Biblical names

Beer-lahai-roi באר לחי ראי

Beer-lahai-roi (באר לחי ראי) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, באר (from Beer-lahai-roi) is found 856,666 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 8:6) — 1.0% above the 848,294 chance alone would give (probability of 856,666 or more by chance alone: 5.7 × 10⁻²⁰).

Found in the Torah (באר)
856,666
Chance alone
848,294
P (≥ found)
5.7 × 10⁻²⁰
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for באר, and לחי, ראי have their own figures under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.

The Torah holds 856,666 sequences of באר at skips 2–5,000, 1.0% above what chance alone gives (about 848,294); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 5.7 × 10⁻²⁰ by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 8:6, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 12,913,008 sequences of באר, against about 13,148,191 from chance alone.

A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 848,294 of it, so a large count is expected.

  • Genesis 256,287
  • Exodus 156,515
  • Leviticus 120,254
  • Numbers 170,314
  • Deuteronomy 153,296

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 8:6בראשית ח:וskip 2, forward

    וַֽיְהִי מִקֵּץ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וַיִּפְתַּח נֹחַ אֶת־חַלּוֹן הַתֵּבָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה

    And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

    באר at skip 2, forward from Genesis 8:6חלוןהתהשעשהוישלבאר
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 9,427Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 11:17בראשית יא:יזskip 2, forward

    וַֽיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־פֶּלֶג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

    And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

    באר at skip 2, forward from Genesis 11:17גויחיערחיהולידובאר
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 13,424Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 12:6בראשית יב:וskip 2, forward

    וַיַּעֲבֹר אַבְרָם בָּאָרֶץ עַד מְקוֹם שְׁכֶם עַד אֵלוֹן מוֹרֶה וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אָז בָּאָֽרֶץ

    And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

    באר at skip 2, forward from Genesis 12:6נעןויערבםבארץעדבאר
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 14,434Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 13:4בראשית יג:דskip 2, forward

    אֶל־מְקוֹם הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה שָׁם בָּרִאשֹׁנָה וַיִּקְרָא שָׁם אַבְרָם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה

    unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first; and Abram called there on the name of the LORD.

    באר at skip 2, forward from Genesis 13:4קוםהמזחשעשהשםברבאר
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 15,294Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 14:15בראשית יד:טוskip 2, forward

    וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו וַיַּכֵּם וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם עַד־חוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר מִשְּׂמֹאל לְדַמָּֽשֶׂק

    And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

    באר at skip 2, forward from Genesis 14:15פםעדחוהשמשמאללדבאר
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 16,869Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 2,956,701 sequences of באר at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% above what chance alone gives (about 2,951,150); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00062 by chance alone.

  • Genesis 256,287
  • Exodus 156,515
  • Leviticus 120,254
  • Numbers 170,314
  • Deuteronomy 161,088
  • Joshua 100,878
  • Judges 103,191
  • Samuel 236,108
  • Kings 288,333
  • Isaiah 141,085
  • Jeremiah 226,178
  • Ezekiel 182,812
  • The Twelve 134,958
  • Psalms 133,646
  • Proverbs 54,988
  • Job 61,415
  • Song of Songs 9,467
  • Ruth 9,486
  • Lamentations 13,177
  • Ecclesiastes 23,167
  • Esther 25,257
  • Daniel 55,405
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 81,447
  • Chronicles 211,245

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 1:11יהושע א:יאskip 2, forward

    עִבְרוּ בְּקֶרֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְצַוּוּ אֶת־הָעָם לֵאמֹר הָכִינוּ לָכֶם צֵידָה כִּי בְּעוֹד שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים אַתֶּם עֹֽבְרִים אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה לָבוֹא לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָכֶם לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ

    ’Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying: Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.’

    באר at skip 2, forward from Joshua 1:11דןהזהלולשתאתהארבאר
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 305,509Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 1:13יהושע א:יגskip 2, forward

    זָכוֹר אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶתְכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה לֵאמֹר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מֵנִיחַ לָכֶם וְנָתַן לָכֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּֽאת

    ’Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, you, saying: The LORD your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land.

    באר at skip 2, forward from Joshua 1:13וראתהדרשצוהאתכםבאר
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 305,592Open in the laboratory →

  3. Joshua 2:3יהושע ב:גskip 2, forward

    וַיִּשְׁלַח מֶלֶךְ יְרִיחוֹ אֶל־רָחָב לֵאמֹר הוֹצִיאִי הָאֲנָשִׁים הַבָּאִים אֵלַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ לְבֵיתֵךְ כִּי לַחְפֹּר אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בָּֽאוּ

    And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying: ‘Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.’

    באר at skip 2, forward from Joshua 2:3חואלרחלמהוציאיהבאר
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 306,191Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

באר לחי ראי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as באר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 203.

As a plain word it stands 38 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 16:14. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Other spellings

  • לחי — the Tanakh's own spelling found 514,238 in the Torah (chance 517,793)
  • ראי — the Tanakh's own spelling found 1,656,334 in the Torah (chance 1,637,734)

Questions

Is Beer-lahai-roi in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 856,666 sequences of באר at skips 2–5,000, 1.0% above what chance alone gives (about 848,294); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 5.7 × 10⁻²⁰ by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for Beer-lahai-roi in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 8:6 — the shortest of 856,666 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 848,294.

How is Beer-lahai-roi spelled in Hebrew?

Beer-lahai-roi is spelled באר לחי ראי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 203; 2 other spellings are counted on this page.

Is Beer-lahai-roi in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 2,956,701 sequences of באר at skips 2–5,000, 0.2% above what chance alone gives (about 2,951,150); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00062 by chance alone.

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