Bavai בוי
Bavai (בוי) is a person named in the Tanakh — Bavvai. In the Torah codes, Bavai is found 1,673,379 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 6:1) — 0.4% above the 1,666,449 chance alone would give (probability of 1,673,379 or more by chance alone: 4.1 × 10⁻⁸).
- Found in the Torah
- 1,673,379
- Chance alone
- 1,666,449
- P (≥ found)
- 4.1 × 10⁻⁸
- 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 1,673,379 sequences of בוי at skips 2–5,000, 0.4% above what chance alone gives (about 1,666,449); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.1 × 10⁻⁸ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 6:1, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 25,539,277 sequences of בוי, against about 25,829,239 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 1,666,449 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 528,210
- Exodus 312,032
- Leviticus 215,294
- Numbers 335,395
- Deuteronomy 282,448
The shortest skips
וַֽיְהִי כִּֽי־הֵחֵל הָֽאָדָם לָרֹב עַל־פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה וּבָנוֹת יֻלְּדוּ לָהֶֽם
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 6,847Open in the laboratory →
עֹד כָּל־יְמֵי הָאָרֶץ זֶרַע וְקָצִיר וְקֹר וָחֹם וְקַיִץ וָחֹרֶף וְיוֹם וָלַיְלָה לֹא יִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 10,278Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא חָם אֲבִי כְנַעַן אֵת עֶרְוַת אָבִיו וַיַּגֵּד לִשְׁנֵֽי־אֶחָיו בַּחֽוּץ
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,261Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר בָּרוּךְ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי שֵׁם וִיהִי כְנַעַן עֶבֶד לָֽמוֹ
And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be their servant.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,435Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח תֶּרַח אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּנוֹ וְאֶת־לוֹט בֶּן־הָרָן בֶּן־בְּנוֹ וְאֵת שָׂרַי כַּלָּתוֹ אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם בְּנוֹ וַיֵּצְאוּ אִתָּם מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים לָלֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־חָרָן וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָֽׁם
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 14,055Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 8,134,651 sequences of בוי at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 8,097,009); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.5 × 10⁻⁴⁰ by chance alone.
- Genesis 528,210
- Exodus 312,032
- Leviticus 215,294
- Numbers 335,395
- Deuteronomy 298,311
- Joshua 264,368
- Judges 294,947
- Samuel 687,600
- Kings 692,963
- Isaiah 461,775
- Jeremiah 587,399
- Ezekiel 485,671
- The Twelve 421,903
- Psalms 583,675
- Proverbs 194,233
- Job 225,132
- Song of Songs 32,902
- Ruth 29,033
- Lamentations 44,353
- Ecclesiastes 59,226
- Esther 63,344
- Daniel 136,312
- Ezra–Nehemiah 304,945
- Chronicles 875,628
Outside the Torah
לֹֽא־יָמוּשׁ סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּה מִפִּיךָ וְהָגִיתָ בּוֹ יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה לְמַעַן תִּשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכָל־הַכָּתוּב בּוֹ כִּי־אָז תַּצְלִיחַ אֶת־דְּרָכֶךָ וְאָז תַּשְׂכִּֽיל
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy ways prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,338Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ־בִּן־נוּן מִֽן־הַשִּׁטִּים שְׁנַֽיִם־אֲנָשִׁים מְרַגְּלִים חֶרֶשׁ לֵאמֹר לְכוּ רְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת־יְרִיחוֹ וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית־אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה וּשְׁמָהּ רָחָב וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־שָֽׁמָּה
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: ‘Go view the land, and Jericho.’ And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 306,089Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשֻׁבוּ שְׁנֵי הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וַיֵּרְדוּ מֵֽהָהָר וַיַּעַבְרוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן וַיְסַפְּרוּ־לוֹ אֵת כָּל־הַמֹּצְאוֹת אוֹתָֽם
Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,507Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בוי — the Tanakh's own spelling: Bavvai. Searched as בוי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 18.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 3:18. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Bavai appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 1,673,379 sequences of בוי at skips 2–5,000, 0.4% above what chance alone gives (about 1,666,449); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 4.1 × 10⁻⁸ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Bavai in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 6:1 — the shortest of 1,673,379 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,666,449.
How is Bavai spelled in Hebrew?
Bavai is spelled בוי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 18.
Is Bavai in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 8,134,651 sequences of בוי at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 8,097,009); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.5 × 10⁻⁴⁰ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,666,449 here) beside the count.