Ari ארי
In Hebrew letters the first name Ari is written ארי — male given name. Ari appears 1,648,921 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.7% more than chance alone would give (about 1,637,734; probability 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁸).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,648,921
- Chance alone
- 1,637,734
- P (≥ found)
- 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁸
- 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, ארי appears 1,648,921 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 1,637,734 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,648,921 or more by chance alone is 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁸.
The shortest skip at which ארי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:3, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), ארי is found 24,828,712 times; chance alone would give about 25,384,173.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,637,734 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 523,020
- Exodus 334,007
- Leviticus 198,979
- Numbers 300,070
- Deuteronomy 292,845
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר
And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 94Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר
And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 101Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 116Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מִי הִגִּיד לְךָ כִּי עֵירֹם אָתָּה הֲמִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לְבִלְתִּי אֲכָל־מִמֶּנּוּ אָכָֽלְתָּ
And He said: ‘Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,430Open in the laboratory →
וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְתָּ לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָֽאֲדָמָה בַּֽעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּֽאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ
And unto Adam He said: ‘Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,783Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 6,217,224 sequences of ארי at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 6,238,929).
- Genesis 523,020
- Exodus 334,007
- Leviticus 198,979
- Numbers 300,070
- Deuteronomy 310,154
- Joshua 213,315
- Judges 233,903
- Samuel 515,192
- Kings 610,685
- Isaiah 336,032
- Jeremiah 462,327
- Ezekiel 378,535
- The Twelve 304,278
- Psalms 335,101
- Proverbs 108,293
- Job 169,962
- Song of Songs 19,193
- Ruth 29,264
- Lamentations 23,344
- Ecclesiastes 47,080
- Esther 50,266
- Daniel 123,882
- Ezra–Nehemiah 159,442
- Chronicles 430,900
Outside the Torah
לֹֽא־יִתְיַצֵּב אִישׁ לְפָנֶיךָ כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ כַּֽאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי עִם־מֹשֶׁה אֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ לֹא אַרְפְּךָ וְלֹא אֶעֶזְבֶֽךָּ
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,115Open in the laboratory →
כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַעְנוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן נִשְׁמַע אֵלֶיךָ רַק יִֽהְיֶה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ עִמָּךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם־מֹשֶֽׁה
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee; only the LORD thy God be with thee, as He was with Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,952Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה אָחֵל גַּדֶּלְךָ בְּעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יֵֽדְעוּן כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי עִם־מֹשֶׁה אֶהְיֶה עִמָּֽךְ
And the LORD said unto Joshua: ‘This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,066Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ארי — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as ארי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 211.
As a plain word it stands 4 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 4:19. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ari in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, ארי appears 1,648,921 times in the Torah — 0.7% more than the 1,637,734 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,648,921 or more by chance alone is 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁸.
What is the shortest skip for Ari in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:3 — the shortest of 1,648,921 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,637,734.
What is the gematria of Ari in Hebrew?
Ari is spelled ארי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 211.
How many times is Ari found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 6,217,224 sequences of ארי at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 6,238,929).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,637,734 here) beside the count.