First names

Chaya חיה

In Hebrew letters the first name Chaya is written חיה — female given name. In the Torah codes, Chaya is found 661,111 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 2:11) — about what chance alone gives (about 673,467).

Found in the Torah
661,111
Chance alone
673,467
P (≥ found)
1.00
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 661,111 sequences of חיה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 673,467).

The shortest skip at which חיה appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:11, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), חיה is found 10,009,881 times; chance alone would give about 10,438,449.

A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 673,467 of it, so a large count is expected.

  • Genesis 166,419
  • Exodus 146,265
  • Leviticus 101,592
  • Numbers 151,438
  • Deuteronomy 95,397

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 2:11בראשית ב:יאskip 2, forward

    שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פִּישׁוֹן הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָֽב

    The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

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

    letter 2,221Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 5:21בראשית ה:כאskip 2, forward

    וַֽיְחִי חֲנוֹךְ חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־מְתוּשָֽׁלַח

    And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah.

    חיה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 5:21תמתושלותלךחנוךאחיה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 6,313Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 9:20בראשית ט:כskip 2, forward

    וַיָּחֶל נֹחַ אִישׁ הָֽאֲדָמָה וַיִּטַּע כָּֽרֶם

    And Noah, the man of the land, began and planted a vineyard.

    חיה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 9:20ץויחלנאשאדמהויטחיה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 11,197Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 10:7בראשית י:זskip 2, forward

    וּבְנֵי כוּשׁ סְבָא וַֽחֲוִילָה וְסַבְתָּה וְרַעְמָה וְסַבְתְּכָא וּבְנֵי רַעְמָה שְׁבָא וּדְדָֽן

    And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.

    חיה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 10:7ושסבאוולוסבתהורחיה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 11,777Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 10:29בראשית י:כטskip 2, forward

    וְאֶת־אוֹפִר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָה וְאֶת־יוֹבָב כָּל־אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי יָקְטָֽן

    and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

    חיה at skip 2, forward from Genesis 10:29ופרואתולואתיובבחיה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 12,555Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, חיה appears 2,636,556 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,695,657, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 166,419
  • Exodus 146,265
  • Leviticus 101,592
  • Numbers 151,438
  • Deuteronomy 100,463
  • Joshua 97,735
  • Judges 85,860
  • Samuel 182,635
  • Kings 232,551
  • Isaiah 148,533
  • Jeremiah 166,462
  • Ezekiel 172,659
  • The Twelve 124,702
  • Psalms 179,615
  • Proverbs 56,470
  • Job 69,191
  • Song of Songs 11,904
  • Ruth 7,873
  • Lamentations 16,734
  • Ecclesiastes 29,904
  • Esther 17,885
  • Daniel 44,763
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 88,493
  • Chronicles 236,410

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 6:25יהושע ו:כהskip 2, forward

    וְֽאֶת־רָחָב הַזּוֹנָה וְאֶת־בֵּית אָבִיהָ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לָהּ הֶחֱיָה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּקֶרֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי הֶחְבִּיאָה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָכִים אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לְרַגֵּל אֶת־יְרִיחֽוֹ

    But Rahab the harlot, and her father’s household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel, unto this day; because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

    חיה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 6:25הזהכיהבאאתהמלאכחיה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 313,193Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 8:16יהושע ח:טזskip 2, forward

    וַיִּזָּעֲקוּ כָּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר בעיר לִרְדֹּף אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ אַחֲרֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיִּנָּתְקוּ מִן־הָעִֽיר

    And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

    חיה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 8:16ירדפואריושעוינתחיה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 316,293Open in the laboratory →

  3. Joshua 9:1יהושע ט:אskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ כָּֽל־הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן בָּהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבְכֹל חוֹף הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל אֶל־מוּל הַלְּבָנוֹן הַֽחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִֽי

    And it came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and on all the shore of the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof,

    חיה at skip 2, forward from Joshua 9:1לבנוןהתואמריהכנחיה
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 317,706Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

חיה — the name in Hebrew letters: female given name. Searched as חיה, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 23.

As a plain word it stands 32 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 1:20. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Chaya in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 661,111 sequences of חיה at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 673,467).

What is the shortest skip for Chaya in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:11 — the shortest of 661,111 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 673,467.

What is the gematria of Chaya in Hebrew?

Chaya is spelled חיה — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 23.

How many times is Chaya found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, חיה appears 2,636,556 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 2,695,657, so the count is in line with chance.

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