Jay ג׳יי
In Hebrew letters the first name Jay is written ג׳יי — male given name. Jay appears 223,656 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.6% more than chance alone would give (about 222,227; probability 0.0012).
- Found in the Torah
- 223,656
- Chance alone
- 222,227
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0012
- 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, ג׳יי appears 223,656 times in the Torah — 0.6% more than the 222,227 chance alone would give; the probability of 223,656 or more by chance alone is 0.0012.
The shortest skip at which ג׳יי appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 4:14, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), ג׳יי is found 3,320,525 times; chance alone would give about 3,444,417.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 222,227 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 75,085
- Exodus 40,738
- Leviticus 30,670
- Numbers 38,858
- Deuteronomy 38,305
The shortest skips
הֵן גֵּרַשְׁתָּ אֹתִי הַיּוֹם מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה וּמִפָּנֶיךָ אֶסָּתֵר וְהָיִיתִי נָע וָנָד בָּאָרֶץ וְהָיָה כָל־מֹצְאִי יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי
Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 4,834Open in the laboratory →
וּלְעֵבֶר יֻלַּד שְׁנֵי בָנִים שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פֶּלֶג כִּי בְיָמָיו נִפְלְגָה הָאָרֶץ וְשֵׁם אָחִיו יָקְטָֽן
And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 12,436Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַרְבַּע וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־פָּֽלֶג
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,418Open in the laboratory →
וַיְחִי רְעוּ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־שְׂרֽוּג
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 13,582Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָם יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע כִּי־גֵר יִהְיֶה זַרְעֲךָ בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא לָהֶם וַעֲבָדוּם וְעִנּוּ אֹתָם אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָֽה
And He said unto Abram: ‘Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 17,915Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ג׳יי appears 1,355,990 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.9% more than the 1,331,319 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,355,990 or more by chance alone is 4.0 × 10⁻¹⁰¹.
- Genesis 75,085
- Exodus 40,738
- Leviticus 30,670
- Numbers 38,858
- Deuteronomy 40,696
- Joshua 60,796
- Judges 58,228
- Samuel 119,772
- Kings 83,081
- Isaiah 102,701
- Jeremiah 83,095
- Ezekiel 87,018
- The Twelve 94,612
- Psalms 126,171
- Proverbs 31,188
- Job 55,592
- Song of Songs 10,342
- Ruth 9,223
- Lamentations 10,900
- Ecclesiastes 13,298
- Esther 10,814
- Daniel 29,643
- Ezra–Nehemiah 41,720
- Chronicles 101,749
Outside the Torah
וַיַּעַמְדוּ הַמַּיִם הַיֹּרְדִים מִלְמַעְלָה קָמוּ נֵד־אֶחָד הַרְחֵק מְאֹד באדם הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר מִצַּד צָֽרְתָן וְהַיֹּרְדִים עַל יָם הָעֲרָבָה יָם־הַמֶּלַח תַּמּוּ נִכְרָתוּ וְהָעָם עָבְרוּ נֶגֶד יְרִיחֽוֹ
that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off from Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off; and the people passed over right against Jericho.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 308,698Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּדֹּם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְיָרֵחַ עָמָד עַד־יִקֹּם גּוֹי אֹֽיְבָיו הֲלֹא־הִיא כְתוּבָה עַל־סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר וַיַּעֲמֹד הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בַּחֲצִי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְלֹא־אָץ לָבוֹא כְּיוֹם תָּמִֽים
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 320,314Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת תְּנוּ־נָא כִּכְּרוֹת לֶחֶם לָעָם אֲשֶׁר בְּרַגְלָי כִּי־עֲיֵפִים הֵם וְאָנֹכִי רֹדֵף אַחֲרֵי זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע מַלְכֵי מִדְיָֽן
And he said unto the men of Succoth: ‘Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 358,019Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ג׳יי — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as גיי, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 23.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Jay appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, ג׳יי appears 223,656 times in the Torah — 0.6% more than the 222,227 chance alone would give; the probability of 223,656 or more by chance alone is 0.0012.
What is the shortest skip for Jay in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 4:14 — the shortest of 223,656 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 222,227.
What is the gematria of Jay in Hebrew?
Jay is spelled ג׳יי — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 23.
How many times is Jay found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ג׳יי appears 1,355,990 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.9% more than the 1,331,319 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,355,990 or more by chance alone is 4.0 × 10⁻¹⁰¹.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 222,227 here) beside the count.