Biblical names

Isri יצרי

Isri (יצרי) is a person named in the Tanakh — Izri. In the Torah codes, Isri is found 26,098 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Exodus 38:28) — 6.0% above the 24,614 chance alone would give (probability of 26,098 or more by chance alone: 3.9 × 10⁻²¹).

Found in the Torah
26,098
Chance alone
24,614
P (≥ found)
3.9 × 10⁻²¹
Shortest skip
3

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

The Torah holds 26,098 sequences of יצרי at skips 2–5,000, 6.0% above what chance alone gives (about 24,614); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.9 × 10⁻²¹ by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 38:28, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 246,389 sequences of יצרי, against about 256,478 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 8,696
  • Exodus 6,546
  • Leviticus 2,303
  • Numbers 3,976
  • Deuteronomy 4,577

The shortest skips

  1. Exodus 38:28שמות לח:כחskip 3, forward

    וְאֶת־הָאֶלֶף וּשְׁבַע הַמֵּאוֹת וַחֲמִשָּׁה וְשִׁבְעִים עָשָׂה וָוִים לָעַמּוּדִים וְצִפָּה רָאשֵׁיהֶם וְחִשַּׁק אֹתָֽם

    And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.

    יצרי at skip 3, forward from Exodus 38:28הוויםלעמודםופהאשהםוחשקאתםויצרי
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 137,665Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 17:23במדבר יז:כגskip 3, forward

    וַיְהִי מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה אֶל־אֹהֶל הָעֵדוּת וְהִנֵּה פָּרַח מַטֵּֽה־אַהֲרֹן לְבֵית לֵוִי וַיֹּצֵֽא פֶרַח וַיָּצֵֽץ צִיץ וַיִּגְמֹל שְׁקֵדִֽים

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.

    יצרי at skip 3, forward from Numbers 17:23אהרןלביתלוויאפחוצץציץויגמליצרי
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 218,383Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 1:11בראשית א:יאskip 3, backward

    וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּֽדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן

    And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.

    יצרי at skip 3, backward from Genesis 1:11ץדשאעשבמזרעזעעפרעשהפרילמיניץרי
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 483Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 2:13שמות ב:יגskip 4, backward

    וַיֵּצֵא בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי וְהִנֵּה שְׁנֵֽי־אֲנָשִׁים עִבְרִים נִצִּים וַיֹּאמֶר לָֽרָשָׁע לָמָּה תַכֶּה רֵעֶֽךָ

    And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together; and he said to him that did the wrong: ‘Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?’

    יצרי at skip 4, backward from Exodus 2:13שניוהנהשניאנשםעביםניםואמרלרשעלמהתכהריצרי
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 79,689Open in the laboratory →

  5. Leviticus 14:2ויקרא יד:בskip 4, backward

    זֹאת תִּֽהְיֶה תּוֹרַת הַמְּצֹרָע בְּיוֹם טָהֳרָתוֹ וְהוּבָא אֶל־הַכֹּהֵֽן

    This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest.

    יצרי at skip 4, backward from Leviticus 14:2למשהלאמרזאתתההתותהמרעבוםטהרתווהובאאליצרי
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 161,290Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 114,822 sequences of יצרי at skips 2–5,000, 2.3% above what chance alone gives (about 112,239); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 7.9 × 10⁻¹⁵ by chance alone.

  • Genesis 8,696
  • Exodus 6,546
  • Leviticus 2,303
  • Numbers 3,976
  • Deuteronomy 5,069
  • Joshua 4,033
  • Judges 2,950
  • Samuel 6,059
  • Kings 7,808
  • Isaiah 10,515
  • Jeremiah 8,877
  • Ezekiel 6,709
  • The Twelve 7,182
  • Psalms 11,375
  • Proverbs 3,832
  • Job 4,205
  • Song of Songs 625
  • Ruth 382
  • Lamentations 667
  • Ecclesiastes 667
  • Esther 628
  • Daniel 1,690
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 2,412
  • Chronicles 7,616

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 3:15יהושע ג:טוskip 2, forward

    וּכְבוֹא נֹשְׂאֵי הָֽאָרוֹן עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּן וְרַגְלֵי הַכֹּֽהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי הָֽאָרוֹן נִטְבְּלוּ בִּקְצֵה הַמָּיִם וְהַיַּרְדֵּן מָלֵא עַל־כָּל־גְּדוֹתָיו כֹּל יְמֵי קָצִֽיר

    and when they that bore the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water—for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest—

    יצרי at skip 2, forward from Joshua 3:15יוכלימקיועמדוהמייצרי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 308,599Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Kings 3:4מלכים ב ג:דskip 2, forward

    וּמֵישַׁע מֶֽלֶךְ־מוֹאָב הָיָה נֹקֵד וְהֵשִׁיב לְמֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאָה־אֶלֶף כָּרִים וּמֵאָה אֶלֶף אֵילִים צָֽמֶר

    Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.

    יצרי at skip 2, forward from 2 Kings 3:4אלףאילםמוהיכמותאיצרי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 531,055Open in the laboratory →

  3. Isaiah 21:3ישעיהו כא:גskip 2, forward

    עַל־כֵּן מָלְאוּ מָתְנַי חַלְחָלָה צִירִים אֲחָזוּנִי כְּצִירֵי יֽוֹלֵדָה נַעֲוֵיתִי מִשְּׁמֹעַ נִבְהַלְתִּי מֵרְאֽוֹת

    Therefore are my loins filled with convulsion; Pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bent so that I cannot hear; I am affrighted so that I cannot see.

    יצרי at skip 2, forward from Isaiah 21:3םאחזונכייולדהנעויצרי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 594,709Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

יצרי — the Tanakh's own spelling: Izri. Searched as יצרי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 310.

As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 44:9. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Isri appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 26,098 sequences of יצרי at skips 2–5,000, 6.0% above what chance alone gives (about 24,614); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 3.9 × 10⁻²¹ by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for Isri in the Torah?

Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 38:28 — the shortest of 26,098 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 24,614.

How is Isri spelled in Hebrew?

Isri is spelled יצרי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 310.

Is Isri in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 114,822 sequences of יצרי at skips 2–5,000, 2.3% above what chance alone gives (about 112,239); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 7.9 × 10⁻¹⁵ by chance alone.

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