Bigvai בגוי
Bigvai (בגוי) is a person named in the Tanakh. Bigvai appears 11,663 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.0% more than chance alone would give (about 11,433; probability 0.02).
- Found in the Torah
- 11,663
- Chance alone
- 11,433
- P (≥ found)
- 0.02
- 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, בגוי appears 11,663 times in the Torah — 2.0% more than the 11,433 chance alone would give; the probability of 11,663 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
The shortest skip at which בגוי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 27:28, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), בגוי is found 115,747 times; chance alone would give about 119,126.
- Genesis 3,855
- Exodus 1,853
- Leviticus 1,899
- Numbers 2,124
- Deuteronomy 1,932
The shortest skips
וְיִֽתֶּן־לְךָ הָאֱלֹהִים מִטַּל הַשָּׁמַיִם וּמִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ וְרֹב דָּגָן וְתִירֹֽשׁ
So God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fat places of the earth, And plenty of corn and wine.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 37,512Open in the laboratory →
וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂהוּ בְּבִגְדוֹ לֵאמֹר שִׁכְבָה עִמִּי וַיַּעֲזֹב בִּגְדוֹ בְּיָדָהּ וַיָּנָס וַיֵּצֵא הַחֽוּצָה
that she caught him by his garment, saying: ‘Lie with me.’ And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 58,230Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כִּרְאוֹתָהּ כִּֽי־עָזַב בִּגְדוֹ בְּיָדָהּ וַיָּנָס הַחֽוּצָה
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 58,266Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּגְנֹב יַעֲקֹב אֶת־לֵב לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי עַל־בְּלִי הִגִּיד לוֹ כִּי בֹרֵחַ הֽוּא
And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 44,594Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב מֶה עָשִׂיתָ וַתִּגְנֹב אֶת־לְבָבִי וַתְּנַהֵג אֶת־בְּנֹתַי כִּשְׁבֻיוֹת חָֽרֶב
And Laban said to Jacob: ‘What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 44,890Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, בגוי appears 69,174 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.7% more than the 68,040 chance alone would give; the probability of 69,174 or more by chance alone is 7.3 × 10⁻⁶.
- Genesis 3,855
- Exodus 1,853
- Leviticus 1,899
- Numbers 2,124
- Deuteronomy 2,134
- Joshua 3,573
- Judges 2,784
- Samuel 6,394
- Kings 4,115
- Isaiah 4,940
- Jeremiah 4,468
- Ezekiel 4,475
- The Twelve 4,974
- Psalms 5,527
- Proverbs 1,748
- Job 2,140
- Song of Songs 349
- Ruth 373
- Lamentations 546
- Ecclesiastes 648
- Esther 562
- Daniel 1,323
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,325
- Chronicles 6,045
Outside the Torah
וְשָׁב הַגְּבוּל יָמָּה אַזְנוֹת תָּבוֹר וְיָצָא מִשָּׁם חוּקֹקָה וּפָגַע בִּזְבֻלוּן מִנֶּגֶב וּבְאָשֵׁר פָּגַע מִיָּם וּבִיהוּדָה הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרַח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
And the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 334,752Open in the laboratory →
לָמָּה יָשַׁבְתָּ בֵּין הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתַיִם לִשְׁמֹעַ שְׁרִקוֹת עֲדָרִים לִפְלַגּוֹת רְאוּבֵן גְּדוֹלִים חִקְרֵי־לֵֽב
Why sattest thou among the sheep-folds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the divisions of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 352,421Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּחֲזֵק דָּוִד בבגדו וַיִּקְרָעֵם וְגַם כָּל־הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר אִתּֽוֹ
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 435,553Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בגוי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as בגוי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 21.
As a plain word it stands 12 times in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 32:21. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Bigvai appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, בגוי appears 11,663 times in the Torah — 2.0% more than the 11,433 chance alone would give; the probability of 11,663 or more by chance alone is 0.02.
What is the shortest skip for Bigvai in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 27:28 — the shortest of 11,663 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 11,433.
What is the gematria of Bigvai in Hebrew?
Bigvai is spelled בגוי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 21.
How many times is Bigvai found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, בגוי appears 69,174 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.7% more than the 68,040 chance alone would give; the probability of 69,174 or more by chance alone is 7.3 × 10⁻⁶.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 11,433 here) beside the count.