Esra ישראא
Esra is a first name, written ישראא in Hebrew (male given name). In the Torah codes, Esra is found 7,355 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 26:7) — about what chance alone gives (about 7,313).
- Found in the Torah
- 7,355
- Chance alone
- 7,313
- P (≥ found)
- 0.31
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
7,355 sequences of ישראא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 7,313 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 26:7, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 56,158 sequences of ישראא, against about 57,632 from chance alone.
- Genesis 2,239
- Exodus 1,519
- Leviticus 961
- Numbers 1,380
- Deuteronomy 1,256
The shortest skips
וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ אַנְשֵׁי הַמָּקוֹם לְאִשְׁתּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֲחֹתִי הִוא כִּי יָרֵא לֵאמֹר אִשְׁתִּי פֶּן־יַֽהַרְגֻנִי אַנְשֵׁי הַמָּקוֹם עַל־רִבְקָה כִּֽי־טוֹבַת מַרְאֶה הִֽיא
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said: ‘She is my sister’; for he feared to say: ‘My wife’; ‘lest the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is fair to look upon.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 34,762Open in the laboratory →
עֵֽינֵיכֶם הָֽרֹאֹת אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה יְהוָה בְּבַעַל פְּעוֹר כִּי כָל־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי בַֽעַל־פְּעוֹר הִשְׁמִידוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal-peor; for all the men that followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 256,478Open in the laboratory →
לֹא תִירָא מֵהֶם זָכֹר תִּזְכֹּר אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־מִצְרָֽיִם
thou shalt not be afraid of them; thou shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 263,677Open in the laboratory →
זָכוֹר אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְמִרְיָם בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם
Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam, by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 287,348Open in the laboratory →
בְּעוֹד שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים יִשָּׂא פַרְעֹה אֶת־רֹאשֶׁךָ וַהֲשִֽׁיבְךָ עַל־כַּנֶּךָ וְנָתַתָּ כוֹס־פַּרְעֹה בְּיָדוֹ כַּמִּשְׁפָּט הָֽרִאשׁוֹן אֲשֶׁר הָיִיתָ מַשְׁקֵֽהוּ
within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office; and thou shalt give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 59,458Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 24,632 sequences of ישראא at skips 2–5,000, 2.0% above what chance alone gives (about 24,144); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00089 by chance alone.
- Genesis 2,239
- Exodus 1,519
- Leviticus 961
- Numbers 1,380
- Deuteronomy 1,378
- Joshua 790
- Judges 976
- Samuel 2,506
- Kings 2,733
- Isaiah 1,153
- Jeremiah 1,648
- Ezekiel 1,340
- The Twelve 1,021
- Psalms 950
- Proverbs 359
- Job 520
- Song of Songs 91
- Ruth 78
- Lamentations 105
- Ecclesiastes 174
- Esther 244
- Daniel 404
- Ezra–Nehemiah 624
- Chronicles 1,439
Outside the Torah
וְיֹשְׁבֵי גִבְעוֹן שָׁמְעוּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לִֽירִיחוֹ וְלָעָֽי
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 317,795Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבִאוּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ אִֽישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת אֶל־דָּוִד חֶבְרוֹן וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ הִנֵּֽה־רֹאשׁ אִֽישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁאוּל אֹֽיִבְךָ אֲשֶׁר בִּקֵּשׁ אֶת־נַפְשֶׁךָ וַיִּתֵּן יְהוָה לַֽאדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ נְקָמוֹת הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה מִשָּׁאוּל וּמִזַּרְעֽוֹ
And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king: ‘Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, who sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 441,359Open in the laboratory →
אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ הֵרֵעוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לְיִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא אֵת אֲשֶׁר־הִשְׁלִיכוּ אֶל־הַבּוֹר וַיָּמָת תַּחְתָּיו מִפְּנֵי הָֽרָעָב כִּי אֵין הַלֶּחֶם עוֹד בָּעִֽיר
’My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit; and he is like to die in the place where he is because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 701,714Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ישראא — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as ישראא, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 512.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Esra in the Bible code?
7,355 sequences of ישראא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 7,313 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Esra in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Genesis 26:7 — the shortest of 7,355 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 7,313.
How is Esra spelled in Hebrew?
Esra is spelled ישראא — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 512.
Is Esra in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 24,632 sequences of ישראא at skips 2–5,000, 2.0% above what chance alone gives (about 24,144); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00089 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 7,313 here) beside the count.