Ernie ארני
Ernie is a first name, written ארני in Hebrew (male given name). Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 75,505 sequences of Ernie, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 10:12); chance alone would give about 75,256.
- Found in the Torah
- 75,505
- Chance alone
- 75,256
- P (≥ found)
- 0.18
- 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, ארני appears 75,505 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 75,256, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 10:12, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 779,923 sequences of ארני, against about 784,152 from chance alone.
- Genesis 25,088
- Exodus 14,026
- Leviticus 8,665
- Numbers 15,915
- Deuteronomy 11,811
The shortest skips
וְֽאֶת־רֶסֶן בֵּין נִֽינְוֵה וּבֵין כָּלַח הִוא הָעִיר הַגְּדֹלָֽה
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah—the same is the great city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 11,976Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְהָאֱלֹהִים נִסָּה אֶת־אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּֽנִי
And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him: ‘Abraham’; and he said: ‘Here am I.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 27,016Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יִצְחָק אֶל־אַבְרָהָם אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר אָבִי וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֶּנִּֽי בְנִי וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה הָאֵשׁ וְהָעֵצִים וְאַיֵּה הַשֶּׂה לְעֹלָֽה
And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father, and said: ‘My father.’ And he said: ‘Here am I, my son.’ And he said: ‘Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 27,401Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא אֵלָיו מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּֽנִי
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said: ‘Abraham, Abraham.’ And he said: ‘Here am I.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 27,654Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֻּגַּד לְאַבְרָהָם לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה יָלְדָה מִלְכָּה גַם־הִוא בָּנִים לְנָחוֹר אָחִֽיךָ
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying: ‘Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,150Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ארני appears 283,801 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 286,540, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 25,088
- Exodus 14,026
- Leviticus 8,665
- Numbers 15,915
- Deuteronomy 13,108
- Joshua 10,500
- Judges 10,944
- Samuel 21,751
- Kings 22,875
- Isaiah 14,756
- Jeremiah 20,374
- Ezekiel 17,478
- The Twelve 12,807
- Psalms 16,740
- Proverbs 5,168
- Job 8,542
- Song of Songs 1,011
- Ruth 1,507
- Lamentations 1,193
- Ecclesiastes 2,131
- Esther 2,356
- Daniel 8,118
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,620
- Chronicles 19,128
Outside the Torah
מֹשֶׁה עַבְדִּי מֵת וְעַתָּה קוּם עֲבֹר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה אַתָּה וְכָל־הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לָהֶם לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
’Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 304,951Open in the laboratory →
וְיָצְאוּ אַחֲרֵינוּ עַד הַתִּיקֵנוּ אוֹתָם מִן־הָעִיר כִּי יֹֽאמְרוּ נָסִים לְפָנֵינוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָה וְנַסְנוּ לִפְנֵיהֶֽם
And they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say: They flee before us, as at the first; so we will flee before them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,668Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף אֲשֶׁר־הֶעֱלוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרַיִם קָבְרוּ בִשְׁכֶם בְּחֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר קָנָה יַעֲקֹב מֵאֵת בְּנֵֽי־חֲמוֹר אֲבִֽי־שְׁכֶם בְּמֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה וַיִּֽהְיוּ לִבְנֵֽי־יוֹסֵף לְנַחֲלָֽה
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 344,553Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ארני — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as ארני, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 261.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ernie in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, ארני appears 75,505 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 75,256, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Ernie in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 10:12 — the shortest of 75,505 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 75,256.
How is Ernie spelled in Hebrew?
Ernie is spelled ארני — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 261.
Is Ernie in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ארני appears 283,801 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 286,540, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 75,256 here) beside the count.