Jair יאיר
Jair (יאיר) is a person named in the Tanakh. Jair appears 173,196 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 3.0% more than chance alone would give (about 168,113; probability 3.0 × 10⁻³⁵).
- Found in the Torah
- 173,196
- Chance alone
- 168,113
- P (≥ found)
- 3.0 × 10⁻³⁵
- 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, יאיר appears 173,196 times in the Torah — 3.0% more than the 168,113 chance alone would give; the probability of 173,196 or more by chance alone is 3.0 × 10⁻³⁵.
The shortest skip at which יאיר appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 31:35, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), יאיר is found 1,694,367 times; chance alone would give about 1,751,714.
- Genesis 60,202
- Exodus 35,169
- Leviticus 18,125
- Numbers 30,514
- Deuteronomy 29,186
The shortest skips
וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־אָבִיהָ אַל־יִחַר בְּעֵינֵי אֲדֹנִי כִּי לוֹא אוּכַל לָקוּם מִפָּנֶיךָ כִּי־דֶרֶךְ נָשִׁים לִי וַיְחַפֵּשׂ וְלֹא מָצָא אֶת־הַתְּרָפִֽים
And she said to her father: ‘Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me.’ And he searched, but found not the teraphim.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 45,363Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם יוֹסֵף בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי זֹאת עֲשׂוּ וִֽחְיוּ אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים אֲנִי יָרֵֽא
And Joseph said unto them the third day.’ This do, and live; for I fear God:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 63,840Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּגַּשׁ אֵלָיו יְהוּדָה וַיֹּאמֶר בִּי אֲדֹנִי יְדַבֶּר־נָא עַבְדְּךָ דָבָר בְּאָזְנֵי אֲדֹנִי וְאַל־יִחַר אַפְּךָ בְּעַבְדֶּךָ כִּי כָמוֹךָ כְּפַרְעֹֽה
Then Judah came near unto him, and said: ‘Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 67,982Open in the laboratory →
וַיְצַו יוֹסֵף אֶת־עֲבָדָיו אֶת־הָרֹפְאִים לַחֲנֹט אֶת־אָבִיו וַיַּחַנְטוּ הָרֹפְאִים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 76,717Open in the laboratory →
וְכֹל בֵּית יוֹסֵף וְאֶחָיו וּבֵית אָבִיו רַק טַפָּם וְצֹאנָם וּבְקָרָם עָזְבוּ בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן
and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house; only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 77,045Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, יאיר appears 718,503 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.2% more than the 717,070 chance alone would give; the probability of 718,503 or more by chance alone is 0.05.
- Genesis 60,202
- Exodus 35,169
- Leviticus 18,125
- Numbers 30,514
- Deuteronomy 32,159
- Joshua 22,969
- Judges 29,647
- Samuel 60,069
- Kings 72,900
- Isaiah 40,665
- Jeremiah 53,595
- Ezekiel 42,543
- The Twelve 35,634
- Psalms 45,300
- Proverbs 11,805
- Job 22,404
- Song of Songs 2,953
- Ruth 2,677
- Lamentations 3,463
- Ecclesiastes 5,106
- Esther 4,758
- Daniel 13,917
- Ezra–Nehemiah 19,678
- Chronicles 52,251
Outside the Torah
וַיֶּאֱסֹף אֵלָיו אֶת־בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וַעֲמָלֵק וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיַּךְ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּֽירְשׁוּ אֶת־עִיר הַתְּמָרִֽים
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 348,971Open in the laboratory →
וַתֵּצֵא יָעֵל לִקְרַאת סִֽיסְרָא וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו סוּרָה אֲדֹנִי סוּרָה אֵלַי אַל־תִּירָא וַיָּסַר אֵלֶיהָ הָאֹהֱלָה וַתְּכַסֵּהוּ בַּשְּׂמִיכָֽה
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him: ‘Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not.’ And he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 351,231Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו בִּי אֲדֹנָי בַּמָּה אוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנֵּה אַלְפִּי הַדַּל בִּמְנַשֶּׁה וְאָנֹכִי הַצָּעִיר בְּבֵית אָבִֽי
And he said unto him: ‘Oh, my lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 354,071Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
יאיר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as יאיר, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 221.
As a plain word it stands 16 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 32:41. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Havoth-jair.
Other spellings
- ז׳איר — the name in Hebrew letters found 11,582 in the Torah (chance 11,710)
Questions
Is Jair in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, יאיר appears 173,196 times in the Torah — 3.0% more than the 168,113 chance alone would give; the probability of 173,196 or more by chance alone is 3.0 × 10⁻³⁵.
What is the shortest skip for Jair in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 31:35 — the shortest of 173,196 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 168,113.
What is the gematria of Jair in Hebrew?
Jair is spelled יאיר — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 221; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Jair found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, יאיר appears 718,503 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.2% more than the 717,070 chance alone would give; the probability of 718,503 or more by chance alone is 0.05.
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