Ilai עילי
Ilai (עילי) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Ilai is found 83,937 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 21:26) — 0.9% above the 83,176 chance alone would give (probability of 83,937 or more by chance alone: 0.0042).
- Found in the Torah
- 83,937
- Chance alone
- 83,176
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0042
- 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 83,937 sequences of עילי at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 83,176); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0042 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 21:26, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 837,339 sequences of עילי, against about 866,683 from chance alone.
- Genesis 24,445
- Exodus 19,037
- Leviticus 8,585
- Numbers 17,674
- Deuteronomy 14,196
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לֹא יָדַעְתִּי מִי עָשָׂה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וְגַם־אַתָּה לֹא־הִגַּדְתָּ לִּי וְגַם אָנֹכִי לֹא שָׁמַעְתִּי בִּלְתִּי הַיּֽוֹם
And Abimelech said: ‘I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 26,634Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן יוֹסֵף אֶת־פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר בִּלְעָדָי אֱלֹהִים יַעֲנֶה אֶת־שְׁלוֹם פַּרְעֹֽה
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying: ‘It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 60,853Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף אֲנִי פַרְעֹה וּבִלְעָדֶיךָ לֹֽא־יָרִים אִישׁ אֶת־יָדוֹ וְאֶת־רַגְלוֹ בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 62,247Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי עֻזִּיאֵל מִֽישָׁאֵל וְאֶלְצָפָן וְסִתְרִֽי
And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 85,897Open in the laboratory →
הֶֽעָשִׁיר לֹֽא־יַרְבֶּה וְהַדַּל לֹא יַמְעִיט מִֽמַּחֲצִית הַשָּׁקֶל לָתֵת אֶת־תְּרוּמַת יְהוָה לְכַפֵּר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 123,764Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 442,119 sequences of עילי at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 435,668); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 9.3 × 10⁻²³ by chance alone.
- Genesis 24,445
- Exodus 19,037
- Leviticus 8,585
- Numbers 17,674
- Deuteronomy 15,240
- Joshua 14,538
- Judges 17,137
- Samuel 37,649
- Kings 37,954
- Isaiah 25,689
- Jeremiah 29,411
- Ezekiel 22,316
- The Twelve 20,385
- Psalms 39,138
- Proverbs 10,306
- Job 17,935
- Song of Songs 2,096
- Ruth 2,137
- Lamentations 2,424
- Ecclesiastes 4,461
- Esther 3,456
- Daniel 9,327
- Ezra–Nehemiah 16,079
- Chronicles 44,700
Outside the Torah
וְעָשִׂיתָ לָעַי וּלְמַלְכָּהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ לִֽירִיחוֹ וּלְמַלְכָּהּ רַק־שְׁלָלָהּ וּבְהֶמְתָּהּ תָּבֹזּוּ לָכֶם שִׂים־לְךָ אֹרֵב לָעִיר מֵאַחֲרֶֽיהָ
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king; only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves; set thee an ambush for the city behind it.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,367Open in the laboratory →
כֹּל עָרֵי הַלְוִיִּם בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֻזַּת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל עָרִים אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן
All the cities of the Levites—forty and eight cities with the open land about them—shall be in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 338,152Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲחִיָּה בֶן־אֲחִטוּב אֲחִי אִיכָבוֹד בֶּן־פִּינְחָס בֶּן־עֵלִי כֹּהֵן יְהוָה בְּשִׁלוֹ נֹשֵׂא אֵפוֹד וְהָעָם לֹא יָדַע כִּי הָלַךְ יוֹנָתָֽן
and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 402,652Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עילי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עילי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 120.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 11:29. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Ilai appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 83,937 sequences of עילי at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 83,176); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0042 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Ilai in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 21:26 — the shortest of 83,937 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 83,176.
How is Ilai spelled in Hebrew?
Ilai is spelled עילי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 120.
Is Ilai in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 442,119 sequences of עילי at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% above what chance alone gives (about 435,668); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 9.3 × 10⁻²³ 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 83,176 here) beside the count.