2,486,490 sequences of אחי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,529,707 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 202,008
  • Exodus 126,180
  • Leviticus 87,461
  • Numbers 134,901
  • Deuteronomy 93,981
  • Joshua 74,839
  • Judges 90,317
  • Samuel 208,449
  • Kings 228,523
  • Isaiah 134,338
  • Jeremiah 142,479
  • Ezekiel 160,405
  • The Twelve 107,041
  • Psalms 159,555
  • Proverbs 54,803
  • Job 98,252
  • Song of Songs 9,142
  • Ruth 11,853
  • Lamentations 11,182
  • Ecclesiastes 25,707
  • Esther 16,074
  • Daniel 53,116
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 72,524
  • Chronicles 183,360

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 10:35יהושע י:להskip 2, forward

    וַֽיִּלְכְּדוּהָ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וַיַּכּוּהָ לְפִי־חֶרֶב וְאֵת כָּל־הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא הֶחֱרִים כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה לְלָכִֽישׁ

    And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

    אחי at skip 2, forward from Joshua 10:35יוםההוהרםככלאשראחי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 321,834Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 14:14יהושע יד:ידskip 2, forward

    עַל־כֵּן הָיְתָֽה־חֶבְרוֹן לְכָלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה הַקְּנִזִּי לְֽנַחֲלָה עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה יַעַן אֲשֶׁר מִלֵּא אַחֲרֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

    Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, unto this day; because that he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

    אחי at skip 2, forward from Joshua 14:14ןאשרמלאריקוקאלהאחי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 327,608Open in the laboratory →

  3. Joshua 22:13יהושע כב:יגskip 2, forward

    וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן וְאֶל־בְּנֵי־גָד וְאֶל־חֲצִי שֵֽׁבֶט־מְנַשֶּׁה אֶל־אֶרֶץ הַגִּלְעָד אֶת־פִּינְחָס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵֽן

    And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest;

    אחי at skip 2, forward from Joshua 22:13בניגדולצשבטמנשהאחי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 339,388Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

אחי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אחי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 19.

As a plain word it stands 96 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Ehi.

Questions

Does Ahi appear in the Torah codes?

639,560 sequences of אחי at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 649,582 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Ahi in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 10:7 — the shortest of 639,560 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 649,582.

What is the gematria of Ahi in Hebrew?

Ahi is spelled אחי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 19.

How many times is Ahi found in the whole Tanakh?

2,486,490 sequences of אחי at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,529,707 that chance alone would produce.

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