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Isaac Luria האר״י

Isaac Luria (האר״י): rabbi and Kabbalist in Safed, the Ari (1534–1572). In the Torah codes, Isaac Luria is found 147,996 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 1:3) — about what chance alone gives (about 149,462).

Found in the Torah
147,996
Chance alone
149,462
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 147,996 sequences of האר״י at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 149,462).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 1:3, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 1,506,394 sequences of האר״י, against about 1,557,369 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 40,449
  • Exodus 32,397
  • Leviticus 20,603
  • Numbers 27,142
  • Deuteronomy 27,405

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 1:3בראשית א:גskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר

    And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light.

    הארי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 1:3אלהיםייווהיאורויהארי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 92Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 1:3בראשית א:גskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר

    And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light.

    הארי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 1:3יאורוייווראאלהיםהארי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 99Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 9:23בראשית ט:כגskip 2, forward

    וַיִּקַּח שֵׁם וָיֶפֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָה וַיָּשִׂימוּ עַל־שְׁכֶם שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּֽלְכוּ אֲחֹרַנִּית וַיְכַסּוּ אֵת עֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם וּפְנֵיהֶם אֲחֹרַנִּית וְעֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם לֹא רָאֽוּ

    And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

    הארי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 9:23הםופניםחנתוערותאהארי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 11,344Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 15:18בראשית טו:יחskip 2, forward

    בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כָּרַת יְהוָה אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּרִית לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ נָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת מִנְּהַר מִצְרַיִם עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת

    In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: ‘Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;

    הארי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 15:18הביוםהוכתקוקאתאבהארי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 18,131Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 25:7בראשית כה:זskip 2, forward

    וְאֵלֶּה יְמֵי שְׁנֵֽי־חַיֵּי אַבְרָהָם אֲשֶׁר־חָי מְאַת שָׁנָה וְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנִֽים

    And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years.

    הארי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 25:7חייאברםשחמאתשנהוהארי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 33,116Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

528,349 sequences of האר״י at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 530,306 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 40,449
  • Exodus 32,397
  • Leviticus 20,603
  • Numbers 27,142
  • Deuteronomy 29,731
  • Joshua 20,334
  • Judges 18,512
  • Samuel 41,665
  • Kings 54,763
  • Isaiah 26,513
  • Jeremiah 44,668
  • Ezekiel 32,723
  • The Twelve 28,079
  • Psalms 23,109
  • Proverbs 5,855
  • Job 8,701
  • Song of Songs 1,685
  • Ruth 2,187
  • Lamentations 1,736
  • Ecclesiastes 4,163
  • Esther 4,757
  • Daniel 8,406
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 13,832
  • Chronicles 36,339

Outside the Torah

  1. Judges 1:1שופטים א:אskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי מוֹת יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּיהוָה לֵאמֹר מִי יַעֲלֶה־לָּנוּ אֶל־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי בַּתְּחִלָּה לְהִלָּחֶם בּֽוֹ

    AND IT came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying: ‘Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?’

    הארי at skip 2, forward from Judges 1:1אלביקולממיעלהלנוקארי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 344,692Open in the laboratory →

  2. Judges 13:6שופטים יג:וskip 2, forward

    וַתָּבֹא הָאִשָּׁה וַתֹּאמֶר לְאִישָׁהּ לֵאמֹר אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים בָּא אֵלַי וּמַרְאֵהוּ כְּמַרְאֵה מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים נוֹרָא מְאֹד וְלֹא שְׁאִלְתִּיהוּ אֵֽי־מִזֶּה הוּא וְאֶת־שְׁמוֹ לֹֽא־הִגִּיד לִֽי

    Then the woman came and told her husband, saying: ‘A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name;

    הארי at skip 2, forward from Judges 13:6מרלאישלמאשהאלהיםהארי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 368,071Open in the laboratory →

  3. Judges 16:10שופטים טז:יskip 2, forward

    וַתֹּאמֶר דְּלִילָה אֶל־שִׁמְשׁוֹן הִנֵּה הֵתַלְתָּ בִּי וַתְּדַבֵּר אֵלַי כְּזָבִים עַתָּה הַגִּֽידָה־נָּא לִי בַּמֶּה תֵּאָסֵֽר

    And Delilah said unto Samson: ‘Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.’

    הארי at skip 2, forward from Judges 16:10נאליבמתסואמראליההארי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 372,569Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

האר״י — the name in Hebrew letters: rabbi and Kabbalist in Safed, the Ari (1534–1572). Searched as הארי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 216.

As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 17:34. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Harry.

Other spellings

  • יצחק לוריא — the name in Hebrew letters found 1,425 in the Torah (chance 1,453)
  • לוריא — the name in Hebrew letters found 11,563 in the Torah (chance 11,413)

Questions

Is Isaac Luria in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 147,996 sequences of האר״י at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 149,462).

What is the shortest skip for Isaac Luria in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 1:3 — the shortest of 147,996 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 149,462.

How is Isaac Luria spelled in Hebrew?

Isaac Luria is spelled האר״י — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 216; 2 other spellings are counted on this page.

Is Isaac Luria in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

528,349 sequences of האר״י at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 530,306 that chance alone would produce.

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