First names

Blake בלייק

Blake is a first name, written בלייק in Hebrew (unisex given name). In the Torah codes, Blake is found 1,970 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 4 (Genesis 18:2) — 6.7% above the 1,845 chance alone would give (probability of 1,970 or more by chance alone: 0.0021).

Found in the Torah
1,970
Chance alone
1,845
P (≥ found)
0.0021
Shortest skip
4

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

In the Torah

The Torah holds 1,970 sequences of בלייק at skips 2–5,000, 6.7% above what chance alone gives (about 1,845); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0021 by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Genesis 18:2, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 13,777 sequences of בלייק, against about 14,545 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 689
  • Exodus 380
  • Leviticus 260
  • Numbers 379
  • Deuteronomy 262

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 18:2בראשית יח:בskip 4, forward

    וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה שְׁלֹשָׁה אֲנָשִׁים נִצָּבִים עָלָיו וַיַּרְא וַיָּרָץ לִקְרָאתָם מִפֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אָֽרְצָה

    and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed down to the earth,

    בלייק at skip 4, forward from Genesis 18:2נהשלשהאנשיםנציםעיווראורץלראתםמפתחהאהלויבלייק
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 20,550Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 22:1במדבר כב:אskip 5, forward

    וַיִּסְעוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּעַֽרְבוֹת מוֹאָב מֵעֵבֶר לְיַרְדֵּן יְרֵחֽוֹ

    And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

    בלייק at skip 5, forward from Numbers 22:1ראלויחנובערבותמואמעברירדןרחווראבלבןצפוראתכלאשרעשהיבלייק
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 225,285Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 25:11במדבר כה:יאskip 6, forward

    פִּֽינְחָס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן הֵשִׁיב אֶת־חֲמָתִי מֵעַל בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּקַנְאוֹ אֶת־קִנְאָתִי בְּתוֹכָם וְלֹא־כִלִּיתִי אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּקִנְאָתִֽי

    ’Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned My wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was very jealous for My sake among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in My jealousy.

    בלייק at skip 6, forward from Numbers 25:11בניישראלבקנאואתקנאתיתוכםואכליתאתבנישראלבנאתילכןאמרהננינתןלואתבלייק
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 230,731Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 16:26שמות טז:כוskip 6, backward

    שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תִּלְקְטֻהוּ וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבָּת לֹא יִֽהְיֶה־בּֽוֹ

    Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.’

    בלייק at skip 6, backward from Exodus 16:26אתמצאהובשדהששתימיםתלטהוובוםהשבעישבתאיהיהוויהיביוםהשביעייצאומןבלייק
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 102,677Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 37:34בראשית לז:לדskip 9, backward

    וַיִּקְרַע יַעֲקֹב שִׂמְלֹתָיו וַיָּשֶׂם שַׂק בְּמָתְנָיו וַיִּתְאַבֵּל עַל־בְּנוֹ יָמִים רַבִּֽים

    And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

    בלייק at skip 9, backward from Genesis 37:34ניחיהרעהאכלתהוטרףטרףיוסףויקרעיעבשמלתיוושםשקבמתנוויתאבלעבנוימיםריםויקמוכלבניווכלבנתיולנחמווימאןבלייק
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 55,901Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

8,630 sequences of בלייק at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 8,604 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 689
  • Exodus 380
  • Leviticus 260
  • Numbers 379
  • Deuteronomy 300
  • Joshua 217
  • Judges 293
  • Samuel 608
  • Kings 711
  • Isaiah 559
  • Jeremiah 646
  • Ezekiel 419
  • The Twelve 478
  • Psalms 734
  • Proverbs 245
  • Job 287
  • Song of Songs 36
  • Ruth 47
  • Lamentations 49
  • Ecclesiastes 71
  • Esther 65
  • Daniel 176
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 276
  • Chronicles 705

Outside the Torah

  1. Habakkuk 1:10חבקוק א:יskip 2, forward

    וְהוּא בַּמְּלָכִים יִתְקַלָּס וְרֹזְנִים מִשְׂחָק לוֹ הוּא לְכָל־מִבְצָר יִשְׂחָק וַיִּצְבֹּר עָפָר וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ

    And they scoff at kings, And princes are a derision unto them; They deride every stronghold, For they heap up earth, and take it.

    בלייק at skip 2, forward from Habakkuk 1:10ביוהואמכםתלסורזניבלייק
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 835,234Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joel 2:5יואל ב:הskip 4, forward

    כְּקוֹל מַרְכָּבוֹת עַל־רָאשֵׁי הֶֽהָרִים יְרַקֵּדוּן כְּקוֹל לַהַב אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה קָשׁ כְּעַם עָצוּם עֱרוּךְ מִלְחָמָֽה

    Like the noise of chariots, On the tops of the mountains do they leap, Like the noise of a flame of fire That devoureth the stubble, As a mighty people set in battle array.

    בלייק at skip 4, forward from Joel 2:5ירוצוןכקולמרכותעראשההרםירדוןכקוללהבאשאכבלייק
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 812,453Open in the laboratory →

  3. Jeremiah 23:14ירמיהו כג:ידskip 4, backward

    וּבִנְבִאֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם רָאִיתִי שַׁעֲרוּרָה נָאוֹף וְהָלֹךְ בַּשֶּׁקֶר וְחִזְּקוּ יְדֵי מְרֵעִים לְבִלְתִּי־שָׁבוּ אִישׁ מֵרָֽעָתוֹ הָֽיוּ־לִי כֻלָּם כִּסְדֹם וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָ כַּעֲמֹרָֽה

    But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery, and walk in lies, And they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, That none doth return from his wickedness; They are all of them become unto Me as Sodom, And the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

    בלייק at skip 4, backward from Jeremiah 23:14וףוהלךבשקרוחזוידמרעםלבתישואישמרעתוהיוליבלייק
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 674,786Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

בלייק — the name in Hebrew letters: unisex given name. Searched as בלייק, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 152.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Blake appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 1,970 sequences of בלייק at skips 2–5,000, 6.7% above what chance alone gives (about 1,845); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0021 by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for Blake in the Torah?

Skip 4, reading forward from Genesis 18:2 — the shortest of 1,970 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,845.

How is Blake spelled in Hebrew?

Blake is spelled בלייק — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 152.

Is Blake in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

8,630 sequences of בלייק at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 8,604 that chance alone would produce.

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,845 here) beside the count.

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