Chay צ׳יי
Chay is a first name, written צ׳יי in Hebrew (male given name). In the Torah codes, Chay is found 429,790 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:11) — 2.9% above the 417,478 chance alone would give (probability of 429,790 or more by chance alone: 1.8 × 10⁻⁸⁰).
- Found in the Torah
- 429,790
- Chance alone
- 417,478
- P (≥ found)
- 1.8 × 10⁻⁸⁰
- 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 429,790 sequences of צ׳יי at skips 2–5,000, 2.9% above what chance alone gives (about 417,478); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻⁸⁰ by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:11, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 6,258,326 sequences of צ׳יי, against about 6,470,735 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 417,478 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 140,972
- Exodus 105,440
- Leviticus 38,907
- Numbers 68,816
- Deuteronomy 75,655
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּֽדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 509Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיוּ לִמְאוֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהָאִיר עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 711Open in the laboratory →
וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים לֵאמֹר פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הַמַּיִם בַּיַּמִּים וְהָעוֹף יִרֶב בָּאָֽרֶץ
And God blessed them, saying: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,100Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר מִי הִגִּיד לְךָ כִּי עֵירֹם אָתָּה הֲמִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לְבִלְתִּי אֲכָל־מִמֶּנּוּ אָכָֽלְתָּ
And He said: ‘Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,459Open in the laboratory →
וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְתָּ לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָֽאֲדָמָה בַּֽעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּֽאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ
And unto Adam He said: ‘Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 3,813Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 2,007,473 sequences of צ׳יי at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 1,978,092); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 9.7 × 10⁻⁹⁷ by chance alone.
- Genesis 140,972
- Exodus 105,440
- Leviticus 38,907
- Numbers 68,816
- Deuteronomy 80,210
- Joshua 60,254
- Judges 54,405
- Samuel 114,983
- Kings 130,828
- Isaiah 178,497
- Jeremiah 154,644
- Ezekiel 119,862
- The Twelve 121,828
- Psalms 219,461
- Proverbs 60,623
- Job 78,524
- Song of Songs 10,952
- Ruth 6,737
- Lamentations 14,404
- Ecclesiastes 10,632
- Esther 8,982
- Daniel 33,548
- Ezra–Nehemiah 45,533
- Chronicles 148,431
Outside the Torah
הֲלוֹא צִוִּיתִיךָ חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ אַֽל־תַּעֲרֹץ וְאַל־תֵּחָת כִּי עִמְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵֽךְ
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 305,368Open in the laboratory →
חָטָא יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגַם עָבְרוּ אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי אוֹתָם וְגַם לָֽקְחוּ מִן־הַחֵרֶם וְגַם גָּֽנְבוּ וְגַם כִּֽחֲשׁוּ וְגַם שָׂמוּ בִכְלֵיהֶֽם
Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed My covenant which I commanded them; yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing; and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have even put it among their own stuff.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 314,075Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה כְּתָפְשְׂכֶם אֶת־הָעִיר תַּצִּיתוּ אֶת־הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ כִּדְבַר יְהוָה תַּעֲשׂוּ רְאוּ צִוִּיתִי אֶתְכֶֽם
And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the LORD shall ye do; see, I have commanded you.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,795Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
צ׳יי — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as ציי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 110.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Chay in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 429,790 sequences of צ׳יי at skips 2–5,000, 2.9% above what chance alone gives (about 417,478); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 1.8 × 10⁻⁸⁰ by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Chay in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:11 — the shortest of 429,790 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 417,478.
How is Chay spelled in Hebrew?
Chay is spelled צ׳יי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 110.
Is Chay in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 2,007,473 sequences of צ׳יי at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 1,978,092); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 9.7 × 10⁻⁹⁷ 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 417,478 here) beside the count.