Brian בראיין
In Hebrew letters the first name Brian is written בראיין — male given name. Brian appears 426 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 411 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 426
- Chance alone
- 411
- P (≥ found)
- 0.23
- Shortest skip
- 44
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
426 sequences of בראיין at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 411 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which בראיין appears in the Torah is 44 — the first at Exodus 33:11, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), בראיין is found 2,477 times; chance alone would give about 2,611.
- Genesis 151
- Exodus 79
- Leviticus 37
- Numbers 87
- Deuteronomy 72
The shortest skips
וְדִבֶּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִים כַּאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ וְשָׁב אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וּמְשָׁרְתוֹ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן נַעַר לֹא יָמִישׁ מִתּוֹךְ הָאֹֽהֶל
And the LORD spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he would return into the camp; but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent.
skip 44, width 44 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 128,404Open in the laboratory →
וְאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר תִּקְרַב אֶל־כָּל־בְּהֵמָה לְרִבְעָה אֹתָהּ וְהָרַגְתָּ אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָה מוֹת יוּמָתוּ דְּמֵיהֶם בָּֽם
And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
skip 55, width 55 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 172,719Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּקֻמוּ כָל־בָּנָיו וְכָל־בְּנֹתָיו לְנַחֲמוֹ וַיְמָאֵן לְהִתְנַחֵם וַיֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־אֵרֵד אֶל־בְּנִי אָבֵל שְׁאֹלָה וַיֵּבְךְּ אֹתוֹ אָבִֽיו
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said: ‘Nay, but I will go down to the grave to my son mourning.’ And his father wept for him.
skip 79, width 79 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 55,918Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתֶּם חֲשַׁבְתֶּם עָלַי רָעָה אֱלֹהִים חֲשָׁבָהּ לְטֹבָה לְמַעַן עֲשֹׂה כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה לְהַחֲיֹת עַם־רָֽב
And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
skip 86, width 86 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 77,712Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה הִנְּךָ שֹׁכֵב עִם־אֲבֹתֶיךָ וְקָם הָעָם הַזֶּה וְזָנָה אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהֵי נֵֽכַר־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוּא בָא־שָׁמָּה בְּקִרְבּוֹ וַעֲזָבַנִי וְהֵפֵר אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר כָּרַתִּי אִתּֽוֹ
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Behold, thou art about to sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go astray after the foreign gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake Me, and break My covenant which I have made with them.
skip 93, width 93 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 299,491Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,786 sequences of בראיין at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,790).
- Genesis 151
- Exodus 79
- Leviticus 37
- Numbers 87
- Deuteronomy 80
- Joshua 57
- Judges 66
- Samuel 141
- Kings 176
- Isaiah 91
- Jeremiah 129
- Ezekiel 94
- The Twelve 78
- Psalms 100
- Proverbs 47
- Job 59
- Song of Songs 4
- Ruth 4
- Lamentations 12
- Ecclesiastes 18
- Esther 21
- Daniel 52
- Ezra–Nehemiah 68
- Chronicles 135
Outside the Torah
וְלֹא שָׁמַעְנוּ אֶל־עֲבָדֶיךָ הַנְּבִיאִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבְּרוּ בְּשִׁמְךָ אֶל־מְלָכֵינוּ שָׂרֵינוּ וַאֲבֹתֵינוּ וְאֶל כָּל־עַם הָאָֽרֶץ
neither have we hearkened unto Thy servants the prophets, that spoke in Thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,053,082Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה הָרְגוּ הַיְּהוּדִים וְאַבֵּד חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת אִישׁ וְאֵת עֲשֶׂרֶת בְּנֵֽי־הָמָן בִּשְׁאָר מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ מֶה עָשׂוּ וּמַה־שְּׁאֵֽלָתֵךְ וְיִנָּתֵֽן לָךְ וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ עוֹד וְתֵעָֽשׂ
And the king said unto Esther the queen: ‘The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the castle, and the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now whatever thy petition, it shall be granted thee; and whatever thy request further, it shall be done.’
skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,033,205Open in the laboratory →
וְהַשְּׁמֻעָה בָּאָה עַד־יוֹאָב כִּי יוֹאָב נָטָה אַחֲרֵי אֲדֹנִיָּה וְאַחֲרֵי אַבְשָׁלוֹם לֹא נָטָה וַיָּנָס יוֹאָב אֶל־אֹהֶל יְהוָה וַֽיַּחֲזֵק בְּקַרְנוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 482,061Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בראיין — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as בראיין, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 273.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Brian in the Bible code?
426 sequences of בראיין at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 411 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Brian in the Torah?
Skip 44, reading forward from Exodus 33:11 — the shortest of 426 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 411.
What is the gematria of Brian in Hebrew?
Brian is spelled בראיין — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 273.
How many times is Brian found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,786 sequences of בראיין at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,790).
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