Ai לעיר
Ai (לעיר) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — city, town. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 47,348 sequences of Ai, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 20:12); chance alone would give about 47,774.
- Found in the Torah
- 47,348
- Chance alone
- 47,774
- P (≥ found)
- 0.97
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 47,348 sequences of לעיר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 47,774).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 20:12, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 493,473 sequences of לעיר, against about 497,801 from chance alone.
- Genesis 12,876
- Exodus 10,700
- Leviticus 5,259
- Numbers 10,162
- Deuteronomy 8,351
The shortest skips
כַּבֵּד אֶת־אָבִיךָ וְאֶת־אִמֶּךָ לְמַעַן יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ עַל הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָֽךְ
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 107,513Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־בַּת יֹרֶשֶׁת נַחֲלָה מִמַּטּוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאֶחָד מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת מַטֵּה אָבִיהָ תִּהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה לְמַעַן יִֽירְשׁוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ נַחֲלַת אֲבֹתָֽיו
And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 249,669Open in the laboratory →
כַּבֵּד אֶת־אָבִיךָ וְאֶת־אִמֶּךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְמַעַן יַאֲרִיכֻן יָמֶיךָ וּלְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ עַל הָֽאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָֽךְ
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 260,301Open in the laboratory →
לְמַעַן תִּירָא אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־כָּל־חֻקֹּתָיו וּמִצְוֺתָיו אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּךָ אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבֶן־בִּנְךָ כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ וּלְמַעַן יַאֲרִכֻן יָמֶֽיךָ
that thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 261,402Open in the laboratory →
וּבָא הַלֵּוִי כִּי אֵֽין־לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִמָּךְ וְהַגֵּר וְהַיָּתוֹם וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְאָכְלוּ וְשָׂבֵעוּ לְמַעַן יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל־מַעֲשֵׂה יָדְךָ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶֽׂה
And the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 275,181Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, לעיר appears 213,685 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 215,080, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 12,876
- Exodus 10,700
- Leviticus 5,259
- Numbers 10,162
- Deuteronomy 9,026
- Joshua 8,464
- Judges 7,781
- Samuel 16,194
- Kings 19,127
- Isaiah 12,753
- Jeremiah 14,730
- Ezekiel 10,754
- The Twelve 9,556
- Psalms 16,349
- Proverbs 5,035
- Job 7,405
- Song of Songs 797
- Ruth 936
- Lamentations 1,030
- Ecclesiastes 2,337
- Esther 1,787
- Daniel 4,556
- Ezra–Nehemiah 7,033
- Chronicles 19,038
Outside the Torah
וַיָּשַׂר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִֽים
And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 361,126Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּצְלַח עָלָיו רוּחַ יְהוָה וַֽיְשַׁסְּעֵהוּ כְּשַׁסַּע הַגְּדִי וּמְאוּמָה אֵין בְּיָדוֹ וְלֹא הִגִּיד לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ אֵת אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה
And the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as one would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand; but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 369,592Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּצְלַח עָלָיו רוּחַ יְהוָה וַיֵּרֶד אַשְׁקְלוֹן וַיַּךְ מֵהֶם שְׁלֹשִׁים אִישׁ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־חֲלִיצוֹתָם וַיִּתֵּן הַחֲלִיפוֹת לְמַגִּידֵי הַחִידָה וַיִּחַר אַפּוֹ וַיַּעַל בֵּית אָבִֽיהוּ
And the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of raiment unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 370,501Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
לעיר — the Tanakh's own spelling: city, town. Searched as לעיר, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 310.
As a plain word it stands 30 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 19:16. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ai in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 47,348 sequences of לעיר at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 47,774).
What is the shortest skip for Ai in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 20:12 — the shortest of 47,348 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 47,774.
How is Ai spelled in Hebrew?
Ai is spelled לעיר — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 310.
Is Ai in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, לעיר appears 213,685 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 215,080, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 47,774 here) beside the count.